Goddamned anti-American rallies

[xiphias]

Pro-war rallies make me sick. Literally. It's the idea that people -- Americans -- are willing to come out and say "If you protest the actions of the government, you're anti-American." That idea makes me sick. I mean, what the fuck do these people think? "We're in favor of freedom in Iraq, but not freedom in America!" Or, maybe, "It's okay to have freedom, just so long as you shut your face and don't USE your freedom."

They make me sick. If they're so goddamned pissed off at living in a country where people can disapprove of their government's actions, then why the fuck don't they just MOVE TO IRAQ?

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[jadasc.livejournal.com]

The word is that many of those rallies are being sponsored and promoted by Clear Channel, the media conglomerate with ties to the current administration.

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

A media outlet that reports news creating and sponsoring, and then reporting on, pro-war rallies creates some really bizarre conflicts of interest.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Where did you hear that?

[(Anonymous)]

First link I could find:

Media giant's rally sponsorship raises questions (http://www.chicagotribune.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=chi%2D0303190157mar19&section=/printstory)

mattrolls

[jadasc.livejournal.com]

Clip from the New York Press. Link here:
http://www.nypress.com/static/billboard.cfm#1780

[cheshyre]

Which led to this handy diagram of the links between Clear Channel and the Bush administration.

So, Clear Channel has recently boycotted the Dixie Chicks and organized pro-war demonstrations. Shortly after 9/11, Clear Channel (which owns 1170 radio stations) provided an advisory list of songs which may be too sensitive to play.


Clear Channel is clearly too powerful, and demonstrates why media ownership has to remain diverse...

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

The FCC was recently re-examining its policies on ownership of broadcast media. They were expected to liberalize the rules even further, to permit even more cartel-ization of the media by large conglomerates like Clear Channel. Fortunately some Senators (including Trent Lott (!)) became interested in this matter and called Chairman Powell on the carpet to explain himself. Senators specifically voiced concerns about programming diversity in the face of consolidation. At hearings on the matter Chairman Powell raised a few eyebrows by making public statements reversing his previous position and wondering whether deregulation was actually a good idea.

We shall have to see how this turns out. Might be a good thing to write your local legislators on--especially since you can tie fairness in news reporting (especially about the war) to corporate ownership.