[IP] MEDIA TAKE FCC, ENSURE CONTINUATION OF NONSENSE

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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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>

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