Re:Media concentration myth (Score 0, Troll)

Sorry, but media concentration is still a reality and it is getting worse, despite the blooming of many alternatives. I agree that Chomksy and other Left media critics are wrong when they apply this criticism to the Internet, but when it comes to newspapers, radio, and TV, there are only a few companies that own everything. Radio is the worst of the bunch, with 3 corporations owning pretty much all of the airwaves.

I'm also sorry that you find Chomsky to be a crackpot. You are entitled to you ignorant opinion, but Chomsky is well respected around the world. He appears on TV stations in other countries, yet is shut completely off of American TV.

This story about a few corporations controlling the Internet is just another PR stunt from Jupiter Research. Cyber-pundits have been proclaiming the takeover of the Internet by corporations for years--if anything, the situation has improved with the shakeout of all the crappy dot-coms.

The Jupiter Research survey is also fundamentally dishonest: not every surfer going to the "popular websites" is going TO that website. More often than not, they are seeking content created by people whose content is hosted on that website. Corporations like Yahoo have tried to censor and discourage controversial content (like the adult communities) with the result that people go elsewhere.