[FA Worldmusic] the FCC

[Steve Hochman]

I guess I ought to have read Ian's and Laura's replies before adding  
my own voice to the discussion, as they said it already and better!



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On Nov 23, 2007, at 5:05 PM, Ian Menzies wrote:

> Glenn,
> You will no doubt be dissapointed to find out that the US is not a  
> free
> market economy. A variety of government imposed tariffs, antitrust  
> laws,
> safety standards and other regulations and rules are in place across  
> all
> industries and countries. The fact is that a mixed economy "is the  
> preferred
> basis of socioeconomic policy for most countries and political  
> parties" * in
> the world and "the U.S. is considered a mixed economy" * - as in -  
> "a mix of
> private economic freedom  (including privately owned industry)  
> intermingled
> with centralized economic planning (which may include intervention for
> environmentalism and social welfare, or state ownership of some of  
> means of
> production)". *
>
> I guess in your Friedman-to-the-max universe, any form of public  
> regulation
> and control is abhorent. Thankfully though, that is not the way the  
> real
> world works.
> Ian
> * all quotes were pulled from wikipedia entries
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: glenn tamir [mailto:gtamir613 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 2:13 PM
> To: fa-worldmusic at folk.org
> Cc: ian at menziesmixedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: FA-Worldmusic Digest, Vol 21, Issue 11
>
>
>  Where's the balance?!!! This is a typical Bill Moyers full-court  
> press
> piece where only one side of the story is told.
>
>  I didn't hear one single point of view from the "other side" of the
> argument.  Did they interview anyone?  Maybe Bill didn't think any  
> of us
> want to hear another argument on the issue - to be able to make up  
> our own
> minds?
>
>  All this drivel about there being any need for any FCC or other
> organization overseeing any media control in the public.  Nobody is  
> forced
> to watch the same five TV channels for their news & information - Most
> Americans have access to thousands of sources via internet and cable  
> TV.
>
>  Let the market (ie. the people) control where media control goes.  We
> don't need the government to get involved in ANY of this.  Let the  
> people
> decide through media usage what the market will present.
>
>  Glenn Tamir
>
>
>  On Nov 23, 2007 6:00 PM, <fa-worldmusic-request at folk.org> wrote:
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>    Message: 1
>    Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:49:13 -0700
>    From: Ian Menzies <ian at menziesmixedmedia.com>
>    Subject: [FA Worldmusic] FCC / Media Consolidation
>    To: FA-Worldmusic < fa-worldmusic at folk.org>
>
>    In case any of my American brothers and sisters on this list are  
> not
>    following this story (and responding accordingly). Please watch  
> this
> Bill
>    Moyers clip while you are enjoying your Thanksgiving weekend. And  
> happy
>    turkey or Tofurky eating to you all.
>    Ian
>
>    http://snipurl.com/1u1yu
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