Did Book Deal Boot Thomas From FCC Indecency Case?

DID BOOK DEAL BOOT THOMAS FROM FCC INDECENCY CASE?
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
Could a lucrative book deal signed by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas have an impact on what could be the biggest broadcast TV indecency case to reach the high court since the landmark Pacifica case in 1978? Judge Thomas, according to unattributed accounts by the Associated Press and the Wall Street Journal, received a $1 million advance to write his newly published book “My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir.” Thomas’s discussion of the book Sunday night on the CBS program 60 Minutes drew 12.8 million viewers. The $1 million payment -- assuming the varsity media has this key part of the book deal correct -- was paid by publisher HarperCollins, which is 100% owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Neither HarperCollins nor Thomas’s agent, Writers’ Representatives, LLC, would confirm the payment. The financial relationship between Thomas and News Corp. could become an issue a few weeks from now when the Justice Department asks the court to uphold the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to punish TV stations for the fleeting broadcast of the “F-word.”
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