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Re:FCC Moves to End TV-Newspaper Ownership Ban by JustSomeNobody on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @08:42PM (#15555494)
> "If you believe, as I do, that the federal government has no business intervening in the news, then we must stop the federal government from intervening in the news business,” Pai said...

But... this isn't about that. We're eventually going to reach a media (internet, tv, news, etc) singularity. How is that good for _anyone_ except investors?

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Re:FCC Moves to End TV-Newspaper Ownership Ban by mark_edward on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @08:49PM (#15555520)
Those are the people who matter in this world.
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Re:FCC Moves to End TV-Newspaper Ownership Ban by didibus on Thursday October 26, 2017 @02:02AM (#15556729)
Its also an Argumentum ad populum fallacy, and a bit of a begging the question fallacy.

In all, a great way to avoid having to give any real arguments as to why this is a good idea.

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Re:FCC Moves to End TV-Newspaper Ownership Ban by tertius on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:07PM (#15555579)
As long as competition is not outlawed.
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Re:FCC Moves to End TV-Newspaper Ownership Ban by wavefunction on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:19PM (#15555641)
haha
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