Prodded by thousands of e-mails, letters and petitions from Americans angered by the June 2 decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to loosen media ownership rules, the Senate Commerce Committee voted on June 19 to restore the rules and to change the commission's behind-closed-doors, special-interest-driven way of doing business. "The people won today -- this is a huge blow to big media conglomerates," said Consumers Union's director of advocacy and public policy Gene Kimmelman.
What the people won, with solid support from Democrats and key Republicans on the committee...TomPaine.Com
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