B3 note:
This is an encouraging note from Josh Silver, the executive director of the Free Press, an especially effective national media reform organization. Read carefully and help keep the push Obama to fulfill his campaign promises to use real media reform to help transform democracy. We have not had such good news and campaign promises since John Kennedy became president and soon started the famous Tucson case aimed at breaking up the proliferating joint operating agreements (JOAs) of that era, including the soon to come Ex/Chron/JOA in San Francisco.
Note the first argument for media reform: the media don’t cover it. Let me know if you see any major stories or editorials anywhere in the mainstream media outlining the Obama positions on media reform or the points that the Free Press is making. Check its website regularly to follow what the media is blacking out and what the public needs to know about media reform transforming democracy.
FREE PRESS: reform media. transform democracy.
Now that the reality of an Obama presidency is sinking in, I want to give you a sense of what it means for the future of the media.
In a nutshell, if the new president lives up to his campaign promises, we are poised to see an unprecedented transformation of U.S. media.
Unlike George W. Bush, the president-elect is a strong supporter of Net Neutrality and universal, affordable Internet access. He is opposed to further consolidation of media ownership, and he is a friend to public broadcasting. Obama’s election represents a sea change in leadership that allows us to go from playing defense to offense. These are exciting times.