Dorgan Rips Cross-Ownership Vote … Again

DORGAN RIPS CROSS-OWNERSHIP VOTE ... AGAIN
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) -- with a second from Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) -- took to the Senate floor Wednesday to harshly criticize the Federal Communications Commission's Dec. 18 vote to loosen newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rules. He called the Republican majority out by name and pledged to introduce a "resolution of disapproval" that he said would pass. The resolution would invalidate the FCC's rule change after it officially takes effect -- one of several possible legislative attacks on the rule change proposed by Democrats critical of consolidation. Sen Dorgan talked of the "unbelievable arrogance" of the FCC majority to loosen the ban after the Senate Commerce Committee passed a bill trying to block the vote and 25 senators wrote FCC chairman Kevin Martin warning him to delay the vote. Sen Dorgan said the FCC, "with strings to the White House," is pushing more concentration and "short-circuiting" the comment process, when "that is the last thing in the world we need."
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