FCC to vote on Media Deregulation June 2
It always amazes me how quickly important dates like this sneak up on me. I could have sworn that this vote was still a months away instead of two weeks.

Indymedia has a feature story today about the FCC plans to vote for deregulation of the media. In case you have been living under a rock and do not know what this means, I'll tell you: legalized media deregulation means that the AOL/Time Warner mega merger would officially be small potatoes. Even though the media is already consolidated to the point where a mere six large corporations have control over the content in what newspapers and books we read, the television shows and movies we watch, the FCC thinks that this just isn't enough. In this age of convenience, why settle for six large corporations with a stranglehold on the media when you could have one monopoly?!

If you haven't already done so, contact your representatives in Congress. If you have done so, call the Capital Switchboard and contact them again: 1-800-839-5276. Tell your representatives that media deregulation will only serve to further erode the quality of the media and make the wallets of a few CEOs larger; it will not increase competition, it will consolidate competition. There will be no benefits to the American citizens if the FCC votes for deregulation.