Showing posts with label NBC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NBC. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Comcast and NBC Are Getting Married!!!

Yesterday, the FCC finally (it's been in limbo for months) gave approval to Comcast and NBC to merge. This merger creates an absolute powerhouse in the entertainment and news industry. Not only will this single entity create media, but they will also be the most powerful distributor of it.

Anyone who has taken a college-level critical thinking course knows about philosophical fallacies. One of the more emphasized ones in my college philosophy class was the "slippery slope" fallacy. This is the fallacy in which if (A) happens, then it will lead to (B). And if (B) happens, then it could lead to (C), (D), (E), or (F).