Media concentration in action

Marquette, Michigan, has two movie theaters. Both are owned by GKC, a corporation based in Illinois, which refuses to show Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911. It's not because people in the upper peninsula don't want to see it. It's because the president of the corporation doesn't like its politics and wants to silence criticism of the Bush administration. The excuse used, of course, is the tired old cant about how all Americans are obliged to mindlessly approve of everything done in the name of any war, anywhere.

Local petition protests decision: GKC won't show 'Fahrenheit 9/11'

Food for thought when contemplating the effects of media concentration.