Thursday, April 29, 2004
Thank God For Consolidation
In recent years the government has relaxed the rules on ownership of television and radio stations. The result has been an amazing amount of consolidation and a limit on the variety and number of voices that are heard in our media. This is a good example of what happens as a result.
Read This
I strongly disagree with what Sinclair is doing. They clearly have bought into the idea that any amount of attention brought to the dead risks our mission as opposed to the idea that it honors those who have given their life for that mission.
Now, while I disagree with what they are doing, I believe they should have the right to do so. My biggest problem is that because Sinclair owns so many stations, their impact is felt nationwide. It isn't a decision made in a particular market because there was an outcry and the public there clearly felt a certain way, this decision was made in the company headquarters in Baltimore by people who were driven by their political agenda and not by the people their stations are "serving."
Frankly, I am of the opinion that every man, woman and child in America should have to watch this show. For those who think we shouldn't show death, suck it up. Death is a part of war, if you aren't willing to deal with the death then you should be involved in war. Shoving these bodies under the rug does them a greater disservice than anything an angry Iraqi could ever do to the body of an American.
Read This
I strongly disagree with what Sinclair is doing. They clearly have bought into the idea that any amount of attention brought to the dead risks our mission as opposed to the idea that it honors those who have given their life for that mission.
Now, while I disagree with what they are doing, I believe they should have the right to do so. My biggest problem is that because Sinclair owns so many stations, their impact is felt nationwide. It isn't a decision made in a particular market because there was an outcry and the public there clearly felt a certain way, this decision was made in the company headquarters in Baltimore by people who were driven by their political agenda and not by the people their stations are "serving."
Frankly, I am of the opinion that every man, woman and child in America should have to watch this show. For those who think we shouldn't show death, suck it up. Death is a part of war, if you aren't willing to deal with the death then you should be involved in war. Shoving these bodies under the rug does them a greater disservice than anything an angry Iraqi could ever do to the body of an American.
