StopBigMedia.com: TV Stations Need Public Accountability

TV Stations Need Public Accountability

Your local television stations want to keep you in the dark. The FCC has voted to make TV stations more accountable to their viewers by disclosing basic information about the ways they serve the public.

Big Media and their powerful lobbyists in Washington are now suing the FCC to stop the new disclosure rules from going into effect. Defend your right to know. Tell the commissioners that local media need to be more accountable to us.

Note: Information filed on this form will be publicly available, as FCC comments are considered a matter of public record. The FCC does not accept comments from outside the United States.

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I am writing to express my support for the recently adopted rules to improve the accountability of broadcasters who use the public airwaves to serve the news and informational needs of their communities. The new rules are about bringing greater transparency to the ways in which broadcasters are serving the diverse and local needs of their audiences. They are about holding the broadcasters accountable to communities for the programming that they air. Media consolidation has reduced localism and the diversity of voices in cities and towns across the country. Many broadcasters place serving their own financial interest over serving the public interest. These proposals are common sense and fundamental to broadcasters’ obligation to serve their local community interests. They represent extremely modest attempts to address the growing concerns of American citizens across the country who experience and fear the loss of local voices on their airwaves, the disappearance in coverage of local civic information, and the decreasing amount of original programming that speaks to diverse community needs. Please protect these new rules and allow the public to hold TV broadcasters accountable to their communities. Thank you.

You are filing a comment on proceeding 04-233 (Broadcast Localism). More information from the FCC on this issue can be found at http://www.fcc.gov/localism/.

TV Stations Need Public Accountability

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