I couldn’t actually make it to the FCC public hearing yesterday that I had recommended you attend, but Andrew from the Northwest Progressive Institute did a great job live-blogging the event. Here are summaries of and links to his posts:
- Seattle Times publisher Frank Blethen (you know, the guy who wants to run the Seattle P-I out of town) “complain[ed] about consolidation and centralization of media.”
- Rep. Jay Inslee (WA-01) and then the two FCC Commissioners spoke….
- Next the FCC Commissioners listend to concerned community leaders, including KVI’s…
John Carlson, who was second to speak, mentioned Entercom's snagging of Rush Limbaugh away from KVI as an example of a big company deciding which distributors may syndicate its "talent". (He actually referred to Rush Limbaugh as talent). But oddly enough he never referred to Limbaugh, Fisher Broadcasting (owner of KVI), or Entercom by name.
- Then the FCC Commissioners listened to two minute comments by concerned citizens
- Finally, Andrew offered some closing thoughts
Thanks Andrew…you were fucking brilliant!
(I though I would say that while it was still legal.)
Fernsehturm has some brief coverage of the event, too: here, here, here, here, and here.
With two FCC commissioners in town yesterday for a public hearing, it is not surprising that KUOW 94.9 FM did a show on Media Consolidation on The Conversation. Their guest was FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein. The audio of the program is available here.
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"If it bleeds, it leads"...fabulous!! Andrew said he didn't remember one citizen who didn't speak out against media consolidation. "Packed house". The FCC has heard us...will they care? Thanks for this, Darryl, and the fucking brilliant Andrew from PSI, as well...
Posted by: Fremont | December 01, 2006 at 09:09 AM
I attended the FCC hearing last night. It was a repeat of March, 2003 at the UW HUB. I testified and asked how many of the media were present. While some hands raised, very little of the hearing made it into the media last night or this morning. The Times covered the story. I could find nothing in the P-I. KOMO-TV, which is not owned by a mega-media did not air the story last night. In the 2003 hearing only KING-TV covered the story and the Times. Maybe some of you saw the story elsewhere this morning or last night. I'd be interested to know. Thanks!
Posted by: Wip the Lip | December 01, 2006 at 10:05 AM
You're probably not coming to tonights Xmas party either.
Posted by: Scrilla | December 01, 2006 at 10:58 AM
Yes. 7:30pm at Doc's in Fremont, right?
Posted by: Bill Wippel | December 01, 2006 at 03:37 PM
The Seattle Times was a sponsor of the event....no surprise they'd carry the story, and the P-I didn't...
Posted by: FREMONT | December 01, 2006 at 04:44 PM
Check out Geov Parrish's piece on "The lefty/regulatory gap"(HA). Said about 400 attended and had an interesting take on the evening. Sounded like the two commissioners who were there are on the left anyway so who knows who will hear our plaintive cries in the end.
Posted by: joanie | December 01, 2006 at 11:41 PM
Also, off topic but . . . did anyone catch our Resident Idiot's emphasis on "my decision" if adjustments will be made . . . in his speech yesterday?
He is absolutely truculent and will probably dig in even harder now that daddy's sicced (sicked?) the big dogs (Baker and Gates) on him.
He's hopeless.
Posted by: joanie | December 01, 2006 at 11:51 PM
and dangerous.
Posted by: joanie | December 02, 2006 at 12:07 AM
And who the hell is Geov Parrish? Wasn't he going out with Madonna or someone?
Posted by: Fremont | December 02, 2006 at 12:11 PM
Sorry, Fremont. Did I get Geov's name wrong or something?
Posted by: joanie | December 02, 2006 at 12:21 PM
Just reading Postman who says "The most interesting take on the hearing comes from Geov Parrish..."
There you have it, Fremont. 'nuf said :)
Posted by: joanie | December 02, 2006 at 12:36 PM
Oh, THAT Geov Parrish! Yeah, I've heard of him....
Posted by: FREMONT | December 02, 2006 at 02:25 PM
Joanie, didn't hear anything about your decision since your daddy stepped in.
Posted by: Steve | December 02, 2006 at 07:35 PM
What are you talking about, Steve? Did you make an offer . . ?
BTW, nice to know you're still around. Am I not a gracious woman?
Posted by: joanie | December 02, 2006 at 09:45 PM
Darryl, didn't you say you went to the FCC hearing? Did you comment?
If anyone wants to hear this, go to FCC hearings
Kind of a long time later, but I found it interesting . . . especially some of the early speakers like Carlson. It is a three-hour video.
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I took my first credit loans when I was 20 and this helped my relatives a lot. However, I require the car loan over again.
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