It's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

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You've been sitting way too long.

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan along with my co-host David.

Hello David. Good morning. And the man of the hour, Ralph Nader. Hello, Ralph.

Hello, everybody.

Yes, we're going to kick off the show today by welcoming back old friend John Nichols of the nation.

John knows a lot about a lot of things, but one of the things he knows the most about is the media landscape.

He's co-authored at least three books on the subject.

Today we're going to talk to John about the proposed merger of the media company Ginnett, which is the largest newspaper

publisher in America, most notably USA Today, with a company called Gatehouse, apparently the second largest

newspaper chain.

Together they would form a super media company that would own one out of every six daily newspapers in the country.

Is this a good thing?

Bad thing? That kind of concentrated power doesn't sound like a good thing.

But is this an inevitable thing?

John is here to give us his take and all of that and its implications for our democracy.

And that's the first half of the show. and its implications for our democracy.

That's the first half of the show.

In the second half of the show, we're going to discuss diets.

Now David, are you still a vegan?

Yes, I am.

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