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white men?

I've been meaning to join Common Cause for a while now. Like years. That's why I came to the site today, and I was about to join when I spotted this post, complaining about white male ownership of media outlets. Can someone tell me how central this sort of thing is to the Common Cause agenda? I'm a Democrat myself but I was really hoping to join a non-partisan group. The idea of breaking Murdoch-style media monopolies is something liberals and conservatives can both get behind. The idea of somehow promoting minority and/or female ownership of media outlets is a contentious, unworkable idea from the Far Left.

It isn't just for my personal comfort that I want a non-partisan group. Congress is currently run by Democrats. Any group that's secretly pro-Dem is probably not a good vehicle for my reformist zeal just at the moment.

Can someone give me the lay of the land?

Bruno

by gelcap on Fri Jun 22, 2007 at 10:15:28 AM EST


non partisan

Common Cause is not a partisan group.  The issue of a diverse media--both a wide range of sources and a diverse array of owners--is an issue of public interest, not one party's interest.  I'm not sure what makes the notion of minority ownership of media outlets "unworkable"--to me it seems like a worthwhile goal, and one that would encourage that array of voices that's so important to a flourishing media and a responsive democracy.

If you've read the other posts or looked at the issues we work on, you'll see that we're working to get both Democrats and Republicans (and any other parties) to help change our system of government for the better, and calling them out when they fail, as we've done for many years.

by Josh Zaharoff on Fri Jun 22, 2007 at 11:37:11 AM EST
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