The two Democratic FCC commissioners are not happy campers. They contend, and from this article one would have to agree, that Chairman Powell is behaving unilaterally (has he been hanging out with Bush/Rumsfeld instead of his father?) and not allowing enough public comment. Apparently ignoring the complaints, today details of the rules change surfaced. Here's a summary of the rules that are expected to be changed, and here's another take on it.
The scenario this allows already is in effect out here; one corporate entity operates two separate local TV stations under a waiver. It's not Fox, but it could be; that's why I'm against this decision. Do we really want a media market where we get the same editorial voice from several different stations? Paul Krugman thinks not, and so do I.
Posted by Linkmeister at May 13, 2003 01:02 PM