Media Deregulation On Its Way
On June 2, the FCC is planning to relax rules designed to keep the nation's media from being controlled by just a few owners. This is bad. The bottom line will be a media that is owned by very few -- and the likelihood of their corporate agenda reflecting the liberal ideology is nil. There is still time to register your protests.
At the Wednesday, May 7, 2003 City Council meeting, the Chicago City Council passed a resolution 50-0 calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to "protect the public's right to diversity in media content, ownership and employment" by prohibiting further media consolidation. The resolution cautions that media consolidation results in lost jobs, reduced diversity in programming and ownership, and less commitment to the local community.
From Sunday's Chicago Tribune, here are the rules as they now exist (although many have already been avoided by grandfathering or waivers):
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