FCC media ownership debate getting snarly

FCC MEDIA OWNERSHIP DEBATE GETTING SNARLY
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
[Commentary] It has been over five years since the FCC issued its Third Biennial Review of its broadcast ownership rules, limits on how many radio, TV stations, and newspapers a single entity can own in the United States. After a long, tumultuous debate, the FCC in 2003 issued an Order relaxing many of those rules, only to see the decision struck down by the courts a year later. Now a new proceeding on the same issue has passed its seventh month. Hearings have been held across the country, with more in the offing. New studies on the problem have been promised, with controversies over suppressed studies still raging. Not surprisingly, public patience has worn a bit thin.
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