We Interrupt This Broadcast...

...to be narrow-minded.

The FCC snuck in like thieves in the night the other day to grudgingly hold a "Town Meeting" Friday night at Seattle's Town Hall on the subject of station consolidation.

They're for it.

They want more of it.

That's why they're considering letting the entities that own every radio and television station in town, also own the newspapers as well.

That would make everything neat and tidy, wouldn't it?

But because the broadcast channels and air-waves are a public trust--we own them, they administer them--they had to hold a meeting in various cities to get the public's reaction. We were the last. And because it's such a big deal, the commissioners made sure they gave very little notice or announcement of it. God forbid, that people should show up and actually give their opinions.

But people did...in droves. And one of them was conservative commentator John Carlson.

Here's a report of the meeting and what he said there.

http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2007/11/john-carlson-sp.html#more

Thanks to Michael Hood and his snarky little broadcast blog "Blatherwatch" for the word.