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May 17, 2008

US antifascist victory !! BIG MEDIA stopped

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Just moments ago, by a near-unanimous vote, the Senate stood up to Big
Media. They voted to throw out the FCC decision to let the largest
media companies swallow up even more local media.

This is simply an astounding victory, and it would not have happened
without the massive grassroots effort by you and thousands of others
who called their senators, sent more than a quarter million letters,
posted thousands of pictures and stories on StopBigMedia.com, and
testified at public hearings held by the FCC.
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=nJKeAb88l4fQVYY32q1dOg..

It was your dedication that made today's Senate win possible.

Today was a huge step forward, but there is still much to do. The
fight against the FCC now moves to the House, where our elected
representatives need to hear from us.

President Bush has promised that he will try to veto this bill. But
tonight the Senate and the American people have spoken with one voice.
This historic vote sends a clear message that the only people who
support more media consolidation are Big Media lobbyists and the White
House.

We are in this struggle to bring more minority ownership, diverse
perspectives and independent voices to the media. We need to make
media consolidation an election-year issue. And we need to start
talking about how to break up the giant conglomerates.

Corporate news today -- with its propaganda pundits, horse-race
election coverage, and celebrity gossip -- undermines our democracy.
We must continue to speak out and demand that the public airwaves be
used to actually serve the public.

In just three weeks, thousands of people will be gathering together in
Minnesota to build the movement for better media. You can join them at
the National Conference for Media Reform, just visit
www.freepress.net/conference.
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For today, know that you played a key role in the fight for better
media for all.

Thank you,

Josh Silver
Executive Director
Free Press Action Fund

Media Reform Daily

News of the movement for May 16, 2008

--STOP BIG MEDIA--

HISTORIC SENATE VOTE REJECTS FCC'S RULES In a near-unanimous voice
vote, the Senate passed a "resolution of disapproval" that would
nullify the FCC's latest attempt to dismantle longstanding media
ownership limits.

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SENATE VOTES TO REVERSE FCC DECISION ALLOWING MEDIA CONSOLIDATION
The Senate vote to turn back the FCC's relaxation of media ownership
rules sends a clear message to media executives and the FCC that
further media consolidation will not be tolerated. But the fight
is far from over.

Josh Silver, Huffington Post
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FCC COMMISSIONER JONATHAN ADELSTEIN RESPONDS TO SENATE RESOLUTION
ON MEDIA OWNERSHIP FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelestein applauded
the Senate decision to overturn the agency's ruling on media
ownership, saying, "The FCC veered dangerously off-course from the
American mainstream, so our elected representatives are trying to
steer us back."

Jonathan Adelstein, Federal Communications Commission
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SENATE SLAMS FCC NEWSPAPER-TV CROSS-OWNERSHIP RULE Just two senators
expressed opposition to the resolution of disapproval of the FCC's
relaxation of media ownership rules. What a difference a presidential
election makes.

Matthew Lasar, Ars technica
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=aaPamU8sfFZC1agcluG2NQ..

SENATE VOTES TO BLOCK FCC'S CROSS-OWNERSHIP RULE CHANGE The Senate
voted, without debate, to invalidate the FCC's decision to loosen
the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule. Among the co-sponsors
of the resolution are senators and presidential candidates Hillary
Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable
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OBAMA, BUSH AT ODDS OVER MEDIA-OWNERSHIP VOTE Sen. Barack Obama
(D-Ill.) urged the House to follow the Senate's lead and pass a
resolution of disapproval that would invalidate the FCC's decision
to allow a single company to own TV and radio stations and newspapers
in the top 20 markets.

John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=L6ccAIr2hr6bR5eFwKmDfg..

ACT NOW!

Tell the House to Follow the Senate's Lead
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--SAVE THE INTERNET--

STUDY SAYS SOME FILE-SHARING UPLOADS HINDERED A new study reinforced
allegations that Comcast is hindering some file-sharing services,
such as BitTorrent, that distribute television shows, movies and
other large files over its network.

Peter Kaplan, Reuters
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COX ABOUT TO FEEL WRATH OF NET NEUTRALITY ACTIVISTS Activists
concerned that Internet providers are secretly planning to muck
about with the Internet and violate Net Neutrality principles got
some good/bad news, when another report surfaced about cable companies
who are blocking traffic.

Amy Schatz, Wall Street Journal
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COMCAST, COX SLOW BITTORRENT TRAFFIC AROUND THE CLOCK, STUDY FINDS
U.S. cable broadband providers Comcast and Cox Communications are
slowing BitTorrent traffic at all times of the day, not just during
peak traffic, according to a new study by a German computer research
group.

Grant Gross, IDG News Service
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COX, COMCAST ACCUSED OF MORE BITTORRENT BLOCKING A global study of
Internet traffic found widespread blocking of BitTorrent transfers
only in the United States and Singapore. And most of the U.S. hosts
observed blocking are located in Comcast and Cox networks.

Roy Mark, eWeek http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=MeYmbdO1YfTDabkTk40vUQ..

COX BLOCKS, TOO; WEB FIGHT GROWS Cox, the nation's fourth-largest
cable company, has been interfering with Internet traffic in the
same way as Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, according
to a new study being called the most authoritative of its kind to
date.

Sam Gustin, Portfolio
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=2eQQOS831VUweJKBGcMplw..

COX CAUGHT BLOCKING BITTORRENT Comcast has in the past defended its
Internet traffic management, stating that it would only interfere
with BitTorrent to minimize network congestion. But that's not true,
according to German researchers.

Janko Roettgers, NewTeeVee
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=Sxm17EQ4TzUjX9XXTJluiA..

ACT NOW!

Support the Internet Freedom Preservation Act
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=aWySezk8w7dK5JSYngSsDQ..

--FEATURE--

MEDIA MINUTES This week: As editor-in-chief of a publication for
African immigrants, Edwin Okong'o strives for journalistic excellence
to build a bridge between cultures. And the FCC made a couple of
ill-considered decisions that raised the hackles of public interest
groups.

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FP ACTION NETWORK http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=I4FU7UKI9bRm8TmlCtneiA..

--IN OTHER NEWS--

FAMED WAR REPORTER CALLS PENTAGON/MEDIA 'PROPAGANDA' PROGRAM ILLEGAL
There's little doubt that the Pentagon pundit program violated the
laws against covert propaganda operations mounted against the
American public by their own government. This is why alarm bells
should be ringing all over Washington.

Joseph L. Galloway, Editor & Publisher
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=-VFmAUi5zz0ggHS4VpeRhg..

ICAHN'S BID MAY FORCE YAHOO BACK INTO MICROSOFT'S ARMS Carl Icahn's
audacious bid to overthrow Yahoo's board could bring Microsoft back
to the bargaining table and revive the tech megamerger.

Jon Swartz and Adam Shell, USA Today
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=XJRzbe9MW6uTZo8kBWFkGA..

WILL WIRELESS BROADBAND SUPPLANT FTTH?

Even if Sprint Nextel and Clearwire are successful in building their
nationwide WiMax network, they won't pose an immediate threat to
wireline broadband service growth, according to some experts.

Raymond McConville, Light Reading
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=3ctoGprRtmqAmxMIPE1dlQ..

NAB WANTS EYES ON WILMINGTON DTV SWITCH The National Association
of Broadcasters wants to make sure that the government is paying
sufficient attention to the potential problems with its Wilmington,
N.C., test of the switch to digital TV.

John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=Pj4iOEsr88E8MWP_A9xstA..

BROADCAST TV PRODUCT PLACEMENTS UP ALMOST 40 PERCENT The Nielsen
Company reported that product placements broadcast television
placements rose 39 percent, while cable television was essentially
flat.

Jack Loechner, Media Post
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=BAgcVOCb94xbj8mtTBaR-g..

STRATEGIZING TO SAVE PUBLIC TV CHANNELS A strategy session was held
to discuss ways citizens can rally and amend Florida's Consumer
Choice Act of 2007, which threatens Florida's public access, education
and government TV channels, known as PEG channels.

Dawn Morgan , WMNF-FM
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=JRwJUVrXTbi2ezmR4Defnw..

IN GROVE HALL, RADIO REBELS DIG IN To local ears, the voices on
Touch FM are familiar and authentic. But it's strange to hear them
on the radio at first. There's no other place like it on Boston's
dial. And if the FCC has its way, the station could be silenced.

Bill Forry, Dorchester Reporter
http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=hxcZRSQrLaS9LgiZA0QzBg..

ONE IN FIVE U.S. HOUSEHOLDS HAS NEVER USED E-MAIL A new survey found
that a substantial number of households have not crossed the Digital
Divide.

Parks Associates http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=BeSXxkWYVhb0b0SqubE57A..

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Website: http://www.MoveToAmend.org Mission: We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United, and move to amend our Constitution to: * Firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights. * Guarantee the right to vote and to participate, and to have our votes and participation count. * Protect local communities, their economies, and democracies against illegitimate "preemption" actions by global, national, and state governments. Company Overview: On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government. Human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions. The Supreme Court is misguided in principle, and wrong on the law. In a democracy, The People rule.

Proposed change to the US Constitution

We the People

I. Powers and Rights Reserved To We the People, Never Delegated or Violated Without Consent

A. The People are expressly defined as human beings and does not refer to corporations or contractual relationships.

B. No contract, agreement, or promise may ever bind any human to refuse to enforce the law, or prohibit them from speaking on matters of public interest.

C. We the People may believe anything, including the possible belief that this Constitution must be discarded and replaced with a superior document which defends the People and protects their power to enforce this Constitution against the Government.

D. The People are educated to apply the lessons of history to ensure rights are preserved, power asserted, and this Constitution is protected from domestic and foreign enemies.

E. The People have the enforceable right and power to review any public document and access any public official.

F. The People have the enforceable right to engage in any speech, communication, or discussion on issues of war crimes, government incompetence, or allegations of reckless government planning and maladministration.

G. Government officials, agencies, departments may not invoke any power or right they have denied to the People.

H. The People have the right to affordable housing. Where none is available, the government is denied the power to prosecute anyone for not living in a home, or residing in a public park, open forest, or public lands.

I. The People have the enforceable right to freely travel, without questions, and without delay. Any law enforcement officer, agents, or contacted security official who uses any ruse, scheme, or deception to engage in pretextual stops shall be enforced as a violation of this Constitution.

J. The People have the enforceable right to compel govenment officials, contractors, and securty personnel to identify themselves, disclose their policies and procedures, and respond to complaints about violations of this Constitution, the Supreme Law, or laws of war.

K. The People may not be subject to any electronic surveillance except on probable cause and a warrant before a judicial tribunal. The President, Congress and others are expressly denied the power to enact, create, use, or rely on quasi-judicial tribunals to self-certify warrants to conduct surveillance.

L. All denied powers to the US Government in this Constitution are reserved to the People to be used to defend the Constitution.

II. Powers and Rights Reserved to States

A. States shall have authority to enforce any law within their jurisdiction. Failure to enforce the laws of war shall be prosecuted as a war crime.

B. States shall, when the Federal Government refuses to enforce the Constitution or Supreme Law, enforce the national and international law against contractors, legal counsel, state or US government officials.

C. Any state may start impeachment investigations or proceedings against the President, Member of Congress, or US government official on issues of international laws of war, domestic rebellion, or violations of the Supreme Law oath of office, or Geneva Conventions. The States shall, upon receipt of an impeachment investigation or conviction from any other state, shall within 10 days debate that resolution. If convicted by 2/3 of the States, that US government official shall be removed from office. Any effort to thwart State efforts to enforce the US Constitution through impeachment investigations or impeachment proceedings at the State level may be construed as a subsequent violation of this Constitution and laws of war.

D. The States may, without notice, organize themselves to collectively defend this Constitution from the domestic enemies in the United States government. The States Governors have the standing power, right, and authority to use deadly combat force to enforce this Constitution against US government officials.

E. A failure of any State official to enforce the laws of war shall be subject to a war crimes trial within 90 days of discovering that evidence. Where there are credible allegations of war crimes, a failure to investigate shall be construed as a subsequent war crime, punishable by the death penalty.

F. States have the power to enforce contract obligations between contractors and the US government which affect the rights of their State citizens. Failure to enforce these contractual obligations against the contractors or US government could be construed as a subsequent violation under the laws of war and US Constitution against legal counsel, state officials, or court officers.

III. Independent Branch

A. All US government, contractor-provided, and legal counsel data shall be retained in an independent branch.

B. The President, Congress, and Judicial branches have no power, right or claim to not fully fund this Independent Branch.

C. The Independent Branch conducts electronic surveillance of the US government, stores that data, and ensures there are independent, safe, retained records of all US government transaction, including conversations and memos between legal counsel and government officials. Once created for the government or connected with any legal or illegal activity, these records are public records.

D. The data may be seen only upon a showing of reasonable belief or suspicion by the United States Congress, Court, or Executive Branch that the information may be useful in enforcing the Constitution, Supreme Law, or Geneva Conventions.

E. Private citizens may view any data, unless the US government provides sufficient, detailed evidence why that request for information should not be met for bonafide, lawful secrets. Any effort to hide evidence behind a claim of "state secrets," where that claim is linked with an effort to bypass the Constitution, oath of office, Supreme Law, or laws of war may be punishable by the death penalty.

F. All government data belongs to the People. Any legal counsel working for the US government shall ensure that the People's right to reliable information is protected. A failure to protect this information could be construed as a war crime.

IV. Prosecutorial Branch

A. All prosecutorial options are denied of the President.

B. The Prosecutorial branch has the power to raise independent combat power, support them, and may lawfully use that deadly combat force to confront Members of Congress, the Judicial Branch Officers, or the Presidents upon showing of probable cause for war crimes.

C. The prosecutorial power is the exclusive power of the prosecution branch. However, anyone may make a claim of illegal activity, and enforce the laws of the United States and States respectively. Any effort to block anyone from unilaterally attempting to enforce the laws of war through discovery, investigation, and open discussion of those alleged war crimes shall be construed as a possible subsequent offense under the laws of war.

D. Legal counsel are subject to public review, audit, and can be required, with fair notice, of a requirement to demonstrate before any court their compliance with the laws of war.

E. Legal counsel may be denied authority to conduct discovery during any investigation when that discovery is linked with efforts that would thwart war crimes investigation, enforcement of the Supreme law or Geneva Conventions.

V. Judicial Branch

A. The Judicial Branch is above the Legislative Branch and Executive Branch only in order of precedence. The Judicial Branch is a co-equal branch, and closest to the People and Constitution. It is least responsive, and most slow to the People's daily interests to enforce the Constitution and Supreme Law or Geneva Conventions.

B. Where the Judicial Branch does not timely enforce the Constitution, Supreme Law, or laws of war, the States and People retain the power and right to investigate and prosecute allegations of US government illegal activity, war crimes, or violations of the Supreme law.

C. All precedents under the laws of war are binding on the Judicial Branch, US government, and the People through enforcement actions.

D. Any decision by any judicial officer not to fully enforce the laws of war, Supreme Law, or this Constitution may be construed as a war crime, subject to the death penalty.

VI. Legislative Branch

A. The Legislative Branch is listed after the Judicial Branch because it is less responsive to the People.

B. The Members of Congress may be stopped between sessions and held to account for their failure to enforce the laws of war.

C. Refusing to investigate or impeach the President, Judicial Officers, or any current or former US government official for alleged war crimes, maladministration, illegal warfare, or other crimes against the People, States, or US Government shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to not fully assert ones oath of office, and punishable by the death penalty under the laws of war.

D. There are three chambers to the Congress. The Senate and House have a legal duty to fully enforce the laws. Any decision to not timely review evidence of impeachable offenses, or not investigate war crimes or maladministration could be construed as subsequent offenses under the laws of war.

E. The Superior Chamber shall decide, before any debate, whether the proposed bill is or is not Constitutional. This determination is subject to approval, challenge, and rejection by the People, States, and Judicial Branch.

F. The Congress is denied the exclusive power to make rules. Any rule which prohibits any investigation into alleged malfeasance in re the laws of war, Supreme Law, or oath of office is illegal, and may be construed as a subsequent offense under the laws of war.

G. The Congress shall comply with public audits, and timely provide within 45 days of an audit report a statement of remedy, and outline a plan within 90 days to fully comply with all legal obligations under the Statute, Supreme Law, oath of office, and laws of war.

H. The Congress may raise and support an army, and independently order that army only against the President when the President refuses to enforce the laws of war, or comply with his legal obligations under this Constitution.

VII. Executive Branch

A. The Executive Branch is led by three Presidents, co-equal with non-overlapping jurisdictions. The Executive Branch has one power: Executive Power. All actions taken under that one power are lesser authorities not powers. The Executive Branch has no power to create new powers or assign itself broader power.

B. The Executive Branch is listed last because it is the least responsive to the People, and the greatest threat of tyranny to this Constitution. The President is a clerk, not a King or Emperor. The President only manages programs. The President has no power to ignore, rewrite, or refuse to enforce the law. Each of the three Presidents shall have an ongoing requirement to demonstrate to the People and States and Congress and Courts compliance with the Constitution, Supreme Law, oath of office, and laws of war.

C. The Domestic Affairs President is responsive to the States and US Government on internal affairs.

D. The Foreign Affairs President shall have exclusive power to interact with foreign powers. The Foreign Affairs President is denied any power to violate the laws of war, or use covert activity against American citizens.

E. The Executive Branch, Congress, Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs President are denied the power to thwart any lawful State action to organize with foreign powers and agents to defend the US Constitution, enforce the laws of war, or protect the rights and powers of the People and States against domestic encroachments by the US government, legal counsel, or other US government officials.

F. The Commander in Chief shall only have power to lead combat operations during war time. Congress shall conduct ongoing, public reviews whether the Commander in Chief is or is not competent in managing combat operations. The Presidents and Commander in Chief are denied the power to prohibit Congress from using electronic surveillance or use separately raised and supported armies to conduct this oversight during wartime and peacetime.

G. The Executive Branch is denied the power to block anyone from getting access to illegal activity related to the laws of war.

H. During Peacetime, the Commander in Chief shall periodically cooperate with ongoing Oversight of US combat forces to ensure they are combat ready, fully trained on the laws of war, and prepared to lawfully be used to defend the Constitution against foreign and domestic enemies.

I. The Executive Branch and Presidents and officers, agents, contractors, and personnel are denied the power, right, or authority to order anyone to ignore any statute, law, legal requirement, or obligation under the Constitution.

J. The Executive Branch has no power or authority to directly contact the Legislative Branch by name. The President may only request, not order other branches of government. All Communications between the Executive and Legislative Branch shall pass through the Prosecutorial Branch, and retained in the National Archives. Those records are available for public inspection at any time. The People have the enforceable right to compel the Executive Branch, Legislature, and Judicial Branch to produce documents.

K. The Executive Branch, Congress, Judicial Branch, and Prosecutorial Branch, and States are denied the power to wage warfare, information warfare, or harass American civilians through his agents, combat troops, or third parties in the United states or from overseas. Any funds used for this illegal purpose belong to the People and States. Contracts used to enforce, compel, or organize this illegal activity are not enforceable, and contrary to public policy.

L. The Presidents are denied a presumption of competence until proven. The President shall always have the burden of proof, and is expressly denied a presumption of good faith until demonstrated with overwhelming evidence in public. An election result is not proof of competence nor does it satisfy a presumption of good faith, only of mastery to win an election through legal or illegal methods and deception.

M. The Executive Branch and Presidents and subordinate agency head, contractor, and employees are expressly denied any assurance any conversation he has related to illegal activity, war crimes, unlawful acts, or other threats to the US Constitution shall remain secret behind any shield, scheme, agreement, or technology. Any order a President or anyone gives to anyone to hide, destroy,not provide, or conceal evidence of illegal activity may be construed as a subsequent war crime, punishable by the death penalty. This restriction against following illegal orders may not be bypassed by claiming the order was from a non-person, electronic device, or other non-Constitutionally recognized entity, database, policy, guide, or other document.

N. The Presidents are denied the power to use any combat force, technology, or other military weapon or plan against American civilians, except in cases of internal rebellion which only the Congress shall approve in writing. When the Congress fails to act, or abuses its authority, the State Governors may lawfully use deadly combat force to detain and enforce the laws of war prohibiting illegal use of force against American civilians.

O. The Presidents are denied the power to induce any civilian to take any action that might deny them on any Geneva protections as a civilian. Any order, ruse, scheme, propaganda, or unreliable information to induce anyone to wage war, information warfare, or any action to harass civilians is punishable by the death penalty, and may be enforced as a violation of the laws of war.

P. The President, when delegating any power to any agency head, agrees that that agency shall be organized as if it were a separate, lesser, and not coequal branch. Those agencies shall fully cooperate with the other branches of government to ensure power within the branch or department is divided. There is no single agency, division, or office in the Executive Branch that is beyond ongoing oversight by the other four branches.

Q. The President shall have no power to block the Congress, States, Judiciary, Prosecutorial, and Independent Branch from a having co-equal status to oversee, manage, and organize that lesser branch. If the President refuses to substantially comply with that requirement, Congress may not lawfully provide funding for that agency, and the funds return to the States and People.

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