Isn’t it sort of an Insult to America that there are only about 4 news companies that control 90% of the news?

When my Dad was a kid there WERE MANY news companies that had their share of the market but not now.There are about 4 that control 90% of the news market. It’s CBS-Owned by general electric MSNBC-Microsoft Fox-news corporation-rupport Murdock CNN-owned by time Warner. Here we have it America’s think tank how free I feel. Bellow are pics of the CEO’s of these companies so they control to a large degree what’s on the news and you though that American people were free thinking?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_R._Immelt

http://static.flickr.com/111/292353427_da2b7ac71a.jpg

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/12/01/PM_Murdoch_narrowweb__300×351,0.jpg

Friday, March 12th, 2010 Uncategorized

5 Comments to Isn’t it sort of an Insult to America that there are only about 4 news companies that control 90% of the news?

  1. When your dad was a kid, there wasn’t the Internet. Internet has changed news entirely…..cable news is just one aspect of the dozens of media outlets that are readily available.

    2. smellyfoot ™ on March 12th, 2010

  2. And their all driven by ratings. The only way to get the important news is tO listen to NPR, BBC or DemocracyNow!

    3. gitrdoneobama on March 12th, 2010

  3. and to think that three of the four are owned and run by liberals.

    4. warren v on March 12th, 2010

  4. That is free Enterprise.

    5. Vernon C on March 12th, 2010

  5. Mergers are the American way…

    6. Miss Fix It on March 12th, 2010

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