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National Day of Action: Tens of Thousands of Petitions Delivered

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Yesterday, what began as a click on a Web site became a national day of action in which local community members from Phoenix, Ariz. to Bridgeport, Conn. marched into their representatives’ local offices and urged them to stand up for better media.

In nearly 50 cities and towns around the country, local citizens delivered tens of thousands of petition signatures calling on members of Congress to support the “Resolution of Disapproval” that would veto the Federal Communications Commission’s latest handout to Big Media. Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Josh Stearns

August 28, 2008 at 12:12 pm

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