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FIGHT THE POWER
Breaking up Big Media


"The night after I was sworn in, I waited for a visit from the angel of the public interest. I waited all night, but she did not come," so said Federal Communications Commission chair Michael Powell. (That’s right, he’s the son of Secretary of State Colin Powell. Powell senior, by the way, was once a member of AOL’s board of directors.)

Well, the angels are now on their way. Outraged by a recent court ruling striking down ownership limits on broadcasters and by the US government’s encouragement of massive concentration of media ownership by a handful of megacorporations, a coalition of groups ranging from the Massachusetts chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union to the Information Liberation Front are rallying for a demonstration under the banner "Media and Communications Technology Should Forever Serve People over Profits."

If you want to send a message to Washington that Big Media are bad for democracy, this is the protest for you. The demonstration is scheduled for Friday, March 22, from 3 to 5 p.m, at the FCC, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC. Angelic attire is suggested.

For more information, or to reserve a ride, call (215) 563-1100 or visit www.mediatank.org.

Issue Date: March 14 - 21, 2002
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