House Judiciary Chairman Asks Tough Questions of FCC Chairman

HOUSE JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN ASKS TOUGH QUESTIONS OF FCC CHAIRMAN
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) has written Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin with some concerns about media ownership rules and cable a la carte. Chairman Conyers asked for the answers to a number of questions "as expeditiously as possible" including: whether the FCC would make all of its public-meeting dates available at the beginning of next year; whether it will establish an independent minority task force before completing the media-ownership-rule review; whether Chairman Martin believes the commission has the authority to mandate a la carte or abrogate programming contracts that require programming to be carried on a particular tier; to supply any instances in which he has circulated draft rules before the public-comment period had ended or with less than one week of the period ending; and to identify any times he has talked with the press about the contents of rules under consideration prior to their adoption.
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