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From: Sean Hawkey [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 03 September 2003 13:09
To: WACC UPDATE (E-mail)
Subject: WACC communication: petition Congress before WTO meeting
This important message from Robert McChesney is circulated on the WACC
list:
This September at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Cancun,
Mexico, the US Trade Representative will attempt to expand the WTO's
power over Communications and Audiovisual Services. This includes film,
radio, television, video, and music production, as well as media
distribution services such as satellite, cable and broadcast.
The result could spell disaster for vibrant media systems worldwide: US
regulations that favor media diversity, localism and the public interest
could be attacked as "barriers to trade." Media ownership limits, as
well as Federal and state programs that encourage diverse media, could
be considered outright trade violations.
Please go to http://www.mediareform.net/global. Sign the petition. Pass
it along to others concerned with media or global issues. The petition
will be delivered to Congress shortly before the WTO meeting in
mid-September.
A massive wave of public pressure is essential to move Congress to block
Big Media's power grab at the WTO.
For more information, please go to http://ww.mediareform.net/global=20
Thank you,
Robert McChesney
Free Press
http://www.mediareform.net
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