Bad news for a free press

The Seattle Times explains why the FCC was wrong to rewrite ownership rules and why it is important that we put pressure on Congress to reverse Tuesday’s actions. In sum: Consolidation of media shrinks the number of voices, reducing diversity and further marginalizing dissenting views.

Media consolidation is not the remedy to any real or perceived ills that afflict the press. What is needed are laws that encourage an independent press and turn back the consolidation that has occurred during the past 40 years.

The public, Congress and the courts must right the colossal damage wrought by the FCC.

Check out Free Press to see what to do about this.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet