Outstanding.

Ted Turner on the SNAFU at the FCC.

"Large media corporations are far more profit-focused and risk-averse. They sometimes confuse short-term profits and long-term value. They kill local programming because it's expensive, and they push national programming because it's cheap -- even if it runs counter to local interests and community values. For a corporation to launch a new idea, you have to get the backing of executives who are obsessed with quarterly earnings and afraid of being fired for an idea that fails. They often prefer to sit on the sidelines waiting to buy the businesses or imitate the models of the risk-takers who succeed. (Two large media corporations turned down my invitation to invest in the launch of CNN.) . . .

"Naturally, corporations say they would never suppress speech. That may be true. But it's not their intentions that matter. It's their capabilities. The new FCC rules would give them more power to cut important ideas out of the public debate, and it's precisely that power that the rules should prevent. Some news organizations have tried to marginalize opponents of the war in Iraq, dismissing them as a fringe element. Pope John Paul II also opposed the war in Iraq. How narrow-minded have we made our public discussion if the opinion of the pope is considered outside the bounds of legitimate debate?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56132-2003May29.html

The next step is to contact elected officials, and Consumers' Union has an easy to use database full of useful contact information. They've been very active in promoting the continuation of regulation of media monopolies:

http://capwiz.com/consumersunion/issues/alert/?alertid=1656736&type=CO

And for reference, here's a library of excellent articles on this topic:

http://www.consumersunion.org/telecom/owns_news.htm