FCC PLan Would Ease Limits On Media Owners

[DudeAsInCool]

Unbelievable - the FCC ought to just hand over all content to the big five!:

"The head of the Federal Communications Commission has circulated an ambitious plan to relax the decades-old media ownership rules, including repealing a rule that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city," according to the New York Times.

"Kevin J. Martin, chairman of the commission, wants to repeal the rule in the next two months — a plan that, if successful, would be a big victory for some executives of media conglomerates."

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[DudeAsInCool]

I received the following email from a filmmaker friend of mine - join us in stopping further control of the media by the media monopolies:

Dear Friend,

The FCC has been moving forward with a secret timeline to vote

on sweeping changes to media ownership rules. This is just the

most recent in a long series of outrageous moves the FCC has

made to avoid public scrutiny.

If you go to the URL below you can check out what is at stake

and send your own message directly to your elected officials.

Take action on this campaign right here

[vernarial]

What a load af BS! I wonder how much money Mr. Martin is getting from the media cartels? I'm sure they know the damage they are doing to democracy. I'm gonna post this over at the consortium also, if you don't mind. :D

Edited October 19, 2007 by vernarial