A conundrum for Paul supporters. (Media Consolidation)

[Mugsy]

I just finished watching "NOW" and "Bill Moyer's Journal" on PBS tonight.

Ron Paul was the subject of NOW, and how the campaign owes its surprise success to grassroots, even comparing it to the Dean campaign of 2004.

Watching all the apoplectic Paul supporters cheering, waving signs and swooning at the mention of his name, I wondered just how much do these people REALLY know about politics and what a Paul Presidency could do to the country. Almost on cue, they noted that the man that helped Paul raise 4 of his record 5 million "in one day" had "never voted before the age of 37" (the 2006 election).

On the next program, Bill Moyer's discussed the subject of "Media Consolidation", which made me think of an interesting conundrum for Paul supporters:

"Where does Ron Paul stand on media consolidation?"

I scoured the Net for a while but found no answers. If he sticks to his Libertarian principles, he'd oppose government regulation, perhaps even disbanding the FCC. Yet, ironically, "media consolidation" is probably one of primary reasons why Paul must depend so heavily on New Media. And I'd suspect that Paul's supporters are more the type that would prefer MORE diversity in the media than less.

If Paul is *opposed* to greater media consolidation, that would demand greater government regulation and *more* government oversight. It would mean maintaining yet another government program that has no effect on the day-to-day operations of the government or national security. I don't see that happening.

So my question again to any Paul supporter that might be lurking is: "Where does Ron Paul stand on media consolidation?"

My next question: "Where does he stand on Net Neutrality?"

[laconicsax]

1. Against net neutrality

Google his name and net neutrality

[Ytzak]

2. Paul would be against any government fiddling with Capitalism...

So he would support greater media concentration as an exercise in free market Capitalism.

For him, any government regulation is bad. So controlling how much of the media could be consolidated would be bad. Therefore, the media, and any other capitalist enterprise would be allowed to consolidate as the market demanded.