The FCC Is Coming To Columbus, Ohio! Make Your Voice Heard!

[babsbunny]

Dear Friends:

Do you want the media to better cover the issues you care about? Do you
want higher quality journalism? Do you think that the handful of giant
media conglomerates sufficiently provide diverse and independent
viewpoints?

Now is your chance to tell the FCC how well the media IS/IS NOT serving your community. Please join FCC Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein, Michael Copps and Robert McDowell for a public hearing on the future of media.

Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Location: Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Address: 760 E. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43205
(Directions and Map)

The hearing is free and open to the public and will feature a lengthy
open microphone session for you to tell the FCC how the media are
serving your community. Click here for further details.

All public testimony will be recorded and officially submitted to the
FCC for consideration. Come prepared to speak your mind -- click here
for fact sheets and fliers that will help you in preparing your
remarks.

Next week's hearing is being sponsored by Free Press, Consumers Union,
Common Cause Ohio, United Church of Christ Office of Communications,
Inc., Columbus Metropolitan Area Church Council, Ohio PIRG, Ohio
Citizen Action, and Media Bridges.

This is a rare chance to participate directly in creating media
policies that serve the public interest. Now that the FCC is again
considering sweeping changes to the nation's media ownership rules,
your input is critical.

Make your voice heard -- Join us on Mar. 7.

PLEASE TELL ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS. EMAIL THIS INFORMATION TO 5 PEOPLE.

[Kolesar]

1. Super. I sent this on to my activist cohorts in Columbus

:hi: