Tuesday, June 3, 2003

• Over the Chants of Protesters The FCC Votes to Unleash the Largest Wave of Media Consolidation in U.S. History

  
  
  

  The three-decade old ban on a newspaper buying a television or radio station in the same city is largely gone. Broadcast networks are also allowed to buy more stations at the local and national levels.

• Nurse Emily Lyons, Victim of a 1998 Abortion Clinic Bombing, Speaks About the Capture of Eric Rudolph

  
  
  

  "I lost my left eye, it damaged my right eye, broke the right side of my face, first, second and third-degree burns on the front of my body, broke my left leg…tore the muscle and skin off the front of my legs, hole in my abdomen — my intestines were hanging out."

• Did Viacom-Sponsored Trips Affect FCC Media Bureau Chief Kenneth Ferree’s Support of Media Consolidation? He Says No.

  
  
  

  The rule changes are seen as a major victory for media giants, including CBS parent Viacom, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and Tribune Co.

• Swiss Police Cut Rope Holding British Activist Hanging From Bridge, Sending Him Falling Dozens of Feet , and Raid the Independent Media Center, Beating Journalists

  
  
  

  39-year-old Martin Shaw was trying to hang a banner in protest of the G-8 summit; he has multiple fractures. Filmmaker Jacquie Soohen was severely beaten by police; she has a concussion.

• Justice Department Report Finds Immigrants with no Ties to Terror Suffered "Pattern of Physical and Verbal Abuse" in Detention Facilities

  
  
  

  The report does not recommend bringing criminal charges.

• Seattle Police Attack Protesters and Seattle-Post Intelligencer Photographer with Rubber Bullets

  
  
  

  People are protesting the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit seminar, attended by police intelligence agents from around the country and Homeland Security head Tom Ridge. It is closed to the public.

• Leaders of the World’s Richest Nations Issue "Vacuous" Statement on Poverty

  
  
  

  French President Jacques Chirac allowed activists and nations from the Global South to give their input, but critics say action is needed, not just words.