TIMELINE OF MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS AND THINGS THAT BENEFIT AMERICANS!
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1941 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Local Radio Ownership Rule, National TV Ownership Rule enacted. A broadcaster cannot own television stations that reach more than 35% of the nation’s homes.
1946 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Dual Television Network Rule enacted, prohibiting a major network from buying another major network.
1964 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Local TV Multiple Ownership Rule enacted, prohibiting a broadcaster from owning more than one television station in the same market, unless there are at least eight stations in the market.
1970 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Radio/TV Cross-Ownership Restriction enacted, prohibiting a broadcaster from owning a radio station and a television station in the same market.
1975 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership Prohibition enacted. Bans ownership of both a newspaper and a television station in the same market.
1981 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Reagan Administration deregulation under the leadership of FCC Chairman Mark Fowler. Deregulatory moves wiped out 40 years of sensible regulations and protections of American MINDS being exposed to ONE MEGA-CORPORATE SOURCE OF LIES AND PROPAGANDA. So now a single corporation could own 12 TV STATIONS.
1984 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — MEDIA CONSOLIDATION — 50 companies controlled America’s media
1985 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Reagan abolishes all guidelines for minimal amounts of non-entertainment programming and eliminated limits on advertising per hour.
1987 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Reagan eliminates the “Fairness Doctrine” that required every reasonable attempt be made to cover contrasting points of views and wiped out all public service reporting on crucial issues in their communities.
1996 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — President Clinton signs the Telecommunications Act allowing the radio industry to do unprecedented consolidation after the 40-station ownership cap is lifted and now . Clear Channel Communications owns 1200 stations, in all 50 states reaching 110+ million listeners every week.
2001 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Senate Commerce Committee on media ownership does NOTHING but review concerns and drops them — Just another totally meaningless government exercise. And the FCC does the same meaningless exercise.
2002 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — A train carrying hazardous materials derails in Minot, North Dakota, spilling 210,000 gallons of anhydrous ammonia in a “catastrophic” incident and Clear Channel Communications owner of 6 of 7 radio stations and Minot authorities and police say when they called with the warning about the toxic cloud, there was no one on the air who could make the announcement or activated an emergency broadcast. Police say nobody answered the phone.
2002 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — NYT reports FCC will conduct a review of media ownership rules, as mandated by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 CE. After several meaningless studies the FCC that actually do the opposite and allow MEDIA MEGA-CORPORATIONS TO GET EVEN BIGGER!
2002 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — ABC’s WORLD NEWS THIS MORNING is the only network show to acknowledge the FCC’s announcement of its meaningless studies. ABC News reports, Government regulators reportedly are likely to allow the country’s media giants to get even bigger.
2002 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — FCC releases 12 studies on the media marketplace. The studies comment on how Americans get their news, the state of television, newspaper, and radio industries, and a variety of other media issues — All leading to EVER BIGGER CONGLOMERATES THAT CAN WITHOUT RESTRICTION BROADCAST 99% CORPORATE PROPAGANDA AND LIES WITH ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY TO AMERICANS – TOTAL BRAINWASHING CAPABILITY.
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Comments on media ownership due to the FCC ALLOW THE CRIME MOB OWNERS AT Viacom-CBS & NBC & Fox to file a request with the FCC that all media ownership rules be eliminated.
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Senate Commerce Committee hearing – Chairman Powell and Commissioners Abernathy, Adelstein, Copps, and Martin in attendance. Powell declares there won’t be radical changes to the current media ownership rules in response to Senators’ concerns. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) cites Minot as an example of how consolidated media can negatively affect a local community.
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Columbia Law School holds forum on media ownership. Chairman Powell and the four other FCC Commissioners attend. Meaningless but is groundwork for more deregulation.
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Chairman Powell writes an op-ed in USA TODAY filled with propaganda for more deregulation filled with LIES: “The time has come to honestly and fairly examine the facts of the modern marketplace and build rules that reflect the digital world we live in today, not the bygone era of black-and-white television…Joe Friday knew that only the facts would help him unravel a case. It is the same with this critically important FCC policy review. Only the facts will enable us to craft broadcast-ownership restrictions that ensure a diverse and vibrant media marketplace for the 21st century.”
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Meaningless but groundwork for more DEREGULATION – Senate Commerce Committee holds lying hearing on media ownership with corporate mega criminals.
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Thirty Congressmen sign a letter to Chairman Powell criticizing the FCC for not adequately publicizing the media ownership debate and rushing the rules-changing process to favor major media outlets. A CIRCUS PLOY!
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — The Project for Excellence in Journalism releases a five-year study proving that TV stations owned by smaller media firms generally produce better newscasts; are better at local reporting; produce longer stories ; and do fewer softball celebrity features. The study concludes that, “Changes that encourage heavy concentration of ownership … In local television … By a few large corporations … Will erode the quality of news Americans receive.” SENATE AND FCC IGNORE 5-year STUDY!
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — FCC holds its only official public hearing on media ownership rules with Chairman Powell and the other four commissioners make statements along with corporate executives as groundwork for more DEREGULATIONS.
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Senators write a letter to Chairman Powell calling for a broader public debate in the FCC’s media ownership review. BUT NOTHING HAPPENS!
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — ROTHSCHILDS CRIME MOB AIPAC PUPPET lawmakers write to FCC Chairman Powell urging him to keep to his proposed schedule to present the ownership rules decision in Mid-2003. And the FCC revised DEREGULATION limits for broadcast ownership are released. On appeal the cases were consolidated and assigned to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which APPROVED the FCC effective date of the new rules.
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — The House voted 400-21 to approve a spending bill that included a provision to block the FCC decision to allow major television networks to own up to 45% of the country’s viewers. The ROTHSCHILDS MOB owned Bush administration has voiced opposition to the attempt to rescind the FCC ruling.
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — A federal appeals court in Philadelphia issued an order blocking the rule changes from taking effect.
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a spending bill that contained a provision that would effectively block the ownership rule changes. And Congress introduced a “resolution of disapproval” to nullify the new FCC rules which passed in the Senate 55-40 (AMAZING AS ROTHSCHILDS MOB PUPPETS IN SENATE USUALLY ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MOB’S DEMANDS, BUT NOT YET BUT WAIT).
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — In FCC v. Brand X, the Ninth Circuit rules that cable modems include a telecom component. The court focused on the question of whether a cable company provides ‘telecommunications services’ or ‘information services.’ According to the Telecommunications Act, providers of information services are subject to much less stringent regulations than companies that provide telecommunications services. The court uses the more stringent regulations for internet modems.
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — MORE MEDIA CONSOLIDATION CONTINUES — NBC said it would purchase the entertainment arm of Vivendi Universal for $3.8 billion.
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — A letter signed by 208 members of Congress is sent to House Speaker Dennis Hastert requesting the full House be allowed to consider the resolution of disapproval passed in the Senate on September 16, 2003.
2003 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — GLOBAL-MEGA-CORPORATIONS GET WHAT THEY WANTED — In a last-minute deal Senate Republican leaders and the White House compromised on the TV station ownership cap. It was increased just enough to allow Viacom and News Corporation to keep all their stations with a new 39% limit.
2003 CE-2004 CE: BILL FOR MORE MEDIA DEREGULATION AND MORE CONSOLIDATION PASSED by HOUSE and SENATE!
2004 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — ROTHSCHILDS MOB AGENT Sumner Redstone, Chairman and CEO of Viacom remarks that, “2004 will be a breakout year for Viacom.” Media reporters speculate that 2004 will be a year of mergers.
2004 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — FCC releases its tenth annual report on competition in the market for the delivery of video programming. Report tries to justify its deregulations and more MEGA-CORPORATE consolidation. MEANINGLESS LIES!
2004 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — The Consumer’s Union releases new national survey of where people turn for local news and prove the FCC LIED as survey found “newspapers are more than twice as important a source than FCC determined when it relaxed its media ownership rules.”
2005 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — MORE MEDIA CONSOLIDATION CONTINUES — SBC Communications is acquiring AT&T to create SUPER communications company with unmatched global reach.
2005 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Rothschilds MOB makes sure US Supreme Court declines to review case and so the FCC moved forward with its response to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. ROTHSCHILDS MOB gets big win when Supreme Court overturned a federal court decision that would have forced cable companies to open up their networks to Internet service providers. So the Supreme CRIMINAL Court and The FCC has defined cable broadband as a less regulated ‘information service’ and this frees cable companies so they can avoid sharing their networks with competitors, making more Mega-Monopolies.
2005 CE: MORE MEDIA CONSOLIDATION CONTINUES — Sprint completes merger with Nextel Communications.
2005 CE: MORE MEDIA CONSOLIDATION CONTINUES — Verizon and MCI combine.
2006 CE: Viacom and CBS Corp breakup because Rothschilds MOB run Wall Street wanted that.
2006 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Senator Wyden unveils “net neutrality” so network operators would be prohibited from charging companies for faster delivery of their content to consumers or favoring certain content over others. ROTHSCHILDS MOB HATED IDEA AND CAUSE OPPOSITE!
2006 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Criminal Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) introduces Bill he says will reform laws to promote competition, cost savings for consumers and the speedy deployment of broadband services to all Americans. BUT OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
2006 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — US Senators Snowe and Dorgan introduce The Internet Freedom Preservation Act to “ensure that all content, applications and services are treated equally and fairly…”. Goes NOWHERE AS ROTHSCHILDS MOB HATE IT.
2006 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — FCC adopts a REVIEW of all past media ownership rules for TV, Radio, Newspaper, and Internet. ALL BAD NEWS FOR AMERICANS AS FCC IS ANTI-AMERICANS!
2006 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Senate Committee approves the Criminal Ted Stevens Advanced Telecommunications and Opportunity Reform Act by 15 to 7. ROTHSCHILDS MOB LOVES CRIMINALS LIKE STEVENS AND THEY LIVE EVEN MORE BRAINWASHING AMERICANS!
2006 CE: MORE MEDIA CONSOLIDATION CONTINUES — FCC approves Adelphia Assets to Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corporation.
2006 CE: MORE MEDIA CONSOLIDATION CONTINUES — BellSouth $67 billion sale to AT&T.
2006 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Former Lockheed Martin engineer had tried to get the company, federal investigators and members of Congress to be interested in his charges against the company. When nothing happened he made a whistleblower youtube video that went viral with thousands of views. This scared the crap out of the ROTHSCHILDS MOB GLOBAL-MEDIA-CORPORATIONS and event the mainstream media (MSM) picked up the story. This began the censorship and isolationism we see on the Internet in 2018 and beyond as ROTHSCHILDS MOB THINK TANKS install planned limits on the impact anyone on the internet (other than ROTHSCHILDS MOB CRIMINALS) can have.
2016 CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — Group Nine Media tied together four media companies, with $100 million in extra investment from Discovery Communications – Thrillist, The Dodo, NowThis, and Seeker. Advertisers prefer to deal with bigger entities when making direct deals. “Advertisers are looking for a one-stop shop.” The Reason Linear TV isn’t dead yet is takes time for huge audiences and big-time ad money to drift away to digital. At this time “The challenges are huge in the digital ads business…It’s, quite simply, hard to make money online.” It could take years to kick in and TV is still holding its own. But remember TV has old folks and Digital has YOUNG energetic audiences. Companies are exploring options on new premium streaming services like Netflix or Amazon. Fact is TV takes a lot of money to Make premium TV viewing. Lerer said that just a day or two after the announcement of Group Nine, he had gotten six notes from TV executives asking about creating something together. He is being taken more seriously as a partner for TV thanks to the $100 million Turner investment. Smith said changes in Facebook’s and Google’s algorithms pushes a wave of consolidation forward. Facebook had changed its algorithm in ways that hurt text articles, short-form web video had emerged as a big driver for growth, but that trend was corroborated. A shakeout of media brands is happening as the walls collapse separating cable TV, streaming services like Netflix, and social-mobile video.
2017 CE-TODAY CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — A ‘frenzy’ of media consolidations or a “bloodbath” of consolidation in the digital-media industry as old-media companies want to buy and scale online, and new-media players needing cash. OLD GUY want to say, ‘We’ve got digital, we’ve got mobile, so we’re smart.’ Successful digital-media startups need two things — #1 A strong brand and valuable audience. #2 A way to turn audience into cash — build a revenue machine to match. Creating an efficient revenue machine is tough in digital media and is not something every company is predisposed to be good at, even if the company delights its audience. Most Big companies are simply not interested in spending the time and money to build up the business side and are NO pioneers, but are more about bottom line accounting.
TODAY CE: MEDIA DEREGULATION AND UNLIMITED CONSOLIDATION AND OPPRESSION OF FACTS — SIX GLOBAL-MEGA-CONGLOMERATE-Corporations own American Media – ALL REPRESENTING CORPORATE INTERESTS OF THE BRITISH ROTHSCHILDS CRIME SYNDICATE AS ONE UNIFIED ANTI-AMERICAN VOICE THAT BROADCASTS LIES AND PROPAGANDA 24/7. THIS IS NOW HAPPENING TO THE INTERNET UNDER THE EXCUSE OF “CENSORSHIP” AND SO-CALLED “FAKE NEWS” meaning corporations did not SCREEN IT FOR BRITISH ROTHSCHILDS CRIME MOB APPROVAL.
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