Pols join Jackson in media debate

Several federal government officials joined longtime civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson in deploring the state of minority media ownership and "white male domination" of public affairs programming.

Speaking at a Rainbow Push Coalition public policy forum on Monday, Jackson, Reps. Diane Watson (D-Calif.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Democratic FCC commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein called for public organizing to pressure the Federal Communications Commission against allowing any further media consolidation or concentration until it has studied the full impact it may have on minorities.

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