{"id":259,"date":"2003-06-02T18:40:12","date_gmt":"2003-06-03T01:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/index.php\/2003\/06\/02\/siff-media-concentration\/"},"modified":"2008-01-20T18:43:03","modified_gmt":"2008-01-21T01:43:03","slug":"siff-media-concentration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/index.php\/2003\/06\/02\/siff-media-concentration\/","title":{"rendered":"SIFF, media concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finally got to check out a couple of films from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlefilm.com\/siff\/\" target=\"_blank\">SIFF<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.directorder.org\/site\/\" target=\"_blank\">Direct                   Order<\/a>, about the Anthrax Vaccine, its ties to Gulf War                   Syndrome and US military denials; and then &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlefilm.com\/siff\/films\/film_detail.asp?filmid=66\" target=\"_blank\">Unprecendented:                   The 2002 Presidential Election<\/a>&#8216; talked about the many suspicious                   activities surrounding the Florida recount. The Florida constitution                   forbids ex-felons from voting. That a disproportionate number                   of ex-felons are African-American and a high majority would                   likely vote Democratic, what might have been the outcome of                   the race if tens of thousands of eligible voters hadn&#8217;t been                   removed?<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">FCC<\/a> voted                 to loosen media concentration today. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clearchannel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">More                 crap<\/a>, fewer voices. People say the Internet and cable will                 keep those voices diversified, but if they&#8217;re also owned by the                 same five or six companies, it really makes no difference. Independent                 viewpoints have a much smaller forum in which to be heard. There&#8217;s                 going to be an abundance of lawsuits, though: media companies                 say the legislation doesn&#8217;t go far enough, while citizen groups                 and the NRA (!) say it&#8217;s gone too far. Congress had even <a href=\"http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\/D?c108:1:.\/temp\/%7Ec108P4QFDA::\" target=\"_blank\">spoken                 up against this<\/a>, and spoke up again after the vote had ruled                 in favor of loosening the restrictions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/index.php\/2003\/06\/02\/siff-media-concentration\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally got to check out a couple of films from SIFF: Direct Order, about the Anthrax Vaccine, its ties to Gulf War Syndrome and US military denials; and then &#8216;Unprecendented: The 2002 Presidential Election&#8216; talked about the many suspicious activities surrounding the Florida recount. The Florida constitution forbids ex-felons from voting. 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