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Big media takeover
Big media takeover
Postal regulators have accepted a proposal from media giant Time Warner that would stifle small and independent publishers in America. The plan unfairly burdens smaller publishers with higher postage rates while locking in special privileges for bigger media companies.
In establishing the U.S. postal system, the nation's founders wanted to ensure that a diversity of viewpoints were available to "the whole mass of the people." Time Warner's rate increase reverses this egalitarian ideal and threatens the marketplace of ideas on which our democracy depends.
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To see how big Time Warner is, take a look at what they own here.
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ReBlogged by andy rementer on Apr 23, 2007 at 03:12 PM
Posted by andy rementer on Apr 23, 2007 at 03:12 PM
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