> There's a sentimental view that competition leads to diversity in
> both content and the number of voices. In fact, it leads to sameness
> in content, as everyone imitates everyone else (again, as we saw in
> the Lewinsky affair). . . .The only antidote to
> these tendencies is government policy to restrain combination and
> subsidize the offbeat-not exactly the most fashionable view these
> days, of course.
I'm not positive about this last bit. LBO and WFMU compete for reader-listeners through the market (if not exactly on a capitalist basis). Whereas PBS . . . I'm sorry, I fell asleep, were you talking to me?
Michael
__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com