Having grown into a cluster of cable channels, C-SPAN has become a semi-official American institution. Not because it offers the most consistently fascinating, exciting programming, of course — but because it engages viewers with what you might call “reality-check” TV. Think of routines like the latest “White House Press Briefing With Ari Fleischer” or “gavel […]
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Concentrated dilution
As if one “Powell Doctrine” weren’t enough: On June 2, the prevaricating Secretary of State’s son Michael, joined by two other Republicans on the five-member board of the Federal Communications Commission, dropped the Big One on media diversity. Michael Powell, the FCC chair, never left any doubt of his intentions. In interviews and speeches […]
