[opendtv] Re: Forbes: Why FCC's Move To Relax Market Share Caps For TV Stations Makes No Sense
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:19:13 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Looks like Bert is suffering from another reading comprehension problem.
It was predictable that Craig would be totally lost on this one too.
The author of this article makes a clear case for relaxing ownerships
caps, based on the FACT that broadcasters now compete with many forms of
content distribution for their share of the audience:
You are really hopeless! The tile says, the FCC's move to relax caps **MAKES NO
SENSE**. Let's think real hard about this. If the "author of this article makes
a clear case for relaxing ownerships," as you claim, then how come he is saying
that relaxing the caps makes no sense?
If anything, the fact that there are so many other Internet-based
sources, which are not regulated by the FCC, would argue that this FCC
push is justified.
This is EXACTLY what the author is arguing.
Again, you are hopeless. Read the title. Move to relax ownership rules makes no
sense, it says. Contradiction number one. Then read this quote:
"TV stations should welcome the relaxation of consolidation rules, which may be
a key for survival against digital distribution behemoths."
Should welcome? They DO welcome. Why is he trying to convince the broadcasters,
and why is he contradicting his own title? The use of should can only imply two
things: (1) that they do not welcome the relaxation of rules as of now, or (2)
if it were written in italics, or bold type, that he's in violent agreement
with the broadcasters. But it's not written that way. Either (1) or (2),
however, contradict the title.
It's truly astonishing how everything has to be belabored for Craig. As I
already stated, maybe the title was mistyped, but even if that's true, he seems
to be arguing something that broadcast station groups have been saying for
decades.
Bert
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