Welcome. Sometimes we can see the universe in a grain of sand, as the old saying goes, but nowadays a graphic chart more vividly reveals the world we live in. Take a look at this statistical snapshot of the media ecology that largely determines what you and i see, read, and hear. In 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of media in america. In 1990 the number had dropped to 23. In 1997, 10. And today, six. There you have it the fistful of multinational conglomerates that own the majority of media in america. What do we call it when a few firms dominate the market . Oligopoly. Doesnt quite rhyme with democracy. But today, believe it or not, big media is about to get even bigger, unless the public stands up and says no heres the story. The chairman of the federal Communications Commission the fcc, the agency of government created by congress to protect the publics rightful ownership of the airwaves is reportedly asking the other four commissioners to suspend the rule preventing a c
Welcome. Sometimes we can see the universe in a grain of sand, as the old saying goes, but nowadays a graphic chart more vividly reveals the world we live in. Take a look at this statistical snapshot of the media ecology that largely determines what you and i see, read, and hear. In 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of media in america. In 1990 the number had dropped to 23. In 1997, 10. And today, six. There you have it the fistful of multinational conglomerates that own the majority of media in america. What do we call it when a few firms dominate the market . Oligopoly. Doesnt quite rhyme with democracy. But today, believe it or not, big media is about to get even bigger, unless the public stands up and says no heres the story. The chairman of the federal Communications Commission the fcc, the agency of government created by congress to protect the publics rightful ownership of the airwaves is reportedly asking the other four commissioners to suspend the rule preventing a c
With a three tier system expected by borisjohnson, chris whitty for the whole of england. And sir Patrick Vallance about the latest developments pubs and bars in Central Scotland in the coronavirus pandemic. Close their doors for at least 16 days as new rules come into force. Chris whitty, the chief medical officerfor england, talked through some graphs fans will need to pay to watch some which contained quite a lot premier league games on tv. Of information, some of it at the bottom of the screen. Clubs have voted to charge fans nearly £15 to view matches heres the reaction of another viewer, terry stalworthy. They cant go to, and which are not ive been disappointed yet selected for broadcast again to see the strapline used later this month. At the bottom of the screen often obscures important information. There were several occasions where there was graphs shown. I could see red lines representing what good morning. Cool and blustery with i understood to be age groups but the inform
A cloudy conditions. Instead of waking up to boma chilling temperatures San Francisco has a high of 49 degrees. Santa rosa is at 42 degrees. Lets focus on the afternoon was a partly cloudy conditions. It could bring rain to the north but not to the bay. Take a look at the numbers. 62 today for San Francisco and 67 for livermore. We have changes on the horizon. Were finally talk about whether here in the bay. We may see wing as early as tomorrow evening the chance or run up wednesday into thursday. As we wrap up the work week we could see a halfinch of rain. Ending january into the first week of february we are finally talking about rain. We may see showers at least a chance, for the next couple of days pripet this is something to look for two. As for traffic were now monitoring a hot spots. Very easy around the bay bridge. At the san mateo bridge were not seen any delays just hazy. On the traffic maps everything is okay on the peninsula. The green on the sensors showed that the speed i
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