Public Speaks at recent FCC Hearings; "And So Can You!" especially through the end of this month. Excerpt from the November 2, 2007 transcript of Bill Moyers' Journal. Repeats tomorrow night at 7. The FCC is the government body that sets the rules for media. And for a decade now, it's become a citadel of power, swarming with media tycoons, high priced lawyers and well placed lobbyists, finagling to make sure the rules and regulations are shaped and bent to allow big media to get even bigger. A handful of mega-media corporations have gained unprecedented control over radio ... television ... publishing and the Internet. Five years ago, when the FCC Chairman Michael Powell announced that the commission was about to change the rule and allow a few media giants to own even more television and radio stations in one town, you said enough's enough. And somewhere between two or three million of you spoke up and deluged the FCC and Congress with phone calls, emails, letters, and postcards. Now, a new chairman of the FCC Kevin Martin is pushing all over again to reward..., and other conglomerates with what they want. And he wants it done by Christmas. What's at stake is the subject of our report, ANNE BLAND: We are represented as less intelligent than we are, less caring than we are, less ambitious than we are, and less moral than we are. Please make the concept of fair and balanced more than just a slick advertising cliché KRS-1 (LAWRENCE PARKER): Our culture is being criminalized by the radio stations .We're not gangsters; we're not pimps, 'hos, thugs. This is not who we are. But this is what we're being advertised as .Chairman Martin is saying that he wants to close this up by the middle of December, by December 18th. Now, that may not happen. He may be pushed into a position where he needs to take a little bit more time. But it certainly is clear that people need to get in touch with him soon, certainly by the end of November. Full transcript http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11022007/transcript4.html <http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11022007/transcript4.html> The Journal will be repeated Sunday, at 7 PM on 13. Several other times on WLIWDT4 on cable.Also available online here: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11022007/watch.html <http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11022007/watch.html> "I Am America (And So Can You!)" -- Stephen Colbert================================================== Useful info for Tuesday's voters: Click here: NJVoterInfo.org <http://www.njvoterinfo.org/>
