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Didn't hear about it?
That's because the FCC — and its Big Media allies — we're betting you wouldn't show up.
Announcing the hearing at the last minute is just another way that the FCC has tried to push the public out of the process. At each of the previous ownership and localism hearings, the public spoke out overwhelmingly against media consolidation. And now it seems that Kevin Martin has heard enough.
You can find a complete video archive of the hearing here. (It's the Oct 31 open meeting archive which includes the localism hearing.)
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He may not want to listen to the countless Americans who are sick and tired of a broken media system -- but they will be heard.
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In his march to push through sweeping changes in media ownership rules that would allow the biggest media conglomerates to swallow up even more local outlets, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has again pushed the public out of the process.
This is the last hearing on localism and should be a time for the local community to speak out about how the media is serving their community.
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At other public hearings, in Chicago, Tampa, Portland, Harrisburg, Nashville, and Los Angeles, thousands of concerned citizens overwhelming expressed their opposition to any rule changes that would let Big Media companies swallow up more local outlets.
The marriage of Comcast and NBC is bad news for consumers. But Washington and Wall Street have already bought into the idea that it's a done deal. That's why Americans need to speak out now and stop the mega-merger!
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