Gillmor's call to action

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 12:51:51 -0500
> From: JELyon <jelyon () mac com>
>
> Mercury News | 06/01/2003 | FCC's Powell must be held to his word
> URL: http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5989915.htm
> By Dan Gillmor
> Mercury News Technology Columnist
>
> Monday, barring an 11th-hour change of bureaucratic heart, the Federal 
> Communications Commission will give a gaggle of powerful corporations a 
> gift of enormous value. The three Republican commissioners will outvote 
> two Democrats in easing long-standing rules designed to prevent a few 
> companies from controlling too much of the media we read, hear and view.
>
> <snip>
>
> We, the people, need to understand what's happening, and why. Then we need 
> to get angry. We need to get organized, and take the fight back to the 
> halls of power.
>
> <snip>
>
> If Powell is serious about reform -- about ensuring a vibrant and diverse 
> media -- he'll push ahead with spectrum reform. If he's just a puppet of 
> the media and communications oligarchy, he won't. It's that simple.
>
> You can help him move in the right direction. E-mail him at 
> mpowell () fcc gov or call the FCC at (888) 225-5322. And call your elected 
> officials in Washington, at (202) 224-3121, and tell them you want more 
> media diversity and more choices for your communications and information.
>
> Or you can just sit back and watch TV, and be happy with what the 
> oligarchs feed you.


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