Back in 2003, America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed rules that would, in effect, consolidate all major media outlets into the hands of fewer and fewer companies. Thanks to grass roots reaction from millions on the country’s Left, Center and Right, such efforts failed.
But now, current FCC chairman Kevin J. Martin is trying to implement similar rules with little or no public scrutiny. He announced this in early November at a public meeting in Seattle. He has ignored protests from even two of his fellow FCC commissioners regarding this matter. His intention is to eliminate anti-monopoly media regulations by December 11th. Prominent among these is getting rid of the rule that forbids a company from owning both a major newspaper and a major television or radio station in the same market.
Thanks to warnings on the Internet, however, such villainous and underhanded tactics have not gone unnoticed. These proposals Martin supports violate a key tenet of Distributist Thought. And that is promoting and supporting ownership of the means of production and distribution into as many hands as possible. In this case, it is ownership of media outlets by as many small owners as possible.
We at the Review urge you to join in the growing effort to stop this legal pandering to globalist fanatics, Socialists and corporate conglomerates in Big Media. Time is short, so act quickly. Contact the FCC and politely ask them to not loosen these restrictions on big Media. And there is also a bill in the U.S. Senate, S. 2332, called the “Media Ownership Act of 2007”. It is designed to encourage review of sales of media outlets to big companies, among other things. We ask you to call your Senator and demand he or she support this bill to the hilt.
We only have until December 11. So click on the links and act now! Thank you.
Link one is here. Link two is here. Link three is here.
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