Now that the entirety of every article is put straight to the front page on the Idealab blog, I feel (slightly) self-conscious about posting (some of) my ramblings directly there. So, here's one waiting in the wings for its makeup and last-minute memorization of lines.
Follow-up to DC Media Localism hearing:
http://www.freepress.net/press/release.php?id=296
The hearing in Washington was the last of six official public hearings on localism originally proposed by former FCC Chairman Michael Powell in 2003. Hundreds of people attended, despite the fact that the hearing wasn't announced until the night of Oct. 24 and neither the Washington Post nor any of the local TV affiliates of the major networks covered the event in advance.
In fact,
Hundreds of people rallied outside the FCC for more than an hour before the hearing, chanting "No tricks today" and "Stop Big Media."
Don't like Iran's government, for things like imprisoning a labor union leader and declaring certain organizations of workers illegal.
This does not mean I want the country bombed.
