Media Views

"I am here to demand that the FCC not just stop the consolidation of media ownership, but expand and protect the truly local media we need to survive," said Gerardo Reyes Chavez of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the farmworkers organization that runs the low-power radio station Radio Consciência. The FCC is currently reviewing longstanding media ownership rules governing how many newspapers, radio stations and television stations one company can own in a local market.... "When media companies converge operations, managers urge or even require staffers to spend less time reporting and more time on television," said panelist Eric Klinenberg.... "With cross-ownership, citizens are exposed to fewer perspectives than when TV stations and newspapers are separately owned."