Welcome. Sometimes we can see the universe in a grain of sand, as the old saying goes, but nowadays a graphic chart more vividly reveals the world we live in. Take a look at this statistical snapshot of the media ecology that largely determines what you and i see, read, and hear. In 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of media in america. In 1990 the number had dropped to 23. In 1997, 10. And today, six. There you have it the fistful of multinational conglomerates that own the majority of media in america. What do we call it when a few firms dominate the market . Oligopoly. Doesnt quite rhyme with democracy. But today, believe it or not, big media is about to get even bigger, unless the public stands up and says no heres the story. The chairman of the federal Communications Commission the fcc, the agency of government created by congress to protect the publics rightful ownership of the airwaves is reportedly asking the other four commissioners to suspend the rule preventing a c
male announcer live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. Coming up for live and antioch as they look for a suspect of a murdered man. The Student Government at uc berkeley wants to ban Salvation Army bell ringers from campus. Well explain why. Dallas cowboys defensive tackle josh brent taken into custody after a crash that killed one of his teammates. Well have details on that investigation coming up. Im marty gonzalez. Ysabel duron is off today. Well have more on our top stories in a moment. But first, lets get a quick check of your forecast with janu good morning. As for this afternoon, we will have sunny skies and warmer temperatures compared to yesterday with authorities. For this evening it is going to be cool inland. Mostly clear we could see some fog again. Taking a look at temperatures in the north bay. A bit warmer in the 50s. With mid 40s for the east bayshore as we go for the afternoon. We will get to the 60s mid60s an antioch, livermore, 68 in oakland to.
Welcome. Sometimes we can see the universe in a grain of sand, as the old saying goes, but nowadays a graphic chart more vividly reveals the world we live in. Take a look at this statistical snapshot of the media ecology that largely determines what you and i see, read, and hear. In 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of media in america. In 1990 the number had dropped to 23. In 1997, 10. And today, six. There you have it the fistful of multinational conglomerates that own the majority of media in america. What do we call it when a few firms dominate the market . Oligopoly. Doesnt quite rhyme with democracy. But today, believe it or not, big media is about to get even bigger, unless the public stands up and says no heres the story. The chairman of the federal Communications Commission the fcc, the agency of government created by congress to protect the publics rightful ownership of the airwaves is reportedly asking the other four commissioners to suspend the rule preventing a c
Welcome. Sometimes we can see the universe in a grain of sand, as the old saying goes, but nowadays a graphic chart more vividly reveals the world we live in. Take a look at this statistical snapshot of the media ecology that largely determines what you and i see, read, and hear. In 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of media in america. In 1990 the number had dropped to 23. In 1997, 10. And today, six. There you have it the fistful of multinational conglomerates that own the majority of media in america. What do we call it when a few firms dominate the market . Oligopoly. Doesnt quite rhyme with democracy. But today, believe it or not, big media is about to get even bigger, unless the public stands up and says no heres the story. The chairman of the federal Communications Commission the fcc, the agency of government created by congress to protect the publics rightful ownership of the airwaves is reportedly asking the other four commissioners to suspend the rule preventing a c
You were trying to make with this book, or what is it that you want people to be able to take away . Guest well, i do think that is partially true, but when women came into the senate, most people dont realize there were few women in the senate up until 1990 there were only two women in the senate. So all of those male senators dont know what to do with women coming into the senate. And you have women coming in at the same time as you have a big shift in washington in terms of behavior in washington becoming more partisan and more polarizeed. So as women come into the senate, youre also in a much more partisan and polarized environment, and thats had a lot of effect. So in terms of utilizing their gender, they do emphasize it if it helps them to achieve their political goals. Host right. Guest and they deemphasize it when theyre concerned that it could hurt their political goals. So if we take the very obvious example of Hillary Clinton host right, i love that example. You talk about h