Adelstein Slams "Faith-Based Regulation"

ADELSTEIN SLAMS "FAITH-BASED REGULATION"
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein criticized the Commission Thursday for practicing "faith-based regulation" and called on media reformers to push for "real" peer review of 10 studies the FCC will conduct as part of its media ownership review. The "faith" base Adelstein was referring to was not religion, but the industry. Commissioner Adelstein said that FCC staffers had complained of "being squeezed and unable to participate fully in debates because political pressure at the FCC suppressed views contrary to those of industry." Commissioner Adelstein said that he and Commissioner Copps would hold public hearings on cable public, educational, and government channels and "what the FCC can do to strengthen public access."
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* For more see Dispatches from the Media Reform Front by MAP's Harold Feld
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/1380000138/post/1430006343.html
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