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[tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>]

I got through the first two paragraphs, and barfed. . . . 
Tom

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> From: Robert McChesney <rmcchesney AT mediareform.net>
> To: freepress_e_activist AT mediareform.net
> Subject: [FP] CBS plays politics with speech
> Date: 22 Jan 2004 11:28:13 -0500
> 
> Last week, CBS censored free speech by refusing to sell airtime to the 
> MoveOn Voter Fund for a political ad during the Super Bowl. The ad is 
> critical of the Bush Administration's run-up of the federal deficit.
> 
> CBS -- owned by media giant Viacom -- says it doesn't run 
> "controversial" ads during the Super Bowl. But it plans to air a White 
> House drug policy spot during the game. The last such ad linked 
> marijuana smoking to terrorism... hardly uncontroversial.
> 
> It is no coincidence that the White House and the FCC are pushing 
> through new media ownership limits at the behest of CBS and other media 
> giants -- efforts that MoveOn and Free Press activists have been 
> fighting. CBS/Viacom spent $4 million lobbying Congress in the last 
> four years alone.
> 
> CBS is playing politics with the right to free speech: another example 
> of media monopoly's chilling effect on democratic debate.
> 
> We need your help to spread the word about CBS and the growing media 
> crisis. Many members of Congress continue to fight media consolidation 
> because millions of Americans have raised their voices. This recent 
> insult proves that we need millions more.
> 
> First, forward this email to everyone you know who cares about free 
> speech and democracy.
> 
> Next, go to http://www.mediareform.net/media to learn more and sign up 
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> Help us expand the number of activists working to build a media system 
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> Onward,
> The Free Press Team
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