Press Freedom Groups Tell FCC: Media Consolidation Poses Grave Threat to Independent News and Information in the United States

FCC faces backlash over push to lift media ownership limits amid threats to local journalism

Press freedom and civil liberties groups warn that loosening media consolidation rules would further erode independent news, local coverage, and democratic accountability.

Press Freedom Groups Tell FCC: Media Consolidation Poses Grave Threat to Independent News and Information in the United States

On Monday, 16 leading press freedom groups, civil liberties organizations and labor unions urged the Federal Communications Commission not to move forward with plans to loosen media ownership limits before it fully assesses the negative impacts media consolidation has had and will have on local news and information in the United States. Earlier this summer, the FCC asked for public comments on changing or eliminating a longstanding rule that lim…