Comments on: Copps: Airwaves Belong to All of Us http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2007/04/20/copps-airwaves-belong-to-us-all/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:39:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sam Winch http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2007/04/20/copps-airwaves-belong-to-us-all/#comment-3577 Sam Winch Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:10:26 +0000 http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2007/04/20/copps-airwaves-belong-to-us-all/#comment-3577 I have a few words of advice to anyone wanting to testify. 1. Arrive EARLY. I testified at the hearing in Harrisburg, PA. They let you have your 2 minutes in the order that you sign up. I arrived at 10 a.m., an hour after it began, so I was number 105. I was one of the last people to testify, at about 3:30 p.m., after all the cameras and coverage was over. Unfortunately, the first 80 or so people to testify were all either from the local TV stations, or the charities they help. All they talked about was all the charity work they did, and the charities all talked about how grateful they were for the help they received doing their charity work. In other words, they pretty much hijacked the agenda. There was no mention of media consolidation, just charity work. 2. Prepare a two minute speech and practice it before you get there. I ad-libbed and it didn't work out so well for me. I have a few words of advice to anyone wanting to testify.
1. Arrive EARLY.
I testified at the hearing in Harrisburg, PA. They let you have your 2 minutes in the order that you sign up. I arrived at 10 a.m., an hour after it began, so I was number 105. I was one of the last people to testify, at about 3:30 p.m., after all the cameras and coverage was over. Unfortunately, the first 80 or so people to testify were all either from the local TV stations, or the charities they help. All they talked about was all the charity work they did, and the charities all talked about how grateful they were for the help they received doing their charity work. In other words, they pretty much hijacked the agenda. There was no mention of media consolidation, just charity work.
2. Prepare a two minute speech and practice it before you get there.
I ad-libbed and it didn’t work out so well for me.

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