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MediaCon: the most obvious point (you'd think they'd at least fake it for now)

May 22, 2003 8:28 AM - comments (2)

Dan Gillmor has picked up the MediaCon story -- thankfully. His eJournal has begun collecting stories about the obvious effect of concentrated media: that the news will begin to sing in harmony with the interests of the owners. Here's a snippet from Salon on this. And here's his announcement of a mediacon channel.


I don't know who owns the SJ Merc, but whoever does, I guess Gillmor is at least some evidence against my concern that big media will compromise journalism. Some.

Posted on May 22, 2003 8:28 AM | | technorati

Comments (2)

May 22, 2003 9:09 AM Erik Ostrom:

The Merc is a Knight-Ridder newspaper--definitely big media. I think Gillmor is great, but he isn't evidence that big media won't compromise journalism--he's just evidence that they haven't completely obliterated it. I don't think journalism has ever been pure and objective, and I don't think it'll become completely corporate; it's the shade of the gray area in between that we have to worry about.

May 22, 2003 9:17 AM Tom Haviland:

Democratic Presidential candidate Howard Dean has IMHO an excellent comment on media consolidation on his campaign blog at http://deancalltoaction.blogspot.com/.

He's against it. He cites the treatment of the Dixie Chicks as a primary example of inappropriate use of media power.

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