The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced way back in 2003 that it planned to hold a hearing on media localism in Washington DC. Why did it take Chairman Kevin Martin & Co. so long to get this hearing scheduled? Probably because they knew that the media reformers in this town wouldn't let the hearing simply happen in quiet, behind closed doors. You gotta give the FCC credit for trying -- they only gave us 6 days notice, and they held the hearing at 9am when most folks have to be at work or at school.

But none of that stopped us from holding a great rally outside the FCC's HQ this morning. Check out this video of our friends from the Prometheus Radio Project performing at the rally:



There were also more serious (and excellent) speeches from folks like Rev. Jesse Jackson, Kim Gandy -- the president of the National Organization for Women and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton. Check the Common Cause website for pictures from the event.

And if you want to help us stop the FCC from allowing more media consolidation and more media monopolies, please go to www.commoncause.org/StopTheFCCPlan, and let your friends know about this issue too.