Obama’s Great Airwave Robbery | NewsReal Blog: "FCC Commissioner Michael Copps has been making noises again about the inadequacies of American Journalism, and the need for a “public value test” to save it from “its hour of grave peril.” This follows the same line taken by self-appointed critics of cable news like Jon Stewart. But if Stewart mocks cable news, Copps is playing with fire by hinting at using government regulation to control the content of what news organizations broadcast.
It is likely that over the next ten years, the network news will cease to exist entirely. CNN is going through the stages of a prolonged death spiral. Local affiliates are cutting back on TV news. Copps’ public comments on the BBC indicate that he will pressure television stations to run news programs. According to Copps, the stations use airwaves that belong to the American people and are therefore obligated to serve the public interest."
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