Important story about FCC getting lost - Chairman wants newspapers and

[Poiuyt]

TV stations to be able to have the same owner in the same market. We need MORE diversification, not less.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-04-04T204145Z_01_N04138063_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-NEWSPAPERS.xml&archived=False

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. media industry's top regulator said on Tuesday that newspapers were failing to lend their voices to his drive to relax a decades-old rule barring them from owning broadcast outlets in the same market.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin promised to initiate the process of modifying the so-called cross-ownership rule, but blamed newspaper executives for not lobbying hard enough.

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Critics of federal rules relaxing ownership of broadcast and newspaper outlets in the same city or market have argued that further concentration in the industry stifles the diversity of viewpoints.

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[ellenfl]

1. they're at it again. sheesh. i am getting so weary

of these fascists. IMPEACH!

ellen fl