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In reply to the discussion: What Obama's FCC is about to do to the Internet is similar to what Clinton did to broadcasting in 96 [View all]Blanks
(4,835 posts)Clearly the impact that the network news and radio stations have on people has been diminished in the last couple of decades.
The medium is dying off and there's no reason to limit ownership and regulate it in the same manner as it was regulated when it was the only game in town. We have the Internet now and television and radio can't compete. So I don't think a HUGE amount of damage was done when Clinton signed it.
At this point it's as damaging as big regulations on railroads - they're still around, but they can't compete with over the road transportation.
As far as net neutrality - it sounds like a bad thing, and I signed the White House petition opposing - what I am told is the president's position, but we have to stay cognizant of what the ACTUAL trends are and Obama won the 2012 election despite the huge sums of money running against him and the networks being controlled by the MIC.
I think its a tempest in a teapot. Just another manufactured uproar to get people upset at the President and the Clinton's.