"nfisherman" wrote in message
m...
Aren't the Dixie Chicks, Springsteen, et. al. on tour at the moment
promoting something called "Vote for Change" or something like that?

I wouldn't know, really. However, a concert tour doesn't equate with: "... Clear
Channel owns or operates 1,165 radio stations in the United States."
(http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54036,00.html)

"It's also the nation's largest concert promoter and one of the largest billboard
companies." (http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20020...ar0623fnp3.asp)

So where's the oppression from the "right-wing media giants"?

Read the related articles in the links provided above and you'll get a CLEAR CHANNEL
picture.

This thread started because Cabela's allowed Bush/Cheney to speak at
their stores.

That's right, and when Cabela's *invites* Kerry/Edwards to hold campaign rallies at
the VERY SAME outlets it provided to the Bush/Cheney campaign, I will withdraw my
complaint.

I don't see how that translates to big business and
industry preventing the electorate from voicing its opinions.

Think monopolization of media outlets!

Seriously, read the post-gazette link, and imagine that one far-left liberal
corporation controlled so much of the nations broadcast media and billboard
advertising.

"FCC commissioners and lawmakers have been particularly concerned about radio
companies like Clear Channel Communications Inc., the biggest radio station owner with
about 1,200, owning all of the stations in a market."
(http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ndustry_fcc_dc)


"'The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia in June stayed the
FCC rules and ordered the agency to use viewer data to amend the regulations. Without
a detailed viewership assessment, the FCC cannot accurately measure media diversity,
the court said.'

'The court said to get a consistent methodology across markets that takes into account
the audience that uses news," Cooper said. "Making sure control of news production is
not restricted to a handful of media companies is a key goal of the agency's
regulations, and the court recognized that.'"
(http://www.thedeal.com/NASApp/cs/Con...cle/TDStandard
Article&c=TDDArticle&cid=1093301584582)



Mark --who truly hope he attributed correctly--