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GUEST: Alexandra Russell, Program Director of Free Press
Last week, the Tribune Company media group filed in federal court to challenge a media ownership decision by the Federal Communications Commission. Tribune was granted a permanent waiver on cross-ownership restrictions by the FCC in Chicago, but received temporary waivers in other major cities. The legal appeal contends that the legal group should have been granted permanent exemptions on regulations against owning both newspapers and stations in major cities throughout the United States. In the meantime, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin believes that cross-ownership regulations should be done away with in top media markets and has set a vote on such a proposal for December 18th. In response, the Senate Commerce Committee recently passed a Media Ownership Act. If the bill were to become law, it would adopt new rules increasing localism as well as representation of women and minorities in media ownership.
We’ll examine the state of healthcare as California’s Senate passes a Medicare-for-All Bill. And, a year after the passage of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the ACLU is calling for greater progress in women’s pay equality. Plus, author and analyst Dilip Hiro joins us to discuss his latest book After Empire, the Birth of a Multipolar World.
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4th Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar featuring local and international fair trade and hand made items
WHEN: Saturday December 12th 2009, 11 am – 4 pm
WHERE: Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 …
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GUEST: Alexandra Russell, Program Director of Free Press
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