• HuffingtonPost, Thursday, June 1, 2006 11:45 AM

When it comes to pushing for more media consolidation, “at the moment, the villains in the process are the Republicans [but] the Democrats are just as susceptible to being compromised when they have the power,” writes Norman Horowitz at HuffingtonPost. “This administration, (like so many in the past), would like us to have as little diversity in our media as possible, and be able to control access for such content into our homes.” Further, he wonders whether the government will become less bashful about determining what Americans watch, listen to or view on the Internet: “the greater the consolidation, the easier it is for the government to accomplish this either by law or by pressure on the media companies.”

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