http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 3 Sep 2003 02:19:02 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/09/02/172617.php#comment-17054 While the deal will probably go through, hopefully there will be some more critical reporting than on past deals given the uproar over the FCC's rule changes. As Bagdikian points out, back in the 60s, ITT was blocked from buying ABC partly because there was fear there would be conflicts of interest when it came to news coverage. This deal doesn't make it too much worse than GE already owning NBC, but there will still be even more media concentration. Also, the AOL Time Warner merger didn't turn out to be the manna from heaven it was promoted as. 17054@blogcritics.org Wed, 3 Sep 2003 02:19:02 EDT