President Obama: Speak Out for Media Diversity

We need more choice and more voices on the airwaves. President Obama vowed to place the public’s needs over corporate interests by opposing increased media consolidation and encouraging diverse media ownership.1

But the Obama FCC has already approved one of the biggest media mergers in history. Now the agency is advancing a proposal to relax media ownership rules, despite shaky legal standing and widespread public opposition. It’s time for President Obama to take a stand against this proposal.

We need rules that will stop the spread of local media monopolies, improve the health of our media system and create more opportunities for people the media have historically marginalized. President Obama must make good on his promise and fix our failed media system. 

1. "Obama Urges Swift Passage of FCC-Blocking Bill," Broadcasting & Cable, April 24, 2008: http://act2.freepress.net/go/8950?ak_proof=1&akid=.8740583.pWcMKl&t=8

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Dear President Obama:

Since 2009, the Federal Communications Commission has done nothing to foster diversity in media ownership. Instead the agency is now considering new rules that would create more of the local media monopolies you once spoke out against.

The FCC’s proposal would leave women and people of color out in the cold and would diminish our communities’ access to the news and information they need. Please speak up for more diverse media and against further media consolidation. 

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