Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Hearing the FCC  This story won't ripen until the hearings are held. The story is hearings on the last six years of FCC activity are going to be held, many hearings across a number of topics Rare, medium, or well-done? FCC to be grilled by Congress.The tenor of the dialog will be brisk: "They've effectively emasculated any public-interest standards that existed" for radio and TV stations, said Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.), a committee member who plans sharp questions on decency, media consolidation and other topics. "The entire Congress for years now has been devoid of any kind of oversight," he said, and the new Democratic majority is launching a process that will force the FCC to "beat a path to Capitol Hill to respond." FCC to Feel Unfamiliar Heat From Democrats - washingtonpost.com.  They will ask about those studies Senator Barbara turned up that the FCC seems to have tried to bury. They will ask about about all those mergers and what is it that the FCC thinks that antitrust laws actually pertain to. They will try to nail the down to a single position regarding net neutrality.  Maybe they will find out why people like Kevin J. Martin work so hard to replace the public interest with private interests. 11:50:57 PM    comment [];trackback [];

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