[Destro]

How rich! This from Rush, the (former?) champion of media consolidation. True conservatives (like the NRA) told y'all that media consolidation was bad and restricted information not increased it. I guess Rush can think clearly now that he is not hopped up on goof balls.

Break up ClearChannel - break up Viacom - break 'em all up!

[Cosmo]

Umm....I think you need to reconsider.

[CyberAnt]

There's nothing wrong with consolidation - the problem comes from those who are corrupted and don't want to acknowledge the connection.

If Fox can acknowledge their connection to the NYPost, then CBS can acknowledge Viacom and Simon & Schuster.

The reason CBS doesn't want to acknowledge Viacom is because too many Fox viewers/Rush listeners know that Viacom is Hillary's largest donor. Obviously, CBS didn't want Hillary to be connected with Clarke. But .. he is!

And .. your comments about Rush are way over the top, and totally out of line.

And .. please explain to me how Clear Channel is "consolidated".

[finnman69]

Howard Stern fan?

[BigSkyFreeper]

Clear Channel isn't consolidated with anyone. I think you need to check your own facts before you take such great leaps in the future.

[Pelham]

It's rich irony indeed. Russell Kirk, whose name Rush sometimes tosses about but whose writing Rush evidently never has read, often warned against conflating conservatism with big business. They're not the same, and big business is often a driving force for radicalism. What do people think the big business of the entertainment industry is? Not to mention the long list of corporations which routinely donate to the radical activists that conservatives despise.

The old Right was as wary of big business as it was of big government. But today we find a foolish cheerleading for both in "conservative" circles, until something of this sort smacks them in the face with the dangers of consolidated power. They won't learn. They'll just spin until their hero comes out and explicitly admits he was mistaken. For that admission, don't hold your breath.

[NYCVirago]

I guess Rush can think clearly now that he is not hopped up on goof balls.

Nothing says class like making drug jokes about Rush Limbaugh.

[PGalt]

Consolidation will not stop the demise of propaganda in an age of information.