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STOPPING BIG MEDIA AT THE FCC
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Produced by Stevie Converse and Candace Clement, Northampton, MA
Media Minutes, a production of Free Press (www.freepress.net/mediaminutes)
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The Federal Communications Commission - the government agency that manages the public airwaves and sets media regulations - came under
heavy fire last week at a hearing in Washington, D.C. on media consolidation and its effect on local programming. FCC Chairman Kevin
Martin wants to allow giant corporations to own even more of our local media outlets.
But the public wants something very different - and was out in force to tell him so.
Featured this week are some of the many voices of those who participated in the rally and subsequent localism hearing, which was
held at FCC headquarters in Washington D.C. on October 31, 2007 and Robert W. McChesney, professor of communications at the University of
Illinois and Urbana Champaign and co-founder of Free Press.
Media Minutes is an independent program dedicated to media and democracy, produced by Free Press. For more information go to www.freepress.net/mediaminutes
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Total time length: 29:01
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November 8, 2007, 3PM EST
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