Subject: Don't let Big Media rule California

From: "Marcy Koukhab, Common Cause California" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:55:24 -0700

Dear David,

Do you think your views are represented in the local media?  Are you happy with the abundance of sensationalized crime and celebrity stories, and the lack of substance in the news?  Should bias in the media continue to go unchecked?
 
Help us change the system.  There's a one-time chance for us to stop the FCC from ruling in favor of Big Media in California.  And the deadline is Friday.

Send your message today:  http://www.commoncause.org/Tribune

The Tribune Company recently asked the FCC to exempt them from a rule that's been on the books for more than 30 years. That rule says that a single company cannot own both a newspaper and a television station in the same city.  It exists for a very good reason:  A single owner can deprive a community of important diverse sources of news, information and opinion.

Tribune is in violation of that rule here in California (it owns both the Los Angeles Times and TV station KTLA).  We need to tell the FCC that enough is enough!

Let's tell the FCC we want more voices, not fewer.  Hurry, the FCC is only taking public comments until Friday, April 6!  http://www.commoncause.org/Tribune

More diverse ownership and more voices on our publicly-owned airwaves will ensure that everyone is able to participate fully in our democracy.  Now's your chance to make a difference!

Send your message today that Tribune is not above the law. The FCC must act in the public's best interest, not in a single company's best interest.

http://www.commoncause.org/Tribune

Thanks for all you do.

Sincerely,

Marcy Koukhab
Los Angeles Organizer

P.S. You might have heard today that Tribune is being bought by real estate billionaire Sam Zell.  This issue is critically important, regardless of whether the company's name is Tribune or Zell (especially since Zell has no plans to get rid of any of Tribune's 16 newspapers or 23 newspapers).  In cities where the FCC has allowed one company to own both a newspaper and TV station, it has been a disaster. Read about it here: 
http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=2180335

Then tell the FCC what you think:
http://www.commoncause.org/Tribune

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