Has Media Concentration Gone Too Far?

Jon Rintels is the executive director and the founder of the Center for Creative Voices in Media, a group that advocates against media consolidation and censorship. Rintels is a former attorney and award-winning screenwriter who says media conglomeration of the last several years is having a negative impact on those who write for television and film.

“All of this is based on our strong belief in free speech and free expression,�? says Rintels. “Overregulation of the airwaves to protect children from so-called indecent content has backfired.�?

On the October 20, 2006 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now, he told host Coy Barefoot that local news suffers when corporations buy up several radio stations in a community. Rintels also commended WINA for its commitment to local news after Rob Graham broke in with a news report live from the scene.