Correction and WMD and FCC

A link in my last post, the one to John Judis' article on the lessons on Imperialism from Woodrow Wilson, was wrong. Apologies. It's corrected, and still above. Great new piece co-written by Judis in The New Republic on the WMD issue came out this week. Of course, TPM has good bits on it.

IT WORKED!!

...the Senate Commerce Committee [approved] bipartisan legislation that will roll back the Federal Communications Commission's June 2 vote that relaxed media ownership rules.

But it's not over yet. The public outcry led to the Senate's action (the phrase Moving with unusual speed has been used), and the continuing raising of voter voices will keep the pressure up for this to pass the
The Senate bill would in fact even force Clear Channel to divest themselves of some of their holdings!! It's almost enough to make you briefly optimistic.

If you don't, yet, care about this issue, I humbly suggest reading up on it. Want a quick course? Here are the Top Ten Conglomerates (The Nation) and a broader run-down of Who Owns What (from the Columbia Journalism Review). Remember--this is with current rules!! They'd like to let it consolidate more!! I just wrote a letter to Powell. Maybe I'll post it later. For now bye. I'll chat more soon.