Activists Show Some Love to FCC Chief
Valentine’s Day is Wednesday, but FCC Chairman Kevin has already received his gift from the public.
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In a sugar-coated bid to woo Martin away from corporate media lobbyists, tens of thousands of people have signed and sent an electronic love letter to the man in charge of regulating broadcast ownership.
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The Valentine’s Day video asks the chairman to get out of bed with Big Media and “send some love to the people you’re really supposed to be serving.”
Last year, Martin was caught in bed with corporate lobbyists (literally, see the photo to the right).
This year is a pivotal year for the chairman. He will be making several decisions that could remove the last remaining safeguards to runaway media consolidation in America.
The public Valentine urges the chairman to spurn corporate advances and help foster more diverse and independent views in our media.
“Stop media conglomerates from swallowing up even more local outlets.” the video asks. “Get out of bed with them and into bed with us.”
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Read more about the courtship of Kevin in today’s Wall Street Journal “Washington Wire.”
