FCC Scandal Explodes with Second Revelation of Suppressed Media Ownership Research
Saturday, 23 September 2006
FCC Scandal Explodes with Second Revelation of Suppressed Media Ownership Research
Last week, Sen. Barbara Boxer rocked the re-confirmation hearings for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin when she released a suppressed FCC study from 2004 – leaked to her by an FCC whistleblower – that indicated locally owned television stations did far more local news programming than TV stations owned by big conglomerates. A former FCC lawyer acknowledged that agency officials ordered the report and all supporting material be destroyed.
