Washington Governor Gregoire Opposed to Concentration of Media Ownership
By newsdesk - Posted on November 12th, 2007
November 9, 2007 -- OLYMPIA – Washington Governor Chris Gregoire today expressed her concern over concentration of media ownership through consolidation of the media. The remarks were made during testimony delivered today at a hearing held by the Federal Communications Commission in Seattle.
“I find it ironic that in an age with so many new ways for people to communicate – and so many ways to exercise the beauty of Democracy – we face the very real threat that these new ways will be controlled by a few,” said Governor Gregoire. “Such concentration stifles creativity and content. It narrows perspectives available to each of us as citizens, and it is unhealthy in a society that rests on principles of equality and diversity.”
As Attorney General, Governor Gregoire in 2002 sent a letter to the FCC expressing her alarm over the efforts of the FCC to accelerate the already rapid trend toward consolidation in the media.
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