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I just got back from an incredible experience in Southern California – a statewide Media Reform Summit that Common Cause played a leading role in putting together.Help us reform media in America. Make a gift to Common Cause today. < http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ikLVI7PMIfJVJjL&s=7eLHLVMuEeLKJPMyHrG&m=fdJNISNqGbJQG>It couldn't have come at a more perfect time. With the Department of Justice's approval of the satellite radio merger, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s decision on that merger pending, and the Congressional Resolution of Disapproval of media ownership rules on its way to a vote, the need for media reform has never been more obvious. And so it goes without saying: our Media Reform Summit cannot stop in California. We've got to repeat this vitally important gathering in cities and towns across the nation, so that Americans know about the dangers of media concentration – before the FCC tries to hoodwink them.Will you support us today, so that we have the resources we need to organize summits that can put media reform front and center all across America? Donate to Common Cause today and help us reform media in America! < http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=coIJJPMoG9IKL2J&s=7eLHLVMuEeLKJPMyHrG&m=fdJNISNqGbJQG>Make no mistake; this will be a hard-won fight. Already, giant media companies are pumping up the pressure on the FCC and Congress to clear the way for their own competition-killing plans. That is why we've got to have genuine Media Reform Summits and not just phony FCC hearings that pander to Big Media, distort the truth, and pull the wool over the eyes of honest Americans. Americans need to know that the FCC recently approved rules that could speed up the already out-of-control pace of media mergers in America. We have to let them know that Congress can quickly and easily overturn their reckless decision. And, most of all, we have to make sure they understand that media concentration stifles the voices of ordinary Americans. Will you help Common Cause advance our Media Reform Summit strategy, moving swiftly to educate and mobilize citizens across America. We're really counting on you. Donate to Common Cause today and help us reform media in America! < http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=frKPJYOAIcLRIcI&s=7eLHLVMuEeLKJPMyHrG&m=fdJNISNqGbJQG>The FCC chairman would like to dupe Americans into thinking media consolidation is "no big deal." But, with your help, we're going to be a step ahead the FCC and their Big Media allies at every turn. We've got to meet their wrong-headed, self-serving arguments with the truth. That's why your immediate support for Common Cause's Media Reform Summit strategy is so crucial. Thanks for all you do, Jon Bartholomew Media & Democracy Campaign Coordinator, Common Cause |