top
Indybay
Indybay
Indybay
Indybay
Indybay
Regions
Indybay Regions North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area California United States International Americas Haiti Iraq Palestine Afghanistan
Topics
Newswire
Features
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature

Rally 9/4, National Day of Action against New FCC Rules & Media Monopoly!

by mediact
Despite the unprecedented opposition of millions of people, the FCC voted June 2 to allow the Big 5 media companies that already dominate our airwaves to gobble up even more TV stations and newspapers. On 9/4, the new media ownership rules go into effect.

We must resist the FCC’s plan to give away our airwaves – a scarce public
resource that is vital to democracy – and show Congress, which is now
considering legislation to overturn the FCC decision, that the movement
against media monopolization isn’t going away. On September 4, dozens of
cities will stage protests outside of media outlets to demand an end to the
media monopoly and roll-back of the new ownership rules.
Join the Nat'l Day of Action to Protest the New FCC Rules
and Build the Momentum for Media Democracy!

Thursday September 4th at 5pm, meet at KPIX-TV
855 Battery Street (at Broadway) in downtown SF

We will visit KPIX-TV, KGO-TV, and Fox News Channel

Despite the unprecedented opposition by millions of people, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on June 2 to allow the media behemoths that already dominate our airwaves –the likes of General Electric, Rupert Murdoch, AOL-Time Warner, and Viacom – to gobble up even more TV stations and local newspapers. On September 4, the FCC's new media ownership regulations go into effect.

We must resist the FCC’s plan to give away our airwaves – a scarce public resource that is vital to democracy – and show Congress, which is now considering legislation to overturn the FCC decision, that the movement against media monopolization isn’t going away. On September 4, dozens of cities will stage protests outside of media outlets to demand an end to the media monopoly and roll-back of the new ownership rules.

Let your voice be heard!

Sponsored by Media Alliance, CodePink, Network Against
Disinformation, and many others

For more information, 415-575-5555, http://www.reclaimthefcc.org

For audio of the historic SF Hearing on the FCC Rules:
http://www.media-alliance.org


Add Your Comments
Listed below are the latest comments about this post.
These comments are submitted anonymously by website visitors.
TITLE
AUTHOR
DATE
Van
Fri, Aug 29, 2003 5:38PM
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!

Donate

$135.00 donated
in the past month

Get Involved

If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.

Publish

Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.

IMC Network