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'''Michael Copps''' is a Democratic commissioner at the [[Federal Communications Commission]]. :What I do know is that if this [media consolidation] remains a grassroots issue that that's the best chance for success that we have. And I think the American people really do want to wrap their arms around this once and for all and say "Ok, we're going to decide the future of the airwaves here. How many are better or how few companies are we going to let control it?" In response to what people can do: :Talk it up amongst their family, talk it up amongst their friends, use the media that you can have some access to and is willing to do something about it: talk radio if you can but also letters to the editor. Something that's very important is the Internet -- I've seen the power of the Internet to alter the terms of public debate -- and we've seen it right here on this issue already. So I think what the bloggers need to do is stay involved...
(''Mobilizing Media Reform'', Free Press)
 
"Copps gave then-Chairman [[Michael Powell]] fits during the past four years by vehemently objecting to his plans for media-ownership deregulation and insisting on greater enforcement of restrictions on broadcast indecency." His anti-deregulation position put him at odds with the former FCC chairman. However, his relationship with current FCC chairman [[Kevin J. Martin]] is much more amicable and many expect that he'll be renominated for his position, much to the [[Bush administration]]'s chagrin.