Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Media conglomerates like to point out the benefits of corporate control of the press. They argue that a large company can stand up to governmental pressure or libel suits more easily than an independently owned paper or radio station. This may be true, but the costs outweigh these benefits...
...American press, NBC News didn't mention the accidents. The left-wing media watchdog Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting pointed out that since 1986, NBC has been owned by General Electric, the second largest nuclear power producer in the U.S. G.E. didn't write the documentary, or control how the French accidents were covered, but if you were an NBC reporter or news editor, would you want to investigate a story that might displease your bosses...
ANOTHER distressing result of corporate control of newspapers is the lack of space and attention devoted to local issues. Corporations take over newspapers to make money, not provide good, informative journalism...
Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci asked the city manager to give him a breakdown of the chemicals used in processing tap water--aluminum sulfate, a fluoride compound, chlorine for disinfection, sodium hydroxide for corrosion control and calcium hyperchloride to balance pH levels...
Council members attribute these new council stances, in part, to the ability of Lockwood and his allies to control the body's services committee--from which all but one of these resolutions have emanated...