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In a recent column blasting the new media ownership rules issued by the FCC, Tom Shales of the Washington Post quoted extensively from Bob Edwards of National Public Radio. He said, "Edwards used the example of the Dixie Chicks to show how monolithic media can manipulate public opinion." Edwards claimed that Clear Channel Radio, owner of 1,250 stations, "spearheaded" a campaign against the Dixie Chicks because its lead singer had said in London, on the eve of the war, that she was ashamed of President Bush. Here is what Edwards said in his speech: "Is Clear Channel’s move on those...