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Disney, Moore, and the Opening for Media Leadership
May 6, 2004 |
In a perfect example of the potential for the media consolidation to control what the American people see and hear, Disney's Michael Eisner (pictured right) has foolishly fallen into a trap by blocking Miramax (owned by Disney) from distributing Michael Moore's new film, "Fahrenheit 9-11." Fortunately, we do live in a free country, so the film will surely get distributed before the election, right? If you wanna do something, MoveOn's got the phone numbers.
The good news, according to the May 5 article in the Washington Post, is that "Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) asked fellow members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation for a hearing on the Disney-Moore flap and what he called 'the disturbing pattern of politically based corporate censorship of the news media and the entertainment industry.'" Now, it's time for John Kerry and other leaders to fill this opening and call for decreasing big media's control over the national conversation. Media democracy is one of the few issues about which Americans are not divided, make it a winning issue for any politicians willing take a stand this year.
Posted by Colin at May 6, 2004 9:57 PM
