{"id":2881,"date":"2011-05-05T11:36:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T15:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2023-04-30T12:44:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T16:44:24","slug":"rants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2011\/05\/rants\/","title":{"rendered":"Rants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Keeping Public Radio Public has a good one<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the lame-stream press \u2014 how dare they be called the \u201cliberal media\u201d! \u2014 only parrot the script prepared by the puppet masters, as corporate \u201clargesse\u201d and control has turned the media into toothless old watchdogs. They make good company for the regulatory agencies<\/a> once charged with protecting the public from the excesses of corporate greed. They\u2019re good dogs now, too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Exactly why independent media outlets are not just a nice feature of a democracy. \u00a0If one were to read the entire constitution of the United States, a theme, loosely known as “checks and balances” becomes apparent. \u00a0You could also call that theme “Trust Not.” \u00a0I recommend anyone who is interested in freedom read the Federalist Papers. \u00a0Even with the watered-down press, US Congress has a 9% (Rasmussen, April 2011) approval rating. \u00a0Surely, the public understands that something is amiss and needs to be fixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the internet and new media are great, it is too easy to mess with the internet. \u00a0True independent media needs to have independent distribution, and not be beholden to corporate ISPs, search engines, data centers, and so forth. \u00a0Radio fits that bill, to the extent that it is not broadcasting homogenized safe, automated, faceless music formats programmed from afar or content from\u00a0 The Borg-like collective of NPR. \u00a0Independent radio still exists in small pockets scattered here and there. \u00a0Where it exists, it often thrives in spite of corporate conglomerates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, consolidation has reduced the radio business to a shell of its former self. \u00a0The FCC has no interest in reigning in those corporations, or, so it seems, enforcing many of its own existing regulations. \u00a0Money talks, screw the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the answer?  Get involved. Don’t buy into the lies.  Use your God-given senses and do some research.  Draw your own conclusions.  Make noise.  Confront the corporatists with the facts.  Use every means possible to get the word out.  Write your representative or senator (after you register to vote).  Talk to co-workers, friends, family people on the street, etc.  It’s time, in fact, it’s now or never.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keeping Public Radio Public has a good one. And the lame-stream press \u2014 how dare they be called the \u201cliberal media\u201d! \u2014 only parrot the script prepared by the puppet masters, as corporate \u201clargesse\u201d and control has turned the media into toothless old watchdogs. They make good company for the regulatory agencies once charged with protecting … Continue reading Rants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[300,22,127],"class_list":["post-2881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-fcc","tag-media","tag-new-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2881"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11814,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions\/11814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}