Key Elements of FCC Media Ownership Ruling Overturned

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Subject: [imc-sf-video]Fwd: Victory for Democratic Media in U.S. Senate
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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:10:19 -0700
From: "whispered media" <[email protected]>
To: "v - IMC-SF-Video" <[email protected]>

>Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:18:41 -0500
>To: [email protected]
>From: Bob McChesney <[email protected]>
>Subject: Victory for Democratic Media in U.S. Senate Today (please send
>   to others, and post widely)
>
>There was a significant victory in the Senate Commerce Committee 
>Thursday, June 19, as it voted to overturn key elements of the 
>corrupt FCC decision to loosen media ownership rules on June 2. It 
>is due almost entirely to the massive outpouring of public comments 
>-- hundreds of thousand in just the past week -- opposing the idea 
>of letting fewer media companies own more and more media.
>
>http://www.mediareform.net/news.php?id=364
>
>http://www.mediareform.net/news.php?id=366
>
>We still have a difficult road ahead. Now the action goes to the 
>entire Senate and the House of Representatives in the coming weeks 
>where we will have to redouble our efforts to finish the job.
>
>Go to www.mediareform.net for:
>
>1. clear and comprehensive background information on the issues involved
>2. a comprehensive collection of all news articles every day on the 
>media ownership fight (and other media policy issues)
>3. updated reports (at least daily) from Capitol Hill insiders on 
>exactly where matters stand with regard to the media ownership fight
>4. links to all the organized campaigns to tell members of Congress 
>to represent the public interest, not the interests of massive 
>corporate lobbies, when in come to media ownership rules.
>
>Again, thanks for your help. This victory shows that if we organize, 
>we can win.
>
>Bob McChesney
>Free Press

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