Dean's Freedom of Speech. . .

. . .doesn't apply to corporations. Cox & Forkum excerpt a portion of a Dean interview that seems to imply that the probable Democratic contender for president in 2004 wants to regulate media content by bringing to bear "industrial policy":

MATTHEWS: No, seriously. As a public policy, would you bring industrial policy to bear and break up these conglomerations of power?

DEAN: I don’t want to answer whether I would break up Fox or not, because, obviously

(CROSSTALK)

MATTHEWS: Well, how about large media enterprises?

DEAN: Let me-yes, let me get...

(LAUGHTER)

DEAN: The answer to that is yes. I would say that there is too much penetration by single corporations in media markets all over this country. We need locally-owned radio stations. There are only two or three radio stations left in the state of Vermont where you can get local news anymore. The rest of it is read and ripped from the AP.

So, the upshot is if a media company does not support the government's policy, then it should then be broken up or restricted from competing? Whatever happened to Freedom of Speech? What would Dean say if the current administration were to propose similar actions towards Disney (ABC), GE (CBS), NBC et al?