3 Minutes To Stop Media Monopoly

We actually have a very good chance of overturning decades of corrupt media policy making in this country <!--break--> Take 3 Minutes to Stop Media Monopoly: Phone It In. A message from Robert McChesney and John Nichols: We actually have a very good chance of overturning decades of corrupt media policy making in this country and launching a movement for a truly democratic media system. A victory here and now will be of immeasurable value. Call your Congressional representatives and demand that they support the rollback. One phone call from a constituent is more effective than scores of email petitions. Go to www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc and follow the easy steps or read on for more information. Big media is getting bigger and our democracy is at stake. As you know, a month ago the FCC dramatically relaxed media ownership regulations, suffocating the cornerstone of American democracy: a free, fair, and open public debate. Because one million Americans raised their voices against the FCC decision, the Senate Commerce Committee recently sent a bill to the Senate floor for a vote that would roll back many of the rules. Today the challenge is to get that bill to the floor of the Senate and House for a vote. (Don't worry, you don't need to know your Senators' or Representative's names, only your zipcode.) "Roll Back the FCC" legislation now has 38 supporters in the Senate (out of 100). We need 51 for passage. The House bills have the overlapping support of 65 cosponsors on HR 2462 and 146 on HR 2052. We need 216 for passage. The www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc website will tell you if your members of Congress are currently supporting rolling back the FCC. If they are supportive co-sponsors, then thank them for their support and ask that they keep the bill alive. If they not a co-sponsor, ask them to become one. (suggested script provided online) Want to learn more about this issue and media reform? Go to our new organization called Free Press at www.mediareform.net. Join Free Press. Call Congress. For our media, for our Democracy. Please send this email along to anyone else you think might be interested in having a healthy democratic media system. Robert McChesney & John Nichols Free Press MediaReform.Network

<p>We actually have a very good chance of overturning decades of corrupt media policy making in this country </p> <!--break--><p> Take 3 Minutes to Stop Media Monopoly: Phone It In.<br /> A message from Robert McChesney and John Nichols:</p> <p>We actually have a very good chance of overturning<br /> decades of corrupt media policy making in this country and<br /> launching a movement for a truly democratic media system.<br /> A victory here and now will be of immeasurable value.</p> <p>Call your Congressional representatives and demand that<br /> they support the<br /> rollback. One phone call from a constituent is more<br /> effective than scores<br /> of email petitions.</p> <p>Go to <a href="http://www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc">www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc</a> and follow the easy<br /> steps or read on<br /> for more information.</p> <p>Big media is getting bigger and our democracy is at<br /> stake.</p> <p>As you know, a month ago the FCC dramatically relaxed<br /> media ownership<br /> regulations, suffocating the cornerstone of American<br /> democracy: a free,<br /> fair, and open public debate.</p> <p>Because one million Americans raised their voices<br /> against the FCC decision,<br /> the Senate Commerce Committee recently sent a bill to<br /> the Senate floor for<br /> a vote that would roll back many of the rules. Today the<br /> challenge is to<br /> get that bill to the floor of the Senate and House for a<br /> vote.</p> <p>(Don't worry, you don't need to know your Senators' or<br /> Representative's<br /> names, only your zipcode.)</p> <p>"Roll Back the FCC" legislation now has 38 supporters in<br /> the Senate (out of<br /> 100). We need 51 for passage.</p> <p>The House bills have the overlapping support of 65<br /> cosponsors on HR 2462 and<br /> 146 on HR 2052. We need 216 for passage.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc">www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc</a> website will tell you<br /> if your members of<br /> Congress are currently supporting rolling back the FCC.<br /> If they are<br /> supportive co-sponsors, then thank them for their<br /> support and ask that they<br /> keep the bill alive. If they not a co-sponsor, ask them<br /> to become one.<br /> (suggested script provided online)</p> <p>Want to learn more about this issue and media reform? Go<br /> to our new<br /> organization called Free Press at <a href="http://www.mediareform.net">www.mediareform.net</a>.</p> <p>Join Free Press.<br /> Call Congress.</p> <p>For our media, for our Democracy.</p> <p>Please send this email along to anyone else you think<br /> might be interested in<br /> having a healthy democratic media system.</p> <p>Robert McChesney &amp; John Nichols<br /> Free Press<br /> MediaReform.Network</p>