Powell denies seeing media ownership study-Michael

[WhiteTara]

I hate Friday news dumps. Invariably something gets missed.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14850729/

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Powell, now a consultant, said through his assistant Judy Mann that "he never saw the report, he never heard of the report until yesterday and he certainly never ordered anything destroyed or stopped."

The draft report, which surfaced earlier this week, was at odds with agency policy under Powell regarding media ownership issues. A former FCC lawyer told the AP that senior managers at the agency ordered the report be destroyed.
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A copy was obtained by U.S.Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who asked about it during a confirmation hearing of current FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on Tuesday.

(Note: In June of 2006, the FCC announced the start of a new review of media ownership, including a "series of public hearings on media ownership issues at diverse locations across the nation". That review is still ongoing.)
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The debate has since been reopened, and the FCC has scheduled a public hearing on the matter in Los Angeles on Oct. 3.

Anyone able to be in LA on the 3rd, please do and let us know what is happening.