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Survey: U.S. residents oppose media consolidation
Wed, 2007/10/31 - 6:42pm — Benjamin Melançon
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/31/4937/
The Media and Democracy Coalition released its survey the same day the Federal Communications Commission was due to hold a public meeting on media ownership. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants the agency to decide by December 18 on whether to ease limits on how many media outlets a company may own in one market.
Longstanding FCC rules restrict cross-ownership and ban ownership of a newspaper and a TV or radio station in the same market without an FCC waiver.
The survey found 57 percent of respondents favored laws against a company owning a paper and TV station in the same market. That level of support was roughly the same among the political liberals, moderates and conservatives surveyed.
"70 percent of respondents described media consolidation as a problem"
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