Copps: Tribune Suit vs. FCC Follows the Script

COPPS: TRIBUNE SUIT VS FCC FOLLOWS THE SCRIPT
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Michael Copps is branding Tribune's decision to file suit against the FCC's waiver decision an effort scripted by the FCC majority to get rid of the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule altogether. He had predicted as much in his statement opposing the waiver decision, which passed by a 3-2 party line vote Nov. 30. "Tribune apparently now has done their part," Copps said. "The next step will be for the majority to mount a lukewarm defense of the rule in court and hope that the entire rule gets thrown out. In the final act, the majority will say they tried to do something more moderate, but the court simply wouldn't allow it. And the curtain will fall to thunderous applause from beltway insiders who appreciate a clever script that only they can follow.”
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