McDowell: FCC Process Doesn't Need Major Surgery

MCDOWELL: FCC PROCESS DOESN'T NEED MAJOR SURGERY
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Although he's never played a doctor on TV, Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell says he doesn't think Congress needs to do any "major reconstructive surgery" on the FCC, but he also said he wasn't opposed to the Commission or Congress looking into improving the process. Commissioner McDowell said he thought the building blocks were in place for a "healthy independent administrative agency." As to suggestions there was plenty of friction on the FCC's Eighth Floor (where the commissioners dwell), he said that given the number of contentious issues, "that can create a more tense atmosphere at times." But he said that since he has only been there 18 months, "this is the only FCC I have ever worked for, so for me this is the status quo." He did say that process complaints stemming from those contentious issues "should be examined thoroughly by my fellow commissioners and Congress," but added that the "vast majority of the time, things work pretty smoothly." [Especially when things come out his way.]
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