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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  News  Media  contact:  June  24,  2004  Anne  Perkins  (202-  418-  2300) 
 FCC  COMMISSIONER  ADELSTEIN  EXPRESSES  STRONG  SUPPORT  FOR  RECENT  CONGRESSIONAL  AND 
 COURT  ACTIONS  REGARDING  FCC’S  MEDIA  OWNERSHIP  DECISION 
 Washington,  DC  –  This  week,  both  Congress  and  the  courts  repudiated  the  FCC's  reckless  decision  on  media  ownership.  It  no  longer  works  to  say  "Congress  and  the  courts  made 
 us  do  it"  because  the  Commission  has  now  been  reversed  by  both.  They  got  it  right,  and  the  FCC  got  it  wrong.  This  is  a  vindication  for  the  vast  majority  of  the  American  public  who  opposed 
 these  rule  changes.  The  court  largely  undid  what  would  have  been  the  most  destructive  rollback  of  media  ownership  protections  in  the  history  of  American  broadcasting. 


 We  now  need  to  work  together  on  a  bipartisan  basis  to  fix  the  rules  so  they  comply  with  the  court  order  and  respond  to  Congressional  and  public  concerns.  We  need  a  more  inclusive 
 discussion  than  we  had  last  time  on  ways  to  move  forward.  This  time  the  Commission  should  truly  act  in  the  interest  of  the  American  public  rather  than  the  corporate  interests  of  media  giants 
 who  want  to  get  even  bigger. 
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