Please Mind the Gap

Prof. Philip Savage (2008) of McMaster University: “The media ownership debate occurs in a vacuum, lacking evidence to ground arguments or potential policy creation either way”.

Mike Gasher, Assoc. Professor of Communication, Concordia University: “Who is really trying to measure media concentration and its impact in an empirical way? I honestly . . . cannot think of anyone who does that”.

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