> As I understand media analysts like McChesney, the "media concentration"
> line consists of two parts:
>
> 1. The ownership of media outlets is becoming increasingly concentrated in
> the hands of a few major media conglomerates (Time-Warner, Disney, etc).
>
> 2. This concentrated ownership leads to less diversity in media content
> and tends to filer out or marginalize content that challenges the status
> quo (Chomsky and Herman).
>
> The evidence for #1 is strong; is #2 what you're questioning? Or is there
> another component to the argument?
And the traditional McChesney-Herman-Chomsky-Bagdikian media monopoly model doesn't really apply very well to the Internet.
Chuck