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ACM recognises Adelstein and Copps

The Alliance for Community Media has awarded two of its four Director’s Choice Awards to the dissenting FCC commissioners in the recent decision to gut media ownership rules:

FCC Commissioners Adelstein and Copps held public hearings throughout the country at their own expense in order to receive comment regarding the FCC planned Report and Order on media consolidation and cross-ownership. When the vote was finally taken by the FCC, it was only Copps and Adelstein who voted “no.” Despite widespread public outcry against relaxing the media ownership rules from such disparate groups as the Center for Digital Democracy and the National Rifle Association, the relaxation of ownership rules was passed on June 2, 2003.

Of course the fight is not over – in fact prospects for a reversal by congress are high. Groups such as Free Press are organising campaigns to put pressure on legislaters to support bills that would overturn the changes, and already have significant numbers of Congresspersons and Senators signed-up!