Individual Blog Post #1: The FCC Won't Let Me Be

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About four months ago, The Federal Communications Commission voted to lift a 30-year-old ownership ban that prevented big media companies from owning more than one major media medium in one city. In other words, one company can now own the major newspaper, TV or radio station in that same city. When I was made aware of this in one of my media classes, I was shocked. How could the FCC do something that would so greatly harm the diversity and availability of local channels and stations? Thankfully, some members of the congress were also strongly opposed to the FCC's decision.

Now, two representatives, Jay Inslee and Dave Reichert, are introducing the "Media Ownership Act of 2007," to try and overturn the FCC's new rule. I just wanted to update whoever is reading this because the fight is not over. It just really scares me because these big media moguls have the money and power to really take over anything that they want. I mean, if I wanted to own my own radio station in the future, how am I supposed to compete with the money being offered by big companies? Unfortunately, this is a reality some stations already have to deal with.