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MEDIA TAKE FCC, ENSURE CONTINUATION OF NONSENSE
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 22:02:06 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> MEDIA TAKE FCC, ENSURE CONTINUATION OF NONSENSE [Commentary] The FCC's media ownership ruling ignores the impact of media on our culture, argues Joseph Bechard. "We identify ourselves through culture. We understand the world with what we glean from the media. They help us decide who we are." Bechard provides a list of the various holdings of media conglomerates and notes the high level of influence they had over the FCC throughout the process - FCC officials met with industry lobbyists on more then 70 occasions and received nearly $3 million in travel money. In contrast, the Commission met with public interest groups five times and held one public forum in Richmond, VA. As Bechard put it, "These corporations lobby long and hard for industry deregulation, and they get what they want. Maybe we, the people, ought to hump the commission's metaphorical leg as hard as the industry has." [SOURCE: Oregon Daily Emerald; AUTHOR: Joseph Bechard] <http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/06/05/3edf8ea247602> Archives at: <http://Wireless.Com/Dewayne-Net> Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.com> ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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