It is my belief that the role of the advocate, the people who believe in things, do things and passionately stand for things, is not structurally protected in this system. The consequences of this is the death of democracy itself and all you need to do is look at the project censored - 25 most censored stories of the year to see this is happening right now. This is a bigger problem than just media consolidation.

We can change that.

Introducing the Advocacy Corporation:

The
Advocacy Corporation type, or Anti-Corporation (AC), has one function -
to create an active and knowledgeable citizenry that cannot be bought (imagine
50 FDA's exerting pressure advocating for public safety from the
private sector). AC's do not legally need to make a profit (as most
corporations do).

It
does this by being partially federally subsidized, based on a tier of
advocacy it has achieved and each citizen may create 1 AC if they
choose every year - so if YOU create an AC - based on some type of
transparent advocacy goal - you immediately have the ability to:

1.
Via
FCC regulations to be put into place, to offer "public service
announcements" on a topic related to your advocacy goal. Each channel -
not network - must allot a 2 hour time block every day during prime
time television (4 hours if the media owner wants to run commercials),
for AC's ONLY to register within. A
single AC cannot run more than once in a 3 month time period. Also a
single point of view cannot run more than once in a 1 month time
period. A similar model will need to be applied to print media as well
or any other type of unregulated domain.

2.
Donate to an AC and get a tax deduction.

3.
Invest
in an AC and have your money invested into Advocates in society
consistent with your advocacy goal. There is however, no ROI guaranteed.

4.
Go
to a web site that transparently displays why the AC is invested in a
particular Advocate and how close the Advocate (a person, organization,
corporation, politician, etc.), is to getting a "cash infusion"
- once a point is reached determined by the AC itself in it's charter,
an AC MUST invest shareholder money AND donations into it's Advocates.

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I believe this idea is so revolutionary that once implemented, it will have the power to transform media as we know it today. within a couple of months.

Change the system - Create The Advocacy Corporation type and NOTHING will ever be the same again. YOU are the Advocate :)