FCC’s Response to Civil Rights Leaders: “Dear Consumer”

Last month at the National Conference for Media Reform, a coalition of more than a dozen civil rights, consumer and media groups released six studies dismantling Big Media’s case for consolidation.

The studies were delivered to the FCC with a letter from the groups urging the FCC to stop further media concentration until it starts to promote minority and female ownership of broadcast stations.

With national leaders like Rev. Jesse Jackson from the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Janet Murguia, head of the National Council of La Raza signed on, one would expect the FCC to respond to the serious concerns raised in the letter.

Instead, the FCC sent its generic form letter addressed to “Consumer”:

Dear Consumer,

Thank you for contacting the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

The Commission is currently reviewing its media ownership rules. We welcome comments and suggestions about how the FCC might revise them to better satisfy our policy goals and legal obligations. The FCC is holding a series of Public Hearings across the country on this important issue.

Again, thank you for your input. Your views and comments are important to us.

Federal Communications Commission
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau
Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Division
Phone: 1-888-225-5322
TTY: 1-888-835-5322
Fax: 1-866-418-0232

Hardly an appropriate way to respond to our country’s preeminent civil rights leadership.

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