perfidy

The FCC is set to vote next week in a closed session on whether to allow further deregulation of the media market. Large companies like Viacom, Fox, and ClearChannel stand to benefit heavily at the expense of what few smaller media corporations are left. I oppose this strenuously. There is already too much centralization in the media.

For once, William Safire and I agree, and his writing is pungent. Check it out.

[moreover]: A recent poll conducted in the wake of the Jayson Blair fiasco revealed that very few Americans trust news sources, taking a "hey, whaddaya gonna do?" attitude to what they see as inevitable distortions, lies, and covert biases on the part of news providers. Even Jessica Lynch's father, upon reading the Jayson Blair story about his family which contained blatant fabrications, declined to mention it to the Times, on the grounds that he pretty much expected such behavior from reporters. Why do I bring this up in this post? No reason.