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Most sinister is the threat that oligarchic control of the media, which could potentially suppress accurate or independent journalism and related public dialogue. Fewer independent news sources mean fewer independent viewpoints in our news and editorial content. In such a world, manipulation of the public would be a much more prevalent concern...
...consolidation of television, radio, newspaper and internet media. But to deregulate would be a terrible move. Under the current regulatory regime, there are limits to the proportion of broadcast outlets a single company can own in any particular market. While national networks such as NBC and CBS provide content across the country, the individual broadcasting stations are privately owned and merely subscribe to or affiliate with networks...
Relaxing these ownership rules would open the door to massive consolidation in the media sector. A small number of already-large companies would be able to buy out smaller broadcasters, vertically integrating the production and distribution—both locally and nationally—of broadcast content. In doing so, control of content in many of the nation’s media markets would be concentrated in the hands of a few large companies. Such consolidation is dangerous for several reasons...
...next larger context--a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan." Similarly, we hope that this issue finds a place in your eye, in your mind and in your life. But we'd be content if it simply had the same effect on you as design does on British tastemaker Sir Terence Conran. "Believing in good design is like believing in God," he has said. "It makes you an optimist...
Prose had no frame for this, so Leonardo had to content himself with his "Deluge" drawings, tiny visions of infinite destruction, matter hurled and distended into its components through the vortexes that were his signs for primordial energy...