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silversoul7
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Support Diversity and Openness in our Nation's Media
#1581499 - 05/27/03 12:50 PM (20 years, 9 months ago) |
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From: Matt Howes, National Internet Organizer, ACLU To: ACLU Action Network Members Date: May 27, 2003
The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing a rule that would reportedly allow corporations to further increase their media ownership. Diversity of ideas and opinions are key to the functioning of a healthy, stable democracy. If a handful of corporations are able to control the media sources for the majority of Americans, this diversity may be threatened and lost.
Furthermore, despite the significant public interest in this issue, the Commission is meeting behind closed doors without public review or input from Congress on the actual rule.
It is critical that we preserve diversity and have public comment on an issue of this magnitude.
Click here for more information and to send a free fax to the FCC commissioners:
http://www.aclu.org/FreeSpeech/FreeSpeech.cfm?ID=12720&c=42
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Buddha5254
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Re: Support Diversity and Openness in our Nation's Media [Re: silversoul7]
#1582363 - 05/27/03 06:28 PM (20 years, 9 months ago) |
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why is nobody alarmed by this?
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silversoul7
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Re: Support Diversity and Openness in our Nation's Media [Re: Buddha5254]
#1582368 - 05/27/03 06:31 PM (20 years, 9 months ago) |
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Because they're brainwashed by the "liberal" media.
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Evolving
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Re: Support Diversity and Openness in our Nation's Media [Re: Buddha5254]
#1582723 - 05/27/03 08:32 PM (20 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
why is nobody alarmed by this?
Because more and more people are getting their information from the internet, particularly younger people.
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1stimer
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Re: Support Diversity and Openness in our Nation's Media [Re: Evolving]
#1583240 - 05/27/03 11:07 PM (20 years, 9 months ago) |
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but the people that vote arent the young people. The people that vote (and have large sums of money)are the only people that have power.
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z@z.com
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Re: Support Diversity and Openness in our Nation's Media [Re: 1stimer]
#1583441 - 05/28/03 12:11 AM (20 years, 9 months ago) |
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But that situation will change in 20 or 30 years.
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