Jaredberryman
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While I certainly do not support Cristina's bastardized version of it, the US DOES have its, in my eyes reasonable, "ley de medios". Not sure you have to go to elementary school again but you're welcome to learn more at http://www.fcc.gov/g...ownership-rules : "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sets limits on the number of broadcast stations (radio and TV) an entity can own, as well as limits on the common ownership of broadcast stations and newspapers".
In no way is this a version of the ley de medios. I completely hate and mistrust the FCC, but the ley de medios makes it so that people in rural areas, for instance, that do not have internet or cable, and listen to radio, may only listen to government radio stations and get government media. It is clearly an attempt at controlling the media so as to stay in power. You cannot possibly compare the ley de medios to any law in the USA. I do not naively believe that the government doesn't try to control the media in the USA, but you must be kidding. The ley de medios is mostly aimed at bringing down Clarin and La Nacion, which are the only papers left basically that will say things against the government (yes they exaggerate, but at least there's another perspective besides Kristina is awesome). The Ley de Medios is a joke. The FCC is a joke too, but the comparison is totally unwarranted.