Jack Welch, Karl Rove, media cartels, and the subversion of democracy

,

By way of Smirking Chimp I come across this fascinating (and utterly depressing) account of how Karl Rove “reached out” to (Saint) Jack Welch, A.K.A “the buzz saw”, Chairman of General Electric, the parent company of NBC, and how together they put in place the right wing noise machine that masquerades as our nation’s electronic news media.

Related Posts:

  • by Harold November 13, 2019 Like most everything else at the FCC these days, problems that have relatively simple and straightforward solutions turn into horrible complicated messes. Take the C-Band,…
  • by Harold November 8, 2021 5G has been accused a lot of ridiculous things -- causing Covid, causing cancer, causing autism. This article provides a list of 9 separate conspiracy…
  • by Harold March 15, 2019 You know your agency is pathetic at its job when Tea Party Republicans tell you to go harder on industry -- especially in a Republican…
  • by Harold January 24, 2020 Cyberlaw Twitter has been mildly abuzz recently over the news that Professor Larry Lessig. Has decided to sue the New York Times for defamation. Specifically,…
  • by Harold February 15, 2019 Practically every week, it seems, we get some new revelation about the mishandling of user information that makes people very upset. Indeed, people have become…
  • by Harold July 22, 2020 One of the unusual plot twists of this season on Spectrum Wars has been my agreeing more and more with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. For…

2 Comments

  1. Mr. Testing Dude
    April 22, 2007 at 8:36 am

    Testing testing testing, check check check.

Comments are closed