--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/archives/2003_05.shtml#001236 > > John Edwards has joined the long list of opponents > to Chairman Powell�s > plans to relax media ownership rules. His letter to > Powell is posted > below. Notice, appropriately, the punchline is a > question about the FCC�s > mandate: We should ask, exactly who elected Chairman > Powell, and upon > whose mandate is he pushing this change? <letter snipped>
>From William Safire: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/05/22/nyt.safire/index.html "The future formation of American public opinion has fallen into the lap of an ambitious 36-year-old lawyer whose name you never heard. On June 2, after deliberations conducted behind closed doors, he will decide the fate of media large and small, print and broadcast. No other decision made in Washington will more directly affect how you will be informed, persuaded and entertained... "...The concentration of power � political, corporate, media, cultural � should be anathema to conservatives. The diffusion of power through local control, thereby encouraging individual participation, is the essence of federalism and the greatest expression of democracy... "...That's why I march uncomfortably alongside CodePink Women for Peace and the National Rifle Association, between liberal Olympia Snowe and conservative Ted Stevens under the banner of "localism, competition and diversity of views." That's why, too, we resent the conflicted refusal of most networks, stations and their putative purchasers to report fully and in prime time on their owners' power grab scheduled for June 2..." I'm posting this, which came from a lawyer colleague, for those who want to do something before June 2. <<So, what can you do? Email the FCC commissioners directly and tell them your thoughts. Go to this site and click on each commissioner�s name, then there will be another link for emailing them: http://www.fcc.gov/ And, go here to find and email your senators and congressmen: http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/dbq/officials/ Or, go here and fill out the form: >> http://www.congress.org/congressorg/webreturn/?url=http://capwiz.com/consumersunion/issues/alert/?alertid=2205151&type=CO Debbi who promises not to ask folks to 'save the Lithuanian Heavy Draft Horse' or 'preserve the first cabin built in Blackhawk, CO' -- but this is a direct threat to the public's ability to be informed __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
