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In reply to the discussion: DROP EVERYTHING & TAKE ACTION!: Time to Launch Largest Protest the FCC Has Ever Seen [View all]2banon
(7,321 posts)I've attended and participated in two of their conferences they hold around the country for the past several years. The last one I attended was in St Louis Mo. several years ago, Bush was still in office, FCC was headed by Republican appointees, although it's "evenly" split between two parties, the chair is appointed by the sitting president.
That year Naomi Kline was one of the keynote speakers (I think she was working on Shock Doctrine if memory serves) Bernie Sanders was another among a myriad of journalists, internet news hosts, and largely media activists..
The annual conferences are an interesting and important event.. great for networking with other media and journalist activists. I forgot to mention that Democratic FCC members were in attendance and gave talks as well. Media Activist Robert McChesney and journalist Jon Nichols are the original organizers..
It's been around for well over a decade, and they're fabulous people.
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