FTC May Ease Anti-Trust Laws to Save News

August 5th, 2009  |  Published in News

The federal government is preparing an inquiry into the endangered field of news and reporting — and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz is dropping some broad hints about what will be in it.In an exclusive interview with TheWrap, Leibowitz expressed some sympathy to easing antitrust enforcement of media consolidations to prevent more newspapers from folding or further declines in TV news staffs.

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The Enablers
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Stop the presses:  there are a lot of crazy and/or angry people out there.  One of their current obsessions is their belief, based on absolutely zero evidence, that Obama was not born in this country.  The abundance and persistence of conspiracy theories - especially during times of change and challenge - is nothing new, of […]

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