Speaking of press

Submitted by Hari Iyer (United States), Oct 3, 2002 at 13:03

Speaking of Press, one has to look behind who controls the press.

I understand that one of the biggest shareholders of CNN (AOL's) is a Saudi Prince.

It is important that as a country we preserve our freedom by preventing foreign ownership of media. If the law already exists, then we should do a better job of enforcing it.

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