Round One of the fight against deregulating the media even further began last night in Los Angeles with the first "Public Hearing on Media Ownership" held on Thursday August 31 at the University of Southern California Davidson Conference Center. And what a round it was.
It began as a slow fight with conferences on how to personally testify to the FCC Commissioners but ended up to be a real slugfest. Before I get ahead of myself the event was organized by "The National Latino Media Council" in partnership with "Media Alliance" and "Free Press". It was an informal hearing not on the official schedule but all 5 FCC Commissioners were invited. The 2 Democratic commissioners Michael J. Copps and Jonathon S. Adelstein were the only 2 that could make it.
The important issues discussed were the effects of big media on diversity and local programming, children's programming, the number of viewpoints, the number of jobs, and pay. The web site containing information on the conference is:
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