Next week the FCC comes to another decision to allow the 6 main news giants to gobble up more of their competitors, choking off local and independent sources. Rupert Murduck needs to be put back under a rock with the other gluttonous vermin. Avaaz, a world wide network of people who give a shit has a rapid response platform for political and environmental events, in this case a way for you to tell the FCC you want them to protect open media not smother it. At the same time for Europeans they have an action against Ruperts corruptions in Europe, so, copy and paste in your browser window. http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_media_barons/97.phpcl_tta_sign=e8f6c92cad0b70f84f2723c34e2a3050
Also, as important check out this to.
http://alfranken.com/index.php/splash/w1202dr
Fringe,
ReplyDeleteAfter all the stuff Murdoch pulled in the past in England, his new Sunday newspaper still sold over 3 million copies. I'd like to think that the American public is wiser than that, but the popularity of Faux News suggests otherwise.
Mister O,
ReplyDeleteDon't the Brit newspapers focus a lot on scandal and skin? Now, I am not one to condemn skin - Most of my hits come on
Morning Rice and Daily Eye Candy...
Ron