MediaChannel.org's Tim Karr writes about a recent statement by Senator John Kerry where he admitted to missing a key vote on Capitol Hill in 2003 which ended up allowing for "big media" to get bigger. Since the vote took place, Congress has allowed for a company to have 39% of national reach at any one time after the vote - Kerry had stated he would have vetoed the effort had he been present, while the Bush administration stands behind the FCC's rules.

The article goes on to describe that while Americans are genuinely concerned about the state of media in this country, it probably won't become an up-front issue come election time. Neither the Bush or Kerry campaigns are making public statements of any note on the topic, and this probably isn't the most opportune moment for either camp to do so. But that doesn't mean it's not important to the voters. I guess we'll have to hope for Jim Lehrer to ask a few questions about it during the debates.