Office of Rep. Edward Markey, April 13, 2011
By Rep. Edward Markey

Our challenge is to shape the media for the public, not the publicly-traded company. To build a mass movement for better media to inform and enlighten, now and into the future. It will be a great challenge. In Washington, there are legions of lobbyists for every congressman. There are Communications Colossi who want to warp the World Wide Web into their image. Only you stand between the Web as we know it, and the Web as they want it to be.

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