Howard Dean on Hardball Right Now
Gov.
Dean was on Hardball (MSNBC) earlier today. The show will be
rerun at 10pm Iowa time (right now) and later tonight at 3am. I
hear that the Governor is on at about 37 minutes after the hour.
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Tuesday, June 29
Howard Dean on Hardball Right Now
by
Linda Thieman
on Tue 29 Jun 2004 10:02 PM CDT
Victory For The Public Interest: Court Rejects FCC Rules
by
Linda Thieman
on Tue 29 Jun 2004 04:38 PM CDT
Victory For The Public Interest: Court Rejects FCC Rules
According to MoveOn.org, following an unprecedented public outcry, a federal appeals court rejected the Federal Communications Commission's rules last Thursday. The decision gives priority to the public interest over corporate bottom lines. Media policy is usually considered too obscure for ordinary people to care about. Last year, however, Congressional offices reported receiving comments about media ownership from millions of Americans -- more than any topic except the war in Iraq. As a result, the Senate twice voted to roll back the FCC rules. There was enough support in the House to do the same, but the Republican leadership prevented a vote, saving pseudo-pResident Bush from a politically unpopular veto. However, according to FreePress.net, the rules aren't dead — they've been sent back to the FCC for revision. Let's make sure the FCC listens to the people before they rewrite the rules. Sign This Petition Sign this petition demanding a public hearing in Iowa. The following is the text of the petition: I call on you to hold an official public hearing in my state. Before the disastrous 2003 decision to weaken media ownership rules (which a federal court has now overturned), you held only one official public hearing. Further, FCC officials met behind closed doors 71 times with major broadcasters — but only five times with public interest groups. And to justify your actions, you used deceptive, industry-sponsored research data. The will of Big Media had been heeded at the expense of American citizens and democracy itself. This has to end. Before you rewrite the ownership rules, I demand an official public FCC hearing in my state, impartial and verifiable research, and transparent debates. It is time to put the needs of democracy - a diverse, skeptical, independent and competitive media system - ahead of profit-hungry media giants. The FCC Media Ownership Rules Battle FreePress.net On June 2, 2003, the Federal Communications Commission — charged with regulating media in the public interest — voted 3-2 to change several of its remaining media ownership rules, such as those limiting the number of TV stations one corporation can own and banning the cross-ownership of a TV station and newspaper in the same market. The loosening of these rules would lead to a massive wave of media consolidation. The largest firms would be able to swallow up other media firms they set their eyes upon, and industry observers all expect a flurry of large deals. At the local level, we should expect a single firm, or perhaps two or three firms, to own the vast majority of the media — daily newspaper, TV stations, radio stations, cable TV systems — in a single community. There is enormous profit to be made by having such monopolistic power, and firms are scrambling to get the rules changed so they can dominate markets and crush competition. Such media concentration not only violates the premises of a competitive marketplace, but it makes a mockery of the notion of a free press enshrined in the Constitution. The implications are clear: huge media conglomerates would rule journalism, culture and to a large extent, public opinion. They have the power to put their footprint on our political system in a manner that has never been seen before. As they say, "You control the news, you control the views."
Art Small: Think Big - Vote Small
by
Linda Thieman
on Tue 29 Jun 2004 10:28 AM CDT
Art Small: Think Big - Vote Small Remarks by Arthur Small Jr. Candidate for Senate Democratic State Convention Des Moines, IA June 26, 2004 A delightful read! That was an impressive group of Congressional candidates. I am proud to be running on the ticket with them. Bill Gluba mentioned that Nussle refers to himself as the “architect” of economic policy. Charles Grassley calls himself the “architect” of the recently passed Medicare bill. I don’t know about you, but if I hired an architect and he built things that always leaned strongly to the right, I would get myself a new architect. Ok. Six minutes. My kids say I better talk fast. And I don’t want to tell you things you know or can easily find out. That is why we put together the newspaper that has been handed out to you. It lays out my background and my positions on the issues. [See some of the humorous excerpts here.] You can see on the front page what is going to happen in November, “Democrats Sweep Elections;” Art Small Trounces Grassley.” I am perhaps the only candidate for the U.S. Senate who has this ability to see into the future. We can make that happen. more »
U.S. Senate Candidate Art Small Makes A Big Splash At State Convention
by
Linda Thieman
on Tue 29 Jun 2004 05:03 AM CDT
U.S. Senate Candidate Art Small Makes A Big Splash At State Convention
It should come as no surprise that one of the highlights of the Iowa Democratic State Convention was a literate and roll-on-the-floor funny faux newspaper coming out of the Art Small for U.S. Senate campaign. The November 3, 2004 – that’s right, I said 2004 - edition of Vox Populi’s lead story was, of course, "Democrats Sweep Elections: Art Small Trounces Grassley." (Amen to that!) Highlights from Vox Populi’s world roundup: ASIA (Jakarta, Indonesia) AP reports that more than 500 Indonesians were instantly cured of Beri-Beri and Yellow River Fever in the wake of Bush’s defeat in U.S. presidential elections. EUROPE (Paris, France) Speaking at a celebration of 250 years of L’academie française, the guardian of the French language, President Jacques Chirac hails death of ‘freedom’ fry as final U.S. recognition that Americans did not invent every great food, just, he said, “the overstuffed sandwich, le hot chien, et le taco.” That the “French fry” is Belgian is beside the point, he said. (Brussels, Belgium) Concerned about imminent changes in U.S. trade policy likely to be made as a result of the landslide Democratic victories during this election, E.U. leaders have instituted a review of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). “We sense that the members of the new administration are not all rapacious, lying bastards,” said one senior E.U. official, “so perhaps now Europeans and Americans can work towards agricultural support that assists the family farm rather than agri-business.” (Hamburg, Germany) Across this country, people are delighting in U.S. pResident George Bush’s defeat. Die Neue Zeitung reports more than 200,000 Hamburgers alone have flooded the streets, dancing, hugging each other and crying. “We are just so relieved the United States has joined the ranks of civilized nations again,” said Hamburg Mayor Heinrich Schadenfreude. |
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