GetUp! Say no to media monopoly

Short on time and tired as can be, I don't have the time to type up a long spiel, nor do I have the energy or will BUT do consider going to check out the GetUp! website's latest campaign - Stop the media monopoly game

The content below is posted direct from an email I received from GetUp!

Dear friends,

Over the last three weeks more than 75,000 of you participated in GetUp's record-breaking campaign to fund our ABC. We've now delivered your signatures to our politicians in Canberra, and we'll be holding their feet to the fire right through till the May budget.

But - as many of you pointed out - a strong and independent ABC is only one vital component in our media landscape. There's a wider issue at stake right now - the future of media ownership in Australia. And yes, the government is at it again: proposing sweeping new changes that will give media tycoons free reign to pick off their competitors and further control our sources of news and information. Email your Coalition MP now and tell them once and for all: Australians don't want these media laws. They will weaken our democracy and must be rejected.

www.getup.org.au/campaign/NoMediaMonopoly

Honestly, the GetUp! site is at the very least worth a browse... they have lots of different stuff on there. *Shrugs* ... well I like it anyway.

So poppets... go forth and if you get the urge feel free to use your voice!

- a very sleep dep'd grud

Labels: corporations, media, monopolies