Comments on: A sarcastic plug for more media consolidation http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/10/13/a-sarcastic-plug-for-more-media-consolidation/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tim Hogan http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/10/13/a-sarcastic-plug-for-more-media-consolidation/#comment-14697 Tim Hogan Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:51:07 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1677#comment-14697 We studied this phenomenon in classes in my Communications program where we read two fabulous books (now out of print) called "The Great Roob Revolution" by Roger Price and "The Broadcasters." One of my best teachers at Saint Louis University, Prof. Avis Meyer, warned of the dangers of consolidation and commercialization of the news media and the dumbing down of the news media (newspapers in particular) in 1979. Dr. Meyer ranted against the trends he saw and trained us to be better than what we saw. Now SLU is trying to keep him from working with students on the student newspaper and threatening him with lawsuits and financial ruin because he holds the powers that be accountable. We studied this phenomenon in classes in my Communications program where we read two fabulous books (now out of print) called “The Great Roob Revolution” by Roger Price and “The Broadcasters.”

One of my best teachers at Saint Louis University, Prof. Avis Meyer, warned of the dangers of consolidation and commercialization of the news media and the dumbing down of the news media (newspapers in particular) in 1979. Dr. Meyer ranted against the trends he saw and trained us to be better than what we saw. Now SLU is trying to keep him from working with students on the student newspaper and threatening him with lawsuits and financial ruin because he holds the powers that be accountable.

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