FCC eases Media ownership rules

[FiveB247]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=&e=12&u=/ap/20030513/ap_on_bi_ge/media_ownership_13

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[JerryTaker]

Wonderful... This is the reason why radio and TV absolutely blows. This is also the part of this republican regieme that scares me the most: they're practically <I>begging</I> big media companies to form monopolies and control what we watch and listen to, not to mention make competition impossible and keep/put more people out of work.

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[JerryTaker]

friggin' amazing thaton a message board inspired by a radio show that was indirectly gutted by the Big Corporate radio owners, that nobody wants to comment on the granting of MORE POWER to the Big corporate radio owners!!

or are you all just lost if you can't find an excuse to bash liberals?

EDIT: sorry. I misspoke before. I fixed it...

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This message was edited by JerryTaker on 5-14-03 @ 12:39 PM

[HBox]

Ummm, Media monopolies are bad, mmmkay.

[A.J.]

(SARCASM)What's the difference? Everyone knows the Jews and liberals already control the media.(SARCASM)

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[JerryTaker]

I dunno, considering the veritable blowjob the GOP has been getting from this board lately, I'd like to see their defense of this one, unless they just want to pretend it doesn't exist...

or they're waiting for the site to archive the story, so they can say, "Your link's broken, you have no proof, I've never heard of that before"


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[TheMojoPin]

Well, I for one am waiting to see what this actually pans out as...

There are still some key issues in play that still limit just how much can be "merged"...

That does not seem to be the case. The FCC appears determined to maintain diversity in all media markets, large and small. In the smaller ones, the FCC will keep the ban in place to protect against the possibility of any city's news all coming from one source. In larger markets, although some business entities will end up owning two or three media outlets, the FCC expects the markets will continue to be served by a number of other media sources, thus maintaining a mix of news choices for the people who live in those areas.

Another of the FCC's plans is to ease caps on the number of television stations a company can own. The current cap restricts companies such as Viacom (corporate parent of CBS) and General Electric (corporate parent of NBC) to owning TV stations which reach a total of no more than 35 percent of the nation's TV households; under the new plan, this limit would be raised to 45 percent.

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[TheMojoPin]

For anyone who may be interested...

WASHINGTON, DC

Washington, DC Clear Channel Protest. Stop the FCC Media
Giveaway!

WHAT: National day of protest to stop the media monopoly

WHEN: May 29, 2003, 12:30 PM, (the Thursday before the
FCC votes to dramatically deregulate the media)

WHERE: Clear Channel, 1620 L. Street, NW, #600,
Washington, DC 20036 (metro: Farragut North)

The FCC is poised to approve the most dramatic changes
to media ownership regulations in decades. Leading the
charge is FCC Chairman Michael Powell, Colin Powell's
son, who essentially declared war on diversity in
media at the same time that his father was
spearheading the war against Iraq.

The Thursday before the June 2 FCC vote, media
activists and concerned citizens will protest at Clear
Channel radio stations throughout the United States
with the message: No More Clear Channels! Stop the FCC
Media Giveaway!

Join Code Pink and others on Thursday, May 29, 2003 at
12:30pm as we say no more! Brings posters and signs,
and show the world that we demand truth over profit,
diversity over monopoly!

Contact:
Yulan
outreach@codepinkalert.org
202-393-5016

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[FiveB247]

"Private associations... whose magnitude may rivalize and jeopardize the march of regular government [may become] necessary [in] the case where the regular authorities of the government [combine] against the rights of the people, and no means of correction [remains] to them but to organize a collateral power which, with their support, might rescue and secure their violated rights. But such is not the case with our government. We need hazard no collateral power which, by a change of its original views and assumption of others we know not how virtuous or how mischievous, would be ready organized and in force sufficient to shake the established foundations of society and endanger its peace and the principles on which it is based." --Thomas Jefferson to Jedediah Morse, 1822. ME 15:357

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[A.J.]

Leading the
charge is FCC Chairman Michael Powell, Colin Powell's
son, who essentially declared war on diversity in
media at the same time that his father was
spearheading the war against Iraq.


State was running the war and not CENTCOM? And they complain how they're being made irrelevant!

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[Yerdaddy]

It's ublelievable what kind of groups have joined together over this issue: The NRA and CodePink? <a href="http://www.moveon.org/stopthefcc/?name=" target="_blank">MoveOn.org</a> and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/22/opinion/22SAFI.html" target="_blank">WILLIAM SAFIRE</a>? Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12773-2003May19.html" target="_blank">Unlikely Alliances Forged in Fight Over Media Rules </a>

The FCC will decide to relax the rules on June 2. <a href="www.fcc.gov" target="_blank">www.fcc.gov</a>

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[JerryTaker]

From Yerdaddy's Washington Post link:

Other socially conservative or religious groups, such as the Traditional Values Coalition, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Family Research Council and Morality in the Media, have weighed in against further media consolidation


Ok, now I think I'm on the wrong side of this... What the hell?

I guess this is further proof that O&A were just railroaded. I don't know. I'm on the side of less morality in the media, whatever side that is. I give up... *throws up hands*



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[TheMojoPin]

This Monday, FCC Chair Michael Powell will hold his vote on
media
consolidation. There's nothing special about that date -- it's
totally arbitrary. The vote will conclude a process which has
shown
deliberate disregard for the views and opinions of the American
people. Powell has refused to even release the actual language
of
the rule change -- it won't be known until after the vote. And
he's
only held a single meeting to hear the views of the public.
Even when
a bipartisan group of Senators requested that he give Congress
some
time to discuss the impact of this change, Powell brushed them
off.

Chairman Powell still has the power to delay the rule change and
allow
time to have a democratic debate about its consequences. Please
call
him today and ask him to allow a real public debate on an issue
of
such massive importance.

You can reach Powell's office at:
(202) 418-1000

Once you've made your call, please let us know at:
http://moveon.org/fcccall.html

Our momentum is clearly building: our advertising campaign with
Common
Cause and Free Press has received a great deal of media
attention.
Powell was personally quizzed about our Murdoch TV ad on CNBC on
Wednesday. A front page article in the Washington Post
highlighted
our petition and advertisements as important pieces of the
groundswell
of concern on this issue. Articles in the New York Times, San
Francisco Chronicle, and even the Guardian in the UK discussed
the
ads. (Links to some of the articles are below.) Hundreds of
thousands
of comments have been delivered to the FCC, and we've been told
that
Powell's aides are "stunned" by the amount of anti-consolidation
mail
they've received. Together, we have put the FCC Chair on the
defensive.

Even if Powell doesn't reschedule the rule change vote, getting
thousands of calls into his office will send a strong message
that the
public is watching him. Powell doesn't appreciate this kind of
pressure: in a recent interview, he said that "I think we're one
of
the most heavily lobbied federal institutions in the government,
probably second only to the United States Congress. I don't, by
the
way, think that's a particularly good thing." We need to remind
him
that public involvement in decision making is what democracy is
all
about.

Call FCC Chair Michael Powell now at:
(202) 418-100

P.S. Our fight is only just beginning. Members of Congress have
heard
our concern, and it looks like legislation with bipartisan
support to
remedy this rule change is in the works. We'll keep you posted
on
future opportunities to make a difference on this issue.

P.P.S. Here's some of the press we've recently received on this
issue:

FCC PLAN TO ALTER MEDIA RULES SPURS GROWING DEBATE
by Frank Ahrens
Washington Post
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
http://www.moveon.org/r?442

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN AGAINST MURDOCH AS US MEDIA OWNERSHIP LAWS
FACE
RELAXATION
by David Teather
The Guardian
Friday, May 30, 2003
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,966694,00.html

PUTTING A FACE TO A CAUSE
By David D. Kirkpatrick
New York Times
Thursday, May 29, 2003
http://www.moveon.org/r?443

For more info, check out our bulletin on this subject:
http://www.moveon.org/moveonbulletin/bulletin12.html

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[JerryTaker]

Yeah! write letters! make a difference!

*turns on blink 102.7*

ugh.... nevermind....

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[HBox]

Here's an article from the genius redneck, Ted Turner: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56132-2003May29.html

[Tall_James]

I had dinner last year with Chairman Powell's sister/Colin Powell's daughter. She is really hot. This was right after 9/11 so she had a Secret Service detail with her (they waited outside in the car). Funniest thing she said that while Osama Bin Laden was a dispicable human being...she thought he had pretty eyes.

I know it has nothing to do with the topic but I wanted to tell the story anyway. So there.

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[Tall_James]

damn you double post.

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[Se7en]

or are you all just lost if you can't find an excuse to bash liberals?

I find it deliciously ironic that you say this, and that Five has posted this article, because the sole reason most liberals are opposing the easing of these rules is because they're absolutely scared shitless that Rupert Murdoch will be able to buy more stations.

I'm on the side of less morality in the media, whatever side that is.

Yes, because GOD FORBID there be such a thing as morality.

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[TheMojoPin]

Yes, because GOD FORBID there be such a thing as morality.

In the media? Depends on WHO'S morality.

Common decency? Seems fine by me...but that never seems to be enough...

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[HBox]

I find it deliciously ironic that you say this, and that Five has posted this article, because the sole reason most liberals are opposing the easing of these rules is because they're absolutely scared shitless that Rupert Murdoch will be able to buy more stations.


You should be too, and it has nothing to do with political views.

[monsterone]

anything good is rarely mainstream. college radio typically provides a real alternative. if it's below the radar, usually you don't get the same recycled shit.

[Se7en]

You should be too, and it has nothing to do with political views.

I'll remember you saying this next time you or Five or Jerrytaker or one of the usuals bitch about Fox News, and I'll have a good and hearty laugh at your expense.

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[HBox]

I'll remember you saying this next time you or Five or Jerrytaker or one of the usuals bitch about Fox News, and I'll have a good and hearty laugh at your expense.


AGAIN, you miss the point. It has to do with one person controlling a huge amount of media. I don't want anyone to have that kind of power. Personally, I definitely don't want Murdoch to have that kind of power.

[Bergalad]

You should be too, and it has nothing to do with political views.
You are right, these mergers should have nothing to do with politics. But wait a minute...what's this? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,88113,00.html Seems Hillary and Daschle don't want Conservatives to control the hispanic airwaves, yet fellow staunch Democrat Cisneros says they are playing politics. Interesting.

Another merger comes to mind, the AOL/Time Warner one. Does anyone remember if Democrats screamed about this merger much since it was between two devoutly Dem supporting companies? I don't recall actually, so wondering if anyone else does.

[TheMojoPin]

I'll remember you saying this next time you or Five or Jerrytaker or one of the usuals bitch about Fox News, and I'll have a good and hearty laugh at your expense.

Why?

If he's not FiveB, Jerry or "one of the usuals", why a laugh at his expense? He's not them.

Dude, seriously. We don't need to have "teams." Relax.

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[TheMojoPin]

Personally, I definitely don't want Murdoch to have that kind of power.

Or Turner. Or ANYONE.

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[FiveB247]

What is funny about all this FCC hoopla is that the US media is already corporate run and owned. This is just a small bit of such laws prohibiting minute ownership. If you don't think so, turn on your radio (almost every station owned by about 4 corporations); or turn on your tv and watch a station that doesn't have connections in ownership to one of the 4 big conglomerates; read a magazine, book, newspaper, etc which isn't owned by 1 of 4 major corporations. All in total, about 6-7 conglomerates own and run the entire US media. So much for free press...ehh?

Read this sometime...you'll be quite suprisedhttp://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=2X4N5WW740&isbn=0807061794&itm=1

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[HBox]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/920341.asp?0cv=CB10

It happened. joy.

[TheMojoPin]

I'm so very tired.

I'm moving into the woods and I'm just mailing shit that blows shit up from here on out.

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[Se7en]

I'm moving into the woods and I'm just mailing shit that blows shit up from here on out.

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[HBox]

This is the weirdest ruling in the history of the world. Nobody is happy with it. Consumer groups want more regulation. Media companies are not happy because they want complete deregulation. Staunch Republicans like Trent Lott are against this ruling. John McCain, meanwhile, is against the effort to repeal this ruling. Pigs are suddenly sprouting wings. Dogs and cats living together, MASS HYSTERIA!!!!!

[FiveB247]

Large comglomerates are the ones enjoying this victory. They own and run the media companies. More ownership leads to less competition. Isn't our country great. So much for the invisible hand...huh.

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[A.J.]

The latest:

SENATE PANEL VOTES TO ROLL BACK FCC MEDIA OWNERSHIP RULES

The Senate Commerce Committee approved by voice vote today legislation (S 1046) that would roll back a controversial Federal Communications
Commission decision allowing media companies to own more television stations. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C.,
introduced the bill shortly after the FCC's decision on June 2. The FCC ruled that one media company can own television station outlets that reach
45 percent of the national audience, increasing the cap from 35 percent.
The panel also adopted by voice vote an amendment by Byron L. Dorgan, D-N.D., that would reverse another FCC ruling allowing one company to own newspapers and television stations in the same market. But the measure still faces long odds of becoming law. A similar bill (HR 2052) faces
formidable -- and perhaps insurmountable -- opposition in the House, where Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin, R-La., has said he will oppose it.

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