Copps blamed the Internet for what he saw as journalism’s decline, adding that consolidation and “mindless” deregulation of media ownership was undermining democracy.

“We're not only losing journalists, we may be losing journalism,” he said. “Some blame the Internet and bloggers, and that's certainly a part of the story.

“The public interest standard is like a grand old theater that has been badly neglected over the years,” he said. “The structure is sound, and with a little imagination and a lot of hard work we can make it a showplace once again.

said by dadkins :

Can dish it out but can't take it - check!

The Mac producer is expected to have dropped from fourth place in the winter to fifth in the spring as it should have shipped 12.4 percent fewer computers than it did a year earlier, falling to 1.21 million Macs.

Overall, the country's computer business will have shrunk about 3 percent compared to a year earlier.

said by TKJunkMail :

So computer sales overall in U.S. down 3%, but Apple down 12.4%.

said by NOVA_Guy :

Copps has it right, and I couldn't agree more. More regulation is exactly what's needed in our news industry. Then perhaps people can get fair and balanced reporting of the news, not the left-wing anti-capitalism, pro-socialism drivel that's routinely spouted off on CNN, ABC, MSNBC, and the like.

Perhaps more regulation would have required ABC to label their special "conversation" with Obama about his idiotic health care plan what it actually was... in infomercial. (OK, truth be told, it was more like a dis-infomercial.)

Somehow, though, I doubt that such regulations will see their way into the mix with our current administration in charge. Regulations will more likely cover useless things that impinge upon our free speech rights, like forcing talk shows to be "two sided" and the like. (Regulations can be put in place to consider talk shows as "news shows", I suppose.)

I could also see the current FCC pushing for significant red tape barriers and some sort of licensure for bloggers... or at least those who post at places other than MoveOn and other radical sites. After all, this whole "free speech" thing is indeed a problem...

Can't have those pesky conservatives posting information on the interwebs, as they might confuse people and distract from the current administration's propaganda message. Oh well, our economy and nation is slowly becoming more and more owned by China, why not have a government that adopts similar policies too? How soon until we start seeing versions of "child safe filter" software being required on every computer sold in the US, under the old cock-and-bull guise of "think of the children"?

said by HotRodFoto :

I think you forget what the hell this country just came out of the last 8 years and the complete idiocy we went through.

said by NOVA_Guy :

I don't know... I certainly didn't go through any "hell" in the last 8 years. We had high gas prices, but that was easily overcome by telecommuting a couple days a week until prices came down...

And where did I ever state that Fox was fair and balanced? Please at least try to keep your rants on topic.

said by djrobx :

The only portion of my wireless bill that I really detest is the text plan, especially when I'm already paying for data. I can transfer 5GB of data for $30, but transfering 80kb (500 texts at max 160) worth of texts is an extra $5!?! At least with data, I see actual work going in to upgrade towers and have seen steadily improving performance.