How significant was telecom deregulation in 1996 to today's race?

[reddread]

I think it is the single greatest factor in our list of problems confronting the electorate and
hindering/hampering/hamstringing democracy.

am I oversensitive?

[silvershadow]

1. another Bill Clinton fiasco. nt

[Onlooker]

6. So you don't believe in too big to fail. LOL.

I don't think you know what telephone deregulation did, but maybe you had a lot of stock in AT&T.

[leveymg]

2. Certainly significant to the NSA. CALEA imposed a requirement on the telcos for NSA diverters

That part of the 1996 telecom deregulation created the infrastructure for NSA to simultaneously tap everyone's phones. That was followed in 1997-2000 with the Groundbreaker program to create the software and storage to manage and analyze all that data. The NSA was already using that ability before 9/11.

[Armstead]

4. It was bad before, but it made it horrific -- Thanks to Bill Clinton

One of his little gifts to the future

[CentralCoaster]

5. Not oversensitive, huge impact. The poor have no access to quality information. NONE!

This ain't rocket science and I really bristle at those who tell me about how everyone has the Internet and Cable.

No, they don't.

The original intention of the FCC was to balance economic interests of broadcasters with the interests of CITIZENS.

The airwaves are owned by the PEOPLE and we permitted use of them in exchange for public benefit, including information.

PSAs, emergency notification, equal time, and political debates would be required content on these free broadcasts.

Enter cable and Internet. They are NOT free. So poor people who try to save costs by using digital broadcast get NOTHING.

That's just on the tech and delivery side of things. Media conglomeration eliminates the competition, the two parties are so corruptedly connected to big media that there's no reliable presentation of the facts anymore.

Huge impact.

[reddread]

9. I was afraid of that.

Justifiably pissed off.
Things were plenty bad enough back in 91.
They werent satisfied, they had big plans.
on the brink of fruition.

[Punkingal]

7. You are not oversensative.

I think it is the biggest reason we have lost our democracy.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

8. Clintonian Fail of Epic Proportions. Assume the position...

[reddread]

10. no shit

[BlueStateLib]

11. deregulation in 1996 gave you

FSTV TV
LINK TV
DSL
Broadband Cable

[reddread]

12. al jazeera

[BlueStateLib]

18. Their not a public access channel

[reddread]

13. air america

[BlueStateLib]

19. Their not a public access channel

[reddread]

20. neither is CNN

whats your point?

[reddread]

14. fair and balanced C-SPAN

sorry but

[BlueStateLib]

21. c span is owned by a consortium of cable companies, their not a public access channel

[reddread]

22. damn you know a lot

[reddread]

15. fairness doctrine

j/k.
sorry.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. And media consolidation into five mega corps that control

98 percent of what you consume.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Not one bit

It is one of the core issues.