joined the pic et line of NBC
strikers in ew York, where he
gave a pointed speech on the
General Electric ta eover of
NBC.
The concentration of cor
porate power in the Medi today
exceeds all former administra
tions. The G E takeover means
t the world's largest network
is owned by the U.S.
Government's second largest
war supplier. (GE produces
nuclear subs, -16 fighter
aircraft, Minuteman missiles,
and some of its weapons are
ed by regimes in South Africa
and Chile.) How can the biggest
arms merchants of the world,
corporations with direct inter
ests in U.S. domination abroad,
provide fair TV coverage of can
didates who call for world peace
and empowerment of the poor?
While he has not written a
point-by-point program for
Media reform, no other can
didate has dared to frame and
Media issue as sharply as Jesse
Jackson. His campaign is not
only a crusade for peace and full
employment; it is a campaign for
democratic Media and real
freedom of speech.
Opinion, Commcnturv � Letters, Yicws
I n Chicago, Jackson and
PUSH EXCEL organized a
turn-off-the-tube boycott, a
teenage ainst the degeneracy
in TV. The degeneration of TV
culture in the Reagan years -
the jingoi m, the anti-com
munist hype, the Rambo racism,
porn aphy and violence - all
h ve terrible effects on
Americ n y uth.
J c on lieves that TV has
even helped to put young ids
into prematur heal and
pa n d th rise of teena e
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