Officials ordered FCC report destroyed, says ex-staffer
Cory Bergman September 15th, 2006
A former FCC lawyer is alleging that senior FCC officials ordered all copies of a localism report drafted by the commission in 2004 to be destroyed. And now Senator Barbara Boxer has a copy, which she said was sent to her anonymously — and she’s demanding answers. The study in question concluded that locally-owned TV stations do more local news than network-owned or “non-locally owned” stations do, a finding that was at odds with an earlier FCC conclusion, reports Broadcasting & Cable.
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1. Rocker | September 15th, 2006 at 5:51 am
This “study” will only mean something if it compares stations in the same markets. From a statistical/research p.o.v. I mean. From a political perspective, of course, it will be open season.
2. Lost Remote TV Blog&hellip | September 15th, 2006 at 10:05 am
[...] Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell says he doesn’t know a thing about the report on local news the FCC is accused of quashing. The study, conducted in 2004, showed that locally owned stations produced more local news than stations owned by out-of-town companies. A Powell spokeswoman said “He said he never saw the report, never heard of it until yesterday and never ordered it destroyed.” If the accusations are true, and the FCC tried to bury a report that was at odds with its own agenda, this is an outright scandal. [...]
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