FCC needs all the facts

FCC NEEDS ALL THE FACTS
[SOURCE: Roanoke Times, AUTHOR: Editorial staff]
[Commentary] As the Federal Communications Commission re-examines rules limiting ownership of radio and television stations, the agency should make decisions based on all the available facts. Instead, at least two studies that might alter any decision to relax those rules were quashed. That's unacceptable, but hardly surprising coming from the Bush administration, which has turned the suppression of inconvenient facts into an art form. Current FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has ordered a probe into why the draft reports were quashed. Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell denied a former FCC lawyer's allegation that top officials ordered copies of the reports destroyed. Whatever Martin's probe uncovers, the FCC should ensure that these studies are completed and any other relevant data is gathered before ownership rules are revised.
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