[Seattle-editorial] Make a call and make a difference

[Robert McChesney]

Should Congress allow massive media corporations to get even bigger?

This week roughly 75 television network executives descended on Capitol Hill to tell Congress it should -- against the wishes of nearly two million Americans.

But we have been fighting the special interests and it is working. Last week's phone-in campaign brought in 17 new co-sponsors of the FCC rollback legislation in the House, and five co-sponsors in the Senate. It reminded legislators that we are watching what they do, and that we're not going away.

This week, the call-in campaign focuses on the House with a simple message: "We want a media that is diverse, competitive and engaged with the local concerns of our communities. We can only have that if House members support BOTH HR 2462 (Sanders) and HR 2052 (Burr-Dingell), measures that will overturn FCC rule changes benefitting big media alone."

Your calls have gotten us this far. Now they can give us a win against one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington.

Take three minutes. Please make the call now!

Visit http://www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc

Simply enter your zipcode and pick up the phone - we provide the names, numbers, and what you might want to say. Call your Representative in the House today!

The past three months have represented a sea change in how media policy is made in America. FCC Commissioner Jonathon Adelstein estimates that nearly 2 million Americans have weighed in.

Your active participation is the reason Congress may roll back the FCC ruling.

Please send this email along to anyone else you know who is interested in having a healthy democratic media.

For more information on this issue, visit to www.mediareform.net. To support media reforms efforts like this, join Free Press at http://www.mediareform.net/support.