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Could this be the end of "Big Media"?
Media moguls like Rupert Murdoch suffered a blow yesterday in their bid to take over the nation’s news media. The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit struck down an FCC rule that allowed companies to own both a newspaper and a broadcast station in the same market. Back in 1997 – the FCC relaxed laws regarding cross-ownership in the media.
But the court said yesterday that rule change by the FCC was done improperly without giving the public enough time to weigh in on the matter. Corie Wright – policy council for the group “Free Press” - said after the ruling, “the court wisely concluded that competition in the media – not more concentration – will provide Americans with the local news and information they need and want.”
Could this be the end of "Big Media"?
Up next is the Supreme Court.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Dr. Jared Diamond (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
"Conversations with Great Minds." Tonight's very special guest is Dr. Jared Diamond, Author "Collapse".
The Big Picture Weekly Rumble panel:: - Erikka Knuti, Democratic Strategist (progressive)  - Heather Cirmo, Managing Owner-440 Group Public Relations (Conservative) - Amanda Carey, Reporter - Daily Caller.org (Conservative)
Daily Take: Richard Nixon knew how to get rid of Clarence Thomas...
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "The money power denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes." -- Democrat Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan.
Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too... Follow Bernie:    campaign site.
Speech: " First Inaugural Address", Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 4 March 1933. "let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
Hour Two: 'Anything Goes!" on townhall Friday.
Geeky Science Rocks. How Societies Slowly Rise—and Suddenly Fall
Letter: " Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane", 6 Sept. 1819 " The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist, and shape into any form they please."
Hour Three: Latest on the ExxonMobil Yellowstone River oil spill Governor Brian Schweitzer, Governor of Montana (D-MT)
Proposed Medicare Cuts Would Harm Vulnerable Patients While Worsening our Nation’s Financial Challenges W.J. "Billy" Tauzin, Former U.S. Congressman (served as a D-LA, 3rd District, became a Republican in 1995), Former President and CEO of PhRMA
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Coming up Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program
Hour Two: Nurses Call for National Protests - Tax Wall Street vs Cuts for Mainstreet Karen Higgins, National Nurses United
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Thom Hartmann: If the New Deal is on the table...then is social unrest too?
Thom Hartmann: Can Murdoch-style infotainment in America be stopped?
Thom Hartmann: The Protect IP Act - Warning: This Bill May Cause Seizures
Thom Hartmann: The Good, the bad, and the Very, Very Alliaceously Ugly
Thom Hartmann: Is Bachmann's Christianity Radical Even for Evangelicals?
Thom Hartmann: Republicans ran up the debt & now they don't want to pay the bill
Full Show - 7/7/11. Is Wealth Inequality in America Hurdling Our Nation Toward Civil Unrest?
Full Show - 7/7/11. Is Wealth Inequality in America Hurdling Our Nation Toward Civil Unrest?
Thom talks about the possible backlash society will endure if an unreasonable budget deal is passed. Later in the show, he discusses the influence of "info-tainment" news coverage in America.
Thom Hartmann on the News: July 8, 2011
Brunch with Senator Bernie Sanders- July 9, 2011
Thom Hartmann & Governor Brian Schweitzer: S.O.S.-Save Our Soil!
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