{"id":60,"date":"2007-02-14T00:36:13","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T00:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/locustfork.net\/southerner.net\/?p=60"},"modified":"2020-05-13T03:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T03:57:35","slug":"send-a-valentine-to-fcc-chairman-kevin-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.southerner.net\/blog\/2007\/02\/14\/send-a-valentine-to-fcc-chairman-kevin-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Send a Valentine to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day is Wednesday, and FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has spurned the public&#8217;s love in favor of the largest media companies. It&#8217;s time we won back his heart, according to FreePress.Net.<\/p>\n<table width=\"320\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southerner.net\/blog\/2007\/02\/14\/send-a-valentine-to-fcc-chairman-kevin-martin\/come_back\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5561\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5561 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southerner.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/come_back-e1589342122491-300x194.jpg?resize=300%2C194\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The group has created a 40-second Valentine&#8217;s Day video for Chairman Martin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Watch the video, sign the card to Martin, and tell your friends to do the same,&#8221; says Timothy Karr, Campaign Director for FreePress.Net. &#8220;Last year, Martin was caught in bed with corporate lobbyists. We need to woo him back to the people he&#8217;s really supposed to serve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This year is a pivotal year for the chairman. He will be making several decisions that will have a direct impact on the future of television, radio and the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Before he gets back in bed with corporate lobbyists, Martin needs to hear from the people.<\/p>\n<p>The group urges people to sign the card and ask Chairman Martin to:<\/p>\n<p>1. Stop Big Media from swallowing up even more local outlets.<\/p>\n<p>2. Prevent big phone companies from destroying Net Neutrality.<\/p>\n<p>3. Help foster more diverse voices and points of view.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Take action today to demand a media system that puts our interests before those of the corporate media lobby. On this Valentine&#8217;s Day, let&#8217;s make sure the public can&#8217;t be ignored.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To get involved in the fight for better media, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freepress.net\">FreePress.Net<\/a> and the allied campaigns at <a href=\"http:\/\/savetheInternet.com\/\">SavetheInternet.Com<\/a> and <a href=\"stopBigMedia.com\/\">StopBigMedia.Com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day is Wednesday, and FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has spurned the public&#8217;s love in favor of the largest media companies. It&#8217;s time we won back his heart, according to FreePress.Net. 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