[Seattle-editorial] Fwd: Re: Clear Channel Feature

[Susan]

thumbs up --- nice feature, heather!

At 05:00 PM 9/9/02, jonathan lawson wrote:
>Great summation! Approve! Approve!!
>
>[btw re. Lance's comment--Heather posted the entire article at 
>reclaimthemedia.org, so we can link to that].
>
>Jonathan
>
>>Delivered-To: jonathan at indymedia.org
>>From: "Heather Gorgura" <gorgura02 at earthlink.net>
>>To: "jonathan lawson" <jonathan at indymedia.org>
>>Subject: Re: Clear Channel Feature
>>Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 16:25:17 -0700
>>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700
>>
>>How's this:
>>
>>Static on the Airwaves
>>Clear Channel's Broadcast Interference
>>
>>Clear Channel, the largest owner of radio stations in the U.S. with a
>>presence in 247 of the nation's 250 largest radio markets, exemplifies the
>>consolidation, commercialization and homogenization of US media. Clear
>>Channel's expansion means the further atrophy of discourse on the
>>increasingly privatized public airwaves, and the erosion of representation
>>and diversity.
>>
>>In the aftermath of September 11th, Clear Channel blacklisted 150 songs at
>>their 1200 stations, incuding John Lennon's "Imagine;" a USF professor was
>>fired when a torrent of hate mail and death threats inspired by the racist
>>rhetoric of a Clear Channel program host flooded the man's institution;
>>Clear Channel fired Hip Hop program host Davey D. after he interviewed
>>Barbara Lee, the U.S. Representative who cast the lone dissenting vote
>>against Congress's decision to grant Bush vast powers in the War on
>>Terrorism.
>>
>>Clear Channel stands accused of anti-trust violations, of illegally
>>operating stations through shell companies in order to circumvent existing
>>ownership limits, and of withholding airplay from bands who refused to use
>>Clear Channel's concert promotion and venues.
>>
>>  For more information about Clear Channel and how to reclaim the public
>>airwaves, see <a href="Eric Boehlert's series of articles at SALON.COM
>>http://archive.salon.com/ent/clear_channel/ </a>, and check out <a href=
>>"CLEARCHANNELSUCKS.ORG http://clearchannelsucks.org/ </a> and <a href=
>>"STOPCLEARCHANNEL.COM http://www.stopclearchannel.com/ </a>.  You can also
>>read <a href="US Senator Russ Feingold's statement about his proposed
>>legislation http://www.senate.gov/%7Efeingold/releases/02/06/2002613529.html
>></a> to address concentration of ownership in radio. Finally, Prometheus
>>Radio Project is launcing a national campaign against Clear Channel, which
>>you can read about at <a href= "RECLAIMTHE MEDIA.ORG
>>http://reclaimthemedia.org/ </a>.
>
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