Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Comcast-NBC Merger Is a Bad Deal

from Other Words. Our US media marches on to more concentration, less substance in news coverage, and more pro-corporate and ruling class bias in the news they do cover.
Now there's a new media merger on the horizon. And it's a real doozy.
A few months ago, cable giant Comcast announced it would buy NBC. Comcast has agreed to pay billions of dollars to acquire the venerable broadcaster--but the cost to the public will be far greater.