#1149 The loss of liberty at the hands of concentrated power (Media and Net Neutrality)
Air Date: 12–1-2017
Today we look at the inevitable results of a lax approach to anti-trust legislation: the consolidation of corporate power and money used to buy influence over the writing of regulations which allow for further consolidation of corporate power. Plus, throw in the suppression of anti-corporate opinions through monopolistic media empires and the dismantling of Net Neutrality principles. Welcome to The Gilded Age 2.0
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#1092 Under surveillance from all angles (Privacy Rights)
#993 The corporatization of the media
Air date: 2-23-16
Today we look at the effects of the media companies shift from producing news content as a public service to ‘infotainment’ and where we’re headed in the world of vertical integration and threats to net neutrality
Read more#835 Speak up on the future of the Internet (Net Neutrality)
Today we look at how the Internet could look if we let the cable baron's lobbyists, including the one appointed to the FCC by Barack Obama, get their way and what we can do to stop them.
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