tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post115371464525212674..comments2023-11-05T23:25:31.498+11:00Comments on Wot Is It Good 4: soros: War on Error. That’s a good one.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1153730925656951542006-07-24T18:48:00.000+10:002006-07-24T18:48:00.000+10:00thnx c/p. fp'd.i must say that i was kinda disappo...thnx c/p. fp'd.<BR/><BR/>i must say that i was kinda disappointed in soros' comment. he could own a network, or invest in media infrastructure. that doesnt mean that it has to be 'like fox' or that he would be 'as bad as murdoch.'lukeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280906371216516750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1153729336954605502006-07-24T18:22:00.000+10:002006-07-24T18:22:00.000+10:00Speaking of Murdoch, he looks to be again trying t...Speaking of Murdoch, he looks to be again trying to get a monopoly of both satellite radio and television services. He earlier had XM (larger ownership by his Newscorp company) try to make a play for Sirius, before playing the exclusive Air America card on them, allowing him to keep any of us from having two progressive channels through satellite radio we used to have through Sirius.<BR/><BR/>Now he's trying to get his <A HREF="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1696820&mesg_id=1696820" REL="nofollow">Newscorp-owned DirecTV to buy out Echostar Communications which owns Dish Network</A>. If this is allowed to happen, you might expect to see progressive channels like Sundance Channel, Free Speech TV, and Link TV dropped from the merged company's offerings, without competitive pressure.<BR/><BR/>One article linked here notes that when Echostar earlier tried to buy out DirecTV, that that might have not just have been stopped due to anti-trust legislation threats then, but because Murdoch himself lobbied to stop this so that he could later have Newscorp buy DirecTV from GE instead of Echostar. SNEAKY BASTARD!<BR/><BR/>A number of the execs involved, including Murdoch, have said that "the regulatory climate has changed" since the earlier merger was attempted three years ago. Yup, they've been able to buy off more congress critters alright!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com