the Bill of Media Rights
According to Jonathan Rintels at the Center for Creative Voices in Media”
Monday, May 9, at 9:30 p.m. and midnight EDT, C-SPAN televised the Media and Democracy Coalition’s press conference unveiling to the public the Bill of Media Rights. The Bill represents a milestone in the media reform movement that presents a positive and unified vision for a competitive, diverse, and independent media to better serve our nation’s democracy and culture, today and in the future. Over 116 groups representing 20 million Americans have already signed on.
Speaking at the event were Common Cause President Chellie Pingree, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights’ Wade Henderson, Consumer Union’s Gene Kimmelman, AFL-CIO’s Paul Almeida, and others.
The Center for Creative Voices in Media is proud to have played a lead role in drafting the Bill.
Read the Bill of Media Rights here on the Bill’s website .