Dear Mr.
President:
The deterioration of the American media and its open partisanship should be addressed through an antitrust action. More than 75 percent of airwave and cable broadcasters are in practice affiliated with the Democratic Party. This came about because in the 1930s the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration illegally required ideological litmus tests in its granting of airwave monopolies.
The deterioration of the American media and its open partisanship should be addressed through an antitrust action. More than 75 percent of airwave and cable broadcasters are in practice affiliated with the Democratic Party. This came about because in the 1930s the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration illegally required ideological litmus tests in its granting of airwave monopolies.
When the
country had something of a dominant, bipartisan consensus, perhaps from the
candidacy of Wendell L. Wilke through the George W. Bush administration,
partisan monopoly of the airwaves was unimportant, although conservatives have
never been happy. When the cable monopolies were established by local
governments in the 1970s and 1980s, the extension of the New Deal system seemed
natural, although by then the media was increasingly at odds with moderate
Republicans. Moreover, the major parties had not diverged ideologically to the
degree that they have since Goldwater and McGovern--and to a greater degree
since Obama. Conservatives have lived with an unresponsive, monopolistic media
for the past ninety years.
The recent handling of the
impeachment hoax and the legacy media’s deceitful coverage of your presidency
has intensified the issue. At present, the Democratic media monopoly is
becoming an embarrassment, a system at odds with the preferences of the
majority of Americans. Given that the media lacks professionalism and
intersects with state influence—via the Democratic Party---the current system
makes a mockery of Constitutional protection of freedom of the press. The
current system is a state-granted monopoly that favors one party and is much like
a totalitarian system. This is especially so of the stations owned by Comcast, TimeWarner, and Disney.
There
needs to be an antitrust action and a divestiture of airwave and cable
networks from the Democrats so that airwave and cable control are wrested from
Comcast and Disney and fairly distributed among Republicans, Democrats,
Libertarians, Greens, and others in rough proportion to their numbers in the
population.
Sincerely,
Cc:
Robert Iger, The Walt Disney Co.
Brian L. Roberts, Chairman, Comcast
CorporationJoseph J. Simons, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
