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FCC COMMISSIONER MICHAEL COPPS WARNED THAT THE AGENCY IS HEADED TOWARDS ALLOWING NEW WAVE OF MEDIA CONSOLIDATION THAT WILL HURT THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND...
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THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ROOSEVELT HOUSE. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO A PROGRAM FEATURING MICHAEL COPPS WHO IS THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE FEDERAL...
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| 00:08:19 |
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VERY MUCH. JONATHAN, FOR INVITING ME TO COME BACK TO HUNTER COLLEGE FOR ANOTHER VISIT. PARTICULARLY, ONE HELD IN THIS HISTORIC ROOSEVELT HOUSE PUBLIC...
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| 00:31:24 |
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HIS MICROPHONE ON, I'LL JUST SAY A FEW QUICK REMARKS. I E-MAILS A COLLEAGUE, BILL HURM HERMAN, WHO IS AN EXPERT ON MEDIA LAW, AND I SAID, YOU...
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| 00:33:43 |
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WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. I THINK CITIZENS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHO IS TRYING TO PERSUADE THEM AND GET THEIR VOTE, AND THE FACT THAT MOST OF US LEARN AS ...
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| 00:35:25 |
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WONDERFULLY SUITED TO TELL US WHY ISN'T IT DONE? WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO MAKING IT HAPPEN? >> THE BIG
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| 00:35:31 |
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BARRIER IS MONEY AND CORPORATE INFLUENCE. NOT SAYING SOMEBODY IS ON THE STATE AT THE FCC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S IN THE WHOLE AMBIENCE IN WASHINGTON....
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SORT OF A COMPANION PIECE TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM OR MAYBE A WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER BIG ISSUES. >> I DON'T THINK THERE
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IS CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. CONGRESS HAS BEEN SO PREOCCUPIED WITH THE NATIONAL DEBT LIMITS AND ALL THESE STRANGE DEADLINES WE HAVE AND SUBSTITUTE...
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| 00:37:40 |
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ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS, I MEAN, AT ITS CORE, THERE'S THIS PUBLIC RESOURCE, THE AIRWAVES. BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, SELLING...
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| 00:38:16 |
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WAY, THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY LOSE. MORE AND MORE, THEY'RE LIVING IN THAT, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. IT'S A MEASURABLE AND SUBSTANTIAL PART OF...
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| 00:40:23 |
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SURE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW. I DIDN'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF IT ACTUALLY UNTIL I GOT TO READ SOME OF YOUR OP-EDS EARLIER TODAY THAT IN...
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| 00:41:15 |
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AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM THAT SERVES THE NEEDS OF INFORMING THE PEOPLE. WE HAVE THAT IN THIS COUNTRY WAY BACK SINCE THE BEGINNING. AND...
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| 00:44:10 |
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CIVIC DIALOGUE, YOU MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT THE INTERNET BEING THE DIGITAL TOWN SQUARE, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, WE WEREN'T CHARGED TO GO...
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OF MONOPOLIES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND WIRE LINES AND COMCAST AND A FEW OTHER CABLE COMPANIES THAT BASICALLY DIVIDE UP THE MARKET, THEY DON'T...
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| 00:47:23 |
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MENTIONED THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF BREAKTHROUGHS IN COMMUNICATION, EVENTUALLY, IT LED TO CONSOLIDATION. AND I THINK MAYBE IT WAS 2003, 2004,...
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| 00:47:59 |
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I THINK I'M STILL ON IT. STARTED BACK IN 2002, I GUESS, WHEN WE GOT WIND THAT THE CHAIRMAN WAS THINKING OF DRAMATICALLY LESSENING THE OWNERSHIP ROLES,...
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| 00:52:19 |
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STRATEGIES, WE TALK ABOUT THE NEW CAMPAIGN YOU'RE LAUNCHING, PROMISES TO KEEP, AND I HAVE TO SAY, I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WOULD PROBABLY...
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| 00:52:49 |
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BOARD, I GOT A LOT OF LETTERS IN MY FILE TO THE COMMISSIONER FROM SENATOR OBAMA. SOMETIMES SIGNED BY JUST HIM. SOMETIMES BY HE AND SENATOR KERRY...
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| 00:54:11 |
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OF FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES AT HUNTER. MY QUESTION IS, AT ONE TIME, BROADCAST LICENSE WAS VIEWED AS A LICENSE TO PRINT MONEY. WHEN WE TRANSITIONSED IN...
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| 00:54:57 |
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IT HAPPENED THAT WAY IS BROADCAST SUCCESSFULLY SAW THE MESSAGE THAT THEY NEEDED THIS ADDITIONAL SECTION TO MAKE THE TRANSITION TO BUILD NEW TOWERS...
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| 00:58:59 |
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HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS SO WE'LL TRY TO GO FAST. >> I REMEMBER IT IS A
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| 00:59:11 |
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RATHER CUMBERSOME PROCESS WHERE YOU COMPLAIN TO THE FCC. THE FCC INVESTIGATES WHETHER SOMEBODY HAS VIOLATED 317 OR NOT. AND THE ONLY TIME THAT I RECALL...
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| 00:59:54 |
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ITSELF IS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT ABOUT GIVING THE COMMISSION THE AUTHORITY TO IDENTIFY SPONSORSHIP. SO THE REST IS IN THE RULES. AND THE RULES HAVEN'T...
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| 01:02:09 |
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AND I'M A FREELANCE WRITER HERE LIVING IN NEW YORK. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SO STRIKING TO ME ABOUT THE 2012 ELECTION IS FOR ALL THE MONEY THAT...
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| 01:02:31 |
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THE POWER IS OVERRATED. I WAS DISTURBED IN THE FIRST BLUSH AFTER THE ELECTION, AND A LOT OF REFORM GROUPS SAYING, AHA, DIVERSITY SPOKE, AND I THINK...
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LOIS. HAVE A BACKGROUND IN MEDIA FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE. AND THIS IS ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON IT. HAVING WORKED AT TIME INC. ALL THE WAY TO THE...
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THING? >> THEY SHOULD. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT IT. AND FREE PRESS IS ANOTHER STUDY, RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME OF THE ELECTIONS, WENT INTO...
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| 01:06:13 |
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YES? >>
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GOOD EVENING. I'M A STUDENT AT HUNTER COLLEGE, AND YOU HAVE SPOKEN A LOT THIS EVENING ABOUT OPENING UP TO THE PUBLIC AND GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS, AND...
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| 01:06:46 |
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CAN CHANGE THINGS. I THINK SOPA IS -- IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE. IT GETS INTO THE LAWS TO CHANGE THE COPYRIGHTS AND ALL THAT. AND THAT WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE...
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| 01:08:25 |
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LISTENER. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MOST OF THE NEWS IS COMING TO US, CABLE NEWS. AND NETWORK NEWS WHICH IS COVERED BY THE FCC IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY...
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| 01:08:49 |
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I WOULDN'T THINK EITHER SOURCE IS REALLY PRODUCING MUCH IN THE WAY OF SUBSTANTIVE NEWS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IT'S ENTERTAINMENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY...
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| 01:11:49 |
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FOR ONE MORE QUESTION. I'LL LET YOU CHOOSE. >> YOU'VE DONE
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| 01:11:52 |
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SUCH A GOOD JOB. YOU DO IT. >> ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO
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| 01:11:56 |
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HERE FIRST. THEN MAYBE -- >> THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING
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| 01:12:03 |
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ME. AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. I MUST ADMIT, I WAS NOT INFORMED MYSELF, AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE INFORMED, AND THE PROBLEM...
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| 01:13:47 |
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ASSIGNMENT. >> I'M DOING TO YOU
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| 01:13:49 |
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WHAT YOU SAID 50 YEARS AGO THEY DID TO THE NEWSPAPER PEOPLE. GO OUT AND DO IT. TAKE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE TO. >> WHAT IS GREAT IS I HAVE
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| 01:14:00 |
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A WHOLE SERIES OF QUESTIONS I DIDN'T GET TO ASK YOU, BUT MAYBE IN A DOCUMENTARY. >> LET ME ADD ONE
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| 01:14:09 |
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OTHER THING HERE, A BELATED IDEA. HOW ABOUT IF WE HAD NETWORK TELEVISION SET ASIDE IN PRIMETIME FOR 25% OF THE TIME HAS TO BE DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT...
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| 01:14:54 |
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GROUND, THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE OCCUPY WALL STREET, BUT HAVE IT FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THAT IMPORTANT. >> REALLY
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| 01:15:03 |
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GOOD CONVERSATION HERE TONIGHT. AND I'M GLAD THAT IT'S HAD THESE THREE PARTS. REALLY STIRRING OPENING TALK FROM WHAT I WOULD CALL A PRACTICAL OPTIMIST....
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.