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American Prospect, The, July, 2004 by Huffington, Arianna
ROBERT MCCHESNEY WILL GET NO ARGUMENT FROM ME on the vital importance of fighting to change the many ways our government policies have made possible the ongoing consolidation of media outlets into fewer and fewer corporate-controlled hands. Having the media controlled by roughly 20 or so megacorporations has clearly had a deleterious effect--lessening competition, squelching dissent, choking off debate, and elevating profit over the public good. But breaking the government-sanctioned monopolies of the media giants, while an essential step, is only part of the solution.
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