To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
REPEAL THE TeleCommAct Of 1996.
Repeal the TeleCommAct of 1996, and return us to the 7's LAW AND UPHOLD the Fairness Doctrine by keeping the BIG money of the one percent out of commercial broadcasting.
Why is this important?
This petition is about balance in the media which is largely owned by the one percent. The TeleCommAct was a job killer by consolidating broadcast facilities under single ownership as a monopoly directly opposing The Radio Act of 1934 which stated that one could not own more than 7 AM, 7 FM, 7 TV (of which at least two of those signals HAD to be UHF, not ALL
exclusively VHF), & 7 newspapers throughout the USA. Now, under this Act, ownership is NOW A WHOPPING 8 SIGNALS PER MARKET ALLOWING FOR A BLANKETING OF A CORPORATION'S DOMINANCE AND INFLUENCE in the supposed Free Market Space, WITHOUT REGARD TO OPPOSING POINTS OF VIEW. COMPANIES LIKE COX AND CLEAR CHANNEL OWN THOUSANDS OF STATIONS NOW. RUPERT MURDOCH, A NON-AMERICAN OWNS NEARLY HALF OF ALL THE TELEVISION SIGNALS IN THIS COUNTRY, PLUS HIS CABLE ASSETS LIKE FOX NEWS.
We are also in GREAT DANGER because THE [E.B.S.] EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM WAS ALSO ABOLISHED as well as BROADCASTERS' RESPONSIBILITY TO ACCURATELY REPORT THE NEWS EVERY HOUR ON THE HALF HOUR. WHAT ARE WE TO DO IN THE EVENT OF AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY SUCH AS HURRICANES, BEING ATTACKED BY TERRORISTS OR SOME OTHER NATURAL DISASTER LIKE A BIG OUT OF CONTROL WILDFIRE?? How are we to be informed so we can reach safety when all commercial stations are churning out mindless programming without a live operator on the job??
exclusively VHF), & 7 newspapers throughout the USA. Now, under this Act, ownership is NOW A WHOPPING 8 SIGNALS PER MARKET ALLOWING FOR A BLANKETING OF A CORPORATION'S DOMINANCE AND INFLUENCE in the supposed Free Market Space, WITHOUT REGARD TO OPPOSING POINTS OF VIEW. COMPANIES LIKE COX AND CLEAR CHANNEL OWN THOUSANDS OF STATIONS NOW. RUPERT MURDOCH, A NON-AMERICAN OWNS NEARLY HALF OF ALL THE TELEVISION SIGNALS IN THIS COUNTRY, PLUS HIS CABLE ASSETS LIKE FOX NEWS.
We are also in GREAT DANGER because THE [E.B.S.] EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM WAS ALSO ABOLISHED as well as BROADCASTERS' RESPONSIBILITY TO ACCURATELY REPORT THE NEWS EVERY HOUR ON THE HALF HOUR. WHAT ARE WE TO DO IN THE EVENT OF AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY SUCH AS HURRICANES, BEING ATTACKED BY TERRORISTS OR SOME OTHER NATURAL DISASTER LIKE A BIG OUT OF CONTROL WILDFIRE?? How are we to be informed so we can reach safety when all commercial stations are churning out mindless programming without a live operator on the job??