[hepkatmama]

did anyone watch the flashpoint on pbs last nite about this?

the interview with Powell was interesting. he doesn't have horns if u were wondering.

on one side of his mouth he talked about how big media is necessary for free tv to compete with pay for tv like cable & satellite.

out of the other side of this mouth he talked about how there have been cases of the emergency broadcast system FAILING as a direct result of big media being so detached from the local communities they serve. u know how it goes

*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*
if this had been an actual emergency this signal would be followed by information from state & local authorities, bla bla bla

basically if there is a serious emergency we should listen to the radio & watch tv (just like night of the living dead) to know what is going on & how to deal.

a train derailed in ND recently, the explosion caused a toxic cloud of some ammonia based gas to settle over the town. CLEARCHANNEL owned all 6 radio stations & none of them had any information for over 1 1/2 hours. cause they pipe in the music from outside the area that it serves.

300 ppl were treated for respiratory problems, skin burns & there was one death as a result of this tragedy.

perhaps the number would have been smaller if the emergency broadcasting system worked.

if the fcc doesn't force these corporations to deal with these kind of situations, the government must. shouldn't homeland security deal with all this?

how can they SUGGEST letting media conglomo's get bigger when they are already slacking with what they have?