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Don’t Let the Federal Communications Commission Fast Track Media Consolidation

FCC Chair Kevin Martin is trying to ram through new rules to give more billions to billionaires--people like media owners Rupert Murdoch and Sam Zell--at our expense.
 
Check out one of many news accounts in the New York Times, AP, and TV Week reporting Martin’s plan to have an FCC vote by December 18.  He wants to gut the few remaining media ownership regulations, including putting an end to the limits on ownership by a single company of a newspaper and a broadcast station in the same market.

The consolidation of media ownership by giant corporations eliminates diverse and local sources of news, music, and entertainment programming, which critically affects our jobs, our lives, and our communities. As conglomerates combine media outlets across America, AFTRA members have seen:

• Decreased coverage of local issues and fewer editorial perspectives in news
• Fewer and less diverse opportunities for actors as the last remaining independent producers struggle to survive
• Homogenization and disappearance of radio formats
• Elimination of opportunities for airplay for recording artists

We need to tell Congress to keep the FCC from allowing more media consolidation.  By taking action now, we can support local news and entertainment, a diversity of views, and media competition.
 
It’s time to keep the FCC from making gifts to media billionaires. Send a message your Senators and U.S. Representative today.