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Article: The common touch: Washington activist Pingree fights to keep Big Media honest and local voices strong.(The Fifth Estater)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- November 1, 2004
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Chellie Pingree is a veteran of the media-ownership wars. As majority leader in the Maine Senate, she rallied behind communities that feared several state newspapers would be engulfed by a corporate giant. Now, as president and CEO of venerable activist group Common Cause, she has rejoined the fight with a vengeance.
"People's ability to access a wide variety of information is essential to a functioning democracy," she says.
While Common Cause fights for citizens' participation in the process, joining crusades on everything from combating government secrecy to eliminating voting obstacles, Big Media is a big deal to Pingree. In fact, the organization ...