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Submitted: March 28, 2007 - 9:50am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 6:29am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 6:29am
"The notion advanced by Chairman Martin that the FCC has essentially completed action on public interest obligations for digital broadcasting is both farcical on its face and scary in its implications for public policy. Rather than ignoring citizens and maximizing profits for broadcasters who use the publicly owned airwaves free of charge, Chairman Martin should take advantage of transition from analog to digital to reinvigorate meaningful public interest obligations that can strengthen our democracy. This is too important an opportunity to be squandered."
-- Meredith McGehee, Campaign Legal Center
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