| "The
striking structural feature of the U.S. media system is 'concentration
and conglomeration' – powerful interests have constructed
it so that citizens have not been involved in the key policy
decisions that have shaped it"
Prof.
Robert W. McChesney
Rich
Media, Poor Democracy – Communication Politics
in Dubious Times
University
of Illinios Press 1999
"For
the first time in U.S. history, the country's most widespread
sources of news, commentary and entertainment are controlled
by only 6 firms, among the largest in the world"
Ben
Bagdikian
Former Dean, Graduate School
of Journalism,
UC Berkeley
The Media Monopoly
6th
ed., Beacon, Boston 2000
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