From FreePress:
Play Whack-a-Murdoch:
While Whack-a-Murdoch is just a game, media consolidation is a
problem that requires urgent action. Right now, the Federal
Communications Commission is rushing ahead with sweeping changes
to media ownership rules that would allow Big Media to get even
bigger.
If these rules pass, moguls like Murdoch could own the major
daily newspaper, and as many as eight radio stations and three
TV stations in your city. Often these local monopolists also
control national newspapers, popular Web sites, magazines, cable
networks, publishing houses and movie studios.
We can stop the FCC and media consolidation by building the
movement for a more diverse and democratic media. Free Press is
working with our allies to broaden our base of support to
include people from all walks of life. We need your help:
Spread the Word: Tell your friends to whack Murdoch and join the
movement:
When we let a few giant conglomerates control so many outlets,
quality journalism turns into junk media, and our democracy
suffers. Murdoch’s expanding media empire is case and point. His
news programs are a spectacle of beauty queens, right-wing shock
pundits and movie stars.
The bottom line? Our democracy can’t survive much longer on
Murdoch’s junk media diet. It’s now time for all of us to come
together and Stop Big Media.
Thank you,
Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press
www.freepress.net
1. To learn more about the FCC rulemaking visit
www.stopbigmedia.com/=fcc
