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Last week in New York, hundreds of citizens gathered for a town hall meeting on the future of diversity in the nation’s media. Speakers included several artists and activists from the hip hop community. We play a speech from M-1 of the rap group dead prez.
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The owners of Fox News are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to throw out all of its media ownership rules. In a filing with the FCC, the company said “It is beyond question that regulatory intervention is no longer necessary to ensure diversity and localism.” Fox joined other large broadcast companies including CBS and the Tribune Company in calling on the FCC to allow for large media corporations to greatly increase its holdings.
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Monday was the final day to submit comments to the FCC before it considers changing its media ownership rules. Meanwhile dozens of public interest groups filed comments arguing that media consolidation harms the public. The groups included: Common Cause, the Prometheus Project, Free Press, the Consumers Union, Children’s Media Policy Coalition, The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, the Rainbow/Push Coalition and Media Alliance.
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Last week in New York, hundreds of citizens gathered for a town hall meeting on the future of diversity in the nation’s media. Speakers included several artists and activists from the hip hop community. One of them was M-1 of the group dead prez.
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M-1. Hip-hop artist with the group dead prez. He was speaking on behalf of the REACHip Hop Coalition.
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"Democracy Now TV" October 26, 2006
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The owners of Fox News are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to throw out all of its media ownership rules. In a filing with the FCC, the company said “It is beyond question that regulatory intervention is no longer necessary to ensure diversity and localism.” Fox joined other large broadcast companies including CBS and the Tribune Company in calling on the FCC to allow for large media corporations to greatly increase its holdings.
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Monday was the final day to submit comments to the FCC before it considers changing its media ownership rules. Meanwhile dozens of public interest groups filed comments arguing that media consolidation harms the public. The groups included: Common Cause, the Prometheus Project, Free Press, the Consumers Union, Children’s Media Policy Coalition, The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, the Rainbow/Push Coalition and Media Alliance.
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Last week in New York, hundreds of citizens gathered for a town hall meeting on the future of diversity in the nation’s media. Speakers included several artists and activists from the hip hop community. One of them was M-1 of the group dead prez.
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M-1. Hip-hop artist with the group dead prez. He was speaking on behalf of the REACHip Hop Coalition.
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