September 24, 2008

Follow the Money

There are 5 major media conglomerates in the world right now:


Each of these giants owns TV stations, cable channels, record labels, billboards, radio stations, magazines, book publishers, movie production companies, newspapers, etc... 

All of these companies are competing for your money. What results from this? 

"When you have a few gigantic trans-national corporations, each one loaded down with debt, competing madly for as much shelf space and brain space as they can take. They're going to do whatever they think works the fastest, and with the most people, which means that they will drag standards down".  
- Mark Crispin-Miller, Professor of Communications NYU. 

This quote could not be more true! There is one company, however, who is attempting to restore standards instead of bringing them down. Disney. They have taken the high, more mature road in upholding standards. They very carefully position themselves as a family network that is appropriate for all ages. I applaud them for this and ask that Viacom follow their example. 

Viacom, please do your part to make our world a better place. Create standards and limitations on what your MTV network broadcasts to America's youth. 

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