DN!: FCC's Vote to Rewrite Media Ownership Rules//Video Cameras Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:21:55 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST December 26, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "The FCC's Christmas Gift to Big Media" http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122607H.shtml Consider writing your local newspaper and asking for them to carry the column, distributed by King Features. Many papers across the US have done so already. If you see the column in your paper, please mail us a copy of the full page, to: Democracy Now! 100 Lafayette St New York, NY 10013 Thank you! = = = = = = = = = Visit the Democracy Now! webstore today for hats, T-shirts, mugs, totebags, books, DVDs and other holiday gift ideas or to make a year-end contribution: http://www.democracynow.org/contribute/donate_money = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! is accepting applications for internships in New York City for the winter/spring semester. Please email admin@democracynow.org for more information. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * "Todayıs Decision Would Make George Orwell Proud" -- FCC Commissioner Michael Copps on the FCC's Vote to Rewrite the Nation's Media Ownership Rules * The Federal Communications Commission voted three-to-two on party lines last week to approve a measure that would increase media consolidation. The new rule pushed through by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin lifts a thirty-year old ban on companies seeking to own both a newspaper and television or radio station in the same city. Michael Copps was one of two FCC Commissioners to vote against the rule. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/26/fcc_michael_copps * Shooting Back: The Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem Gives Palestinians Video Cameras to Document Life Under Occupation. * BıTselem has given Palestinian families across the West Bank video cameras to document how they are treated by Israeli soldiers and settlers. Some of the videos depicting abuse by settlers sparked a national debate earlier this year after they were broadcast on Israeli television. We speak with Oren Yakobovich who coordinates BıTselemıs video department. 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