Barack Obama's Media Agenda

A Q&A with Sen Barack Obama (D-IL) on his communications policy agenda. He indicates that he is committed to working toward a digital-TV transition that is without significant disruption (the switchover would come less than four weeks after his inauguration); said the Federal Communications Commission needs to take merger reviews more seriously; asserted that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, like his predecessor Michael Powell, has tried to "dismantle" rules that protect the public; and gave his thoughts on whether cable content should be regulated or its channels unbundled. Sen Obama believes the consequence of consolidation of media ownership has been less diversity, less local news and the parroting of stories across multiple outlets. That, he said, needs to change.
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