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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 12:45 AM
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NOTE: Kerry Is Not the Issue. It's . . .
Edited on Wed Nov-01-06 12:47 AM by snot
the media. If they weren't owned by the soulless, Kerry would now (and many times before now) be emblazoned as a hero via every outlet.

When you catch yourself getting exercised about this sort of thing, remember:

Congress
Election integrity
Media ownership
Education

Whoever controls these, controls EVERYTHING ELSE.
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Ignacio Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 12:49 AM
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1. If we control Congress after Election Day
We should break up all media monopolies and revoke their licenses.
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 12:59 AM
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2. YES! and
salvage net neutrality while we're at it.

Pls also go express support for this, if you haven't already:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=109x21930 :

Democrats Move to Re-Regulate Media

<snip>
Two liberal House members who recently have been critical of what they view as attempts by conservative Republicans to take over America’s mass media and public broadcasting have now introduced a sweeping bill that would re-regulate radio and TV back to the days before the 1996 Telecommunications Act.

The Media Ownership Reform Act of 2005 (MORA) is co-sponsored by Reps. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y. and Diane Watson, D-Calif. In a written announcement, MORA is described as legislation “that seeks to undo the massive consolidation of the media that has been ongoing for nearly 20 years.”

The measure would restore the Fairness doctrine, reinstate a national cap on radio ownership and lower the number of radio stations a company can own in a local market. It also reinstates a 25% national television ownership cap and requires stations to submit regular public interest reports to the Federal Communications Commission.
<end of snip>

link
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/189
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