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Commission flooded with form letters

VANCOUVER – Over 1,000 Canadians have clicked through to the CRTC asking that Canadian media companies get no bigger or become more concentrated says the group behind the letter clicking campaign. "Our campaign to stop the big media takeover is striking a chord with Canadians from coast to coast," says Steve Anderson, co-ordinator of Canadians for Democratic Media. "It's clear that there's a lot of dissatisfaction, especially about news coverage. The situation in Vancouver-Victoria, where CanWest Global owns three daily newspapers and two TV stations, is a particular source of anger." Canadians for Democratic Media are hoping Canadians will come...