Too bad for Hillary her husband signed the 96 telecommuncation bill

[betterdemsonly]

Not many of the media monopolists like her much. Has Bill ever said he was sorry for it? Has Hillary ever proposed any reforms that would reverse the damage?

[SidDithers]

1. Unrec...nt

Sid

[F4lconF16]

2. +1

Bill's actions are not hers. Wouldn't mind a proposal to fix it from her anyways, but this is not a fair criticism.

[MADem]

3. Allow me to add my UNREC as well.

Something stinks up in here!

[betterdemsonly]

4. The stench of truth?

Truth hurts!

[MADem]

5. There's a stench all right, but you need to get the key at the service station counter to get

a whiff of what I'm smelling up in here.

What's painful is your utter lack of subtlety!

[betterdemsonly]

6. What was untrue about my observation and question? n/t

[MADem]

7. Everything--but you already know that. Now have a nice day.

This lousy thread is pure fertilizer and the fumes are just too strong for me.

I'm not kicking your lousy little divisive thread any more.

[betterdemsonly]

8. Bill Clinton didn't sign the 1996 Telecommunications Bill? Is that not true?

Please elaborate?

Or is it not true that this made corporate media consolidation worse?

Or is it not true the coporate media dislikes Hilary and won't represent both sides fairly?

I really don't get what it is you take issue with precisely?

[hrmjustin]

9. Unrec!

[PeaceNikki]

10. *too

We call that a "tell" in poker.

[betterdemsonly]

11. Corrected

Too bad, the truth represents a game in these parts.

[PeaceNikki]

12. ,

[PeaceNikki]

17. You also misspelled "Telecommunications"

[snooper2]

13. Have you actually read it?

Your not getting any better at this FYI...

[betterdemsonly]

18. From Wikipedia

Telecommunications Act of 1996
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the first significant overhaul of United States telecommunications law in more than sixty years, amending the Communications Act of 1934. The Act, signed by President Bill Clinton, represented a major change in American telecommunication law, since it was the first time that the Internet was included in broadcasting and spectrum allotment.[1] One of the most controversial titles was Title 3 ("Cable Services&quot , which allowed for media cross-ownership.[1] According to the FCC, the goal of the law was to "let anyone enter any communications business—to let any communications business compete in any market against any other".[2] The legislation's primary goal was deregulation of the converging broadcasting and telecommunications mar...........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996#Later_criticism


The main feature of the bill was cross ownership. A cursory reading would suggest it was a gift to right wing shills like Rupert Murdoch and Clear Channel Communications!! The problems it created were not unforeseen or unforeseeable.

[RiverLover]

23. Monopolies are terrific! Love having few choices for internet & cable

and overpaying for both!

woohoo!

[betterdemsonly]

24. I think they are playing the same game with our primaries. n/t

[mmonk]

14. Many Democrats are in denial of things like this, financial deregulation, ending welfare

as we know it, stock market bubbles, etc..

[mmonk]

19. Oh. And free trade.

[betterdemsonly]

20. When they call us purity trolls they gloss over how the left disagrees with righwing democrats

on 2/3 of all issues. In order for purity to be an issue there should be agreement on most issues and there is not.

[mmonk]

22. Sometimes labels or names are meant to shutdown discussion.

[great white snark]

15. Hillary praised the repeal of DADT.

Petty OP.

[we can do it]

16. I smell shit

[jwirr]

21. To bad for all of us.