Stop the Media Monopoly by Calling This Number

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I called Senator Hillary Clintons office today and left a message on the answering machine about this, all you have to do is call the number and tell them who youre Senators are and the'll connect you. Read below about this , this is from united for peace and justice.





Dear Friend of United for Peace and Justice,

We encourage you to join thousands of other peace and justice activists TODAY in making a phone call to your Senators to urge them to overturn the new FCC media ownership rules.




PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY AND URGE THEM TO OVERTURN THE FCC BY CO-SPONSORING AND VOTING FOR SENATE BILL 1046:

Capitol Switchboard: [phone]

Or you can search for your Senators' office numbers by entering your zip code at http://www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc.

As you know, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on June 2 to allow a handful of large media corporations to own even more media outlets than they already do. We have already seen the effects of the 1996 media deregulation: five television companies -- General Electric (MSNBC and NBC), News Corp (Fox), Disney (ABC), AOL-Time Warner (CNN), and Viacom (CBS) -- have a stranglehold on what information the public gets to know, and corporate radio behemoths like Clear Channel Communications devour local radio stations and replace them with McRadio. If the FCC decision is allowed to stand, the situation will get even worse -- competition, diversity, and local content in media will be undermined in communities across the country.

The good news is that on June 19, the Senate Commerce Committee responded to the public outcry against the FCC decision. It approved Senate Bill 1046, and added several amendments that, if approved and passed into law, would overturn key parts of the FCC ruling.

Now our job is to get our Senators and Representatives to act on our behalf and support this legislation. The first step is to get as many Senators as possible to co-sponsor S. 1046.

*If you have time for one more phone call, please also call your Representative and urge him or her to support similar legislation that has been introduced in the House of Representatives (Bernie Sanders' House Resolution 2462).

MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the recent FCC decision, legislation to overturn the decision, and media ownership issues, see these websites:

Free Press: http://www.mediareform.net

Reclaim the Media: http://www.reclaimthemedia.org

To read the statements of the FCC Commissioners who voted against the new media ownership rules, see:

FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein's Statement:
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0602-13.htm

FCC Commissioner Michael Copps' Statement
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0602-14.htm

Please don't miss this opportunity. Call your Senator today:

Capitol Switchboard: [phone]

In Solidarity,

Andrea Buffa
United for Peace and Justice