Seattle Times: Be Loud Against Big Media
“Now is the time for those who care about democracy and a free press to be loud,” writes Ryan Blethen of the Seattle Times.
Blethen and his family-owned newspaper have been among the very few voices in mainstream media to pay attention to the simmering issue of media ownership. In an editorial for today’s Times, he writes that, with a few exceptions, big national papers and regional papers are not covering this issue or the FCC’s actions to unleash more media consolidation in local communities.
While mainstream press has developed a blind spot on this issue, Blethen believes that a “cyber-response” of bloggers, YouTubers, and online organizers can fill the void.
“Write your congressmen and senators. Go to the FCC hearings. And please, get on your local newspaper editor and radio and television producers to cover what the FCC is doing, he writes. “It should be a no-brainer.”
Want to get involved? Here is a good place to start.
I can understand the weary battle that it takes for a family-owned publication to take on the conglomerates. But there is a bigger battle at stake, and that is the groups of major holders of these media conglomerates. THEY are the ones paying for the lobbying; THEY are the ones paying for and receiving benefits of the mergers; THEY are the ones pulling the puppet strings of our supposed leaders, which explains why things are not happening in the general public’s interest.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:49 pmhttp://GreatRedDragon.com attempts to answer WHY these things are happening.
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Sincerely,
Edward Ulysses Cate