FCC Comment Deadline Extended: Make Your Voice Heard
The FCC has extended the public comment deadline for the media ownership rules from Dec. 21 to Jan. 16. The FCC agreed that it was in the public interest to push the deadline past the holidays given “the significant complexity and importance of the issues in this proceeding and the volume of comments already filed.”
The deadline falls just days after thousands will gather in Memphis for the National Conference for Media Reform (Jan. 12-14). There is still space for you to join legendary journalists, new media visionaries, grassroots organizers, Washington policymakers and civil rights trailblazers in making media a viable political issue in America — and sending a message to Kevin Martin that Big Media is big enough.
The extension means that there is more time to make your voice heard. Tell the FCC to protect localism, promote diverse voices, and stop burying evidence by filing comments directly from the StopBigMedia.com site. The FCC needs to hear how well Big Media firms are serving — or failing to serve — your local community.
