For "We the People" to govern ourselves a free,
democratic, diverse broadcasting is imperative, as
provided in the 1st and 14th Amendments.
"
It is the purpose of the First
Amendment to preserve an uninhibited marketplace of
ideas in which truth will ultimately prevail, rather
than to countenance monopolization of that market,
whether it be by the Government itself or a private
licensee."
– Red Lion Broadcasting
v. FCC, 1969
Democracy is stretched thin when very few for-profit
conglomerates control the flow of mass
communications.
The Media Democracy Legal Project is preparing to
file a ground breaking case that constitutionally
challenges the present broadcasting monopoly.
Our case asks
for this constitutional remedy:
That our publically-owned airwaves must be
democratically managed with a much larger
decentralized public broadcasting sector, justly
financed by commercial users limited to 50% of the
public airwaves. Public interest and fairness rules
for broadcasters must be reinstated.
Our mission:
To use constitutional legal process to attain
democratic governance of our publicly owned airwaves
in accordance with the democratic ideals of our U.S.
Constitution.
The Media Democracy Legal Project is engaged in
building the popular political movement necessary
for the creation of diverse, democratic broadcast
communications.
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