Eminem shouldn't be the only one complaining about the Federal Communications Commission. Everyone should be rapping about FCC's ridiculous decision to give media companies more power.
The new resolution, which was voted on Monday, will allow companies to reach 45 percent of the country, whereas before they were limited to reach 35 percent. Public television now controls 55 percent of programming.
This expanded coverage does not provide the public with balanced media. Our televisions are already plastered with multiple CNN, FOX and NBC channels that already limit our view of news throughout the world.
Take for example Rupert Murdoch, who turned a small-town newspaper into a diverse media empire that enlightens and entertains half the world.
He is known as the owner of News Corporation Ltd., a media mogul who owns 20th Century Fox, The Fox Network, HarperCollins and the New York Post. Rupert Murdoch is behind-the-scenes with what nearly half the nation can view and provides a perfect example of how our news can be restricted.
The FCC is putting an unbalanced spin on the media. Instead of offering multiple learning outlets and information channels, we will soon be stuck with choosing between channel No. 1 or No. 2 on TV, and if you don't like it, the last option will be the newspaper, which is owned and operated by the same company that is monopolizing your TV.
Also, the FCC's resolution could result in cutbacks for local journalism companies, making it harder for reporters and news anchors cover news. Eventually, community issues could be completely left behind.
Since Congress is the only power behind changing the FCC's stronghold on media, it should counter the FCC's latest unfair considerations.
America is a democratic society and the FCC is taking control over that.
The government has a system of checks and balances and should veto the extra 10 percent of expanded coverage the FCC is going to allow media companies.
Otherwise we might soon have 30 channels with only three different stations controlling what we view, affecting political elections, local news, war coverage, among other important issues.
