[ECP] Event in Philadelphia btw. FCC Commisioners and the Public

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Help Fight Media Consolidation Today!
Thursday, Jan 18th, 2007

Public Forum on Media Ownership
With Federal Communications Commissioners Michael J. Copps and
Jonathan S. Adelstein
(Additional Panelists TBA)
January 18th, 2007 - 6:00 p.m.
Temple University, Gladfelter Hall

Media Tank is hosting a Public Forum on Media Ownership with FCC
Commissioners Michael J. Copps and Jonathan S. Adelstein and
additional panelists to discuss media diversity, ownership, and
consolidation.

Immediately following the panel YOU will be given the opportunity to
give public testimony to the FCC and elected officials on these
important issues.

REMEMBER: If you haven't already, file a comment about these important
issues with the FCC NOW!
It's not too late to file a comment with the FCC about these issues
before the comment period deadline on Dec 21st. Media Tank has made it
easy for you, check it out...

www.mediatank.org/resources/ownership/comments.html


BACKGROUND INFO:
As you may have heard, on June 21 of this year, the FCC announced that
it would once again be reviewing the rules that determine how much
media conglomerates are allowed to own and grow.  If these rules are
further relaxed, media ogres like News Corp, Clear Channel, Disney,
General Electric, and CBS will be allowed to buy up more media outlets
and grow even bigger. This poses a major threat to our communications
system and our democracy.

This is the first time the FCC has revisited these rules since 2003
when the commission voted to loosen a number of the remaining media
ownership limits.  As you may recall, the FCC's attempt at relaxing
the rules was met with a lawsuit from Philadelphia's own Prometheus
Radio Project.  That case stopped the media ownership change when a
federal judge ruled that they had not adequately justified their
decision to change the rules.

With the FCC revisiting these rules, we are once again at risk of
losing these important public safeguards.  As the Supreme Court noted
in 1969, "it is the right of the viewers and listeners, not the right
of the broadcasters, which is paramount."  These safeguards ensure
that the needs and rights of the public are not lost in the business
dealings of broadcaster corporations.

More background information can be found at:
www.mediatank.org/resources/ownership/


6 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE & GET INVOLVED!
If you're able to do any of the following things, you will be joining
millions of other Americans across the country who are standing up
against further media consolidation and the major media giants!

1. Mark your calendar!  Come to Temple University on January 18, 2007
at 6pm for the panel discussion and testimony. Keep checking our
website, www.mediatank.org, for more information

2. Get your 2-minute long testimony together and RSVP to get on our
list to speak out at the forum by emailing info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

3. Make your voice heard by filing a comment with the FCC. Media Tank
has made it simple for you. Just click
http://www.mediatank.org/resources/ownership/comments.html and let the
FCC know what you think

4. Find out more about the issues and why this fight matters:
www.mediatank.org/resources/ownership/

5. If you haven't already, sign up for Media Tank's email listserv
(check out the left hand column at www.mediatank.org) and stay
up-to-date on the issues and the upcoming forum in January

6. Pass this email along to your friends! Tell them to file a comment
too and bring them to the public hearing in January.

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Media Tank
100 S. Broad St., Ste 1318
Philadelphia, PA 19110
215-563-1100
www.mediatank.org

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