Yesterday's FCC decision to allow "cross-ownership" (i.e. newspaper/TV and/or newspaper/radio mergers) in certain towns and cities was not entirely unexpected. However, there is massive opposition brewing--both in Congress and on the "internets."
It's great to see this kind of activism and opposition to the FCC's long-standing desire to allow more media concentration--which can only lead to a significantly diminished democracy.
But let's also be certain to focus on our own region's effort to expand our own corporate-free, community-based, non-profit media system. We're talking about MAIN, the Mountain Area Information Network. MAIN is recognized nationally by some of our country's most forward-thinking media scholars and activists. People from all over the U.S. are trying to copy MAIN's successful business model--to build their own community media network.
MAIN is leading the charge to help prevent the internet from becoming just another appendage of the corporate media system. You can help them, too. You can be a part of the charge.
Let's do whatever we can to help MAIN--wouldn't it be nice to have something just like MAIN right here in the High Country?
Check it out--and help Save the Internet.
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