FCC Orders Anti-Monopoly Report Destroyed

[JazzRemington]

From the Slashdot article:

"According to an article on MSNBC the report, written by two economists in the FCC's Media Bureau, showed local ownership of television stations adds almost five and one-half minutes of total news to broadcasts and more than three minutes of "on-location" news. The conclusion is at odds with FCC arguments made when it voted in 2003 to increase the number of television stations a company could own in a single market. Senior managers at the agency ordered that 'every last piece' of the report be destroyed."

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/09/15/1933256.shtml

[red team]

Of course, if you're on the gravy train of Capitalist monopoly why would you want competitors to steal your lunch? Rockefeller defended his oil company when he was the top dog in the Capitalism game. Why would media moguls be any different?

[Janus]

This incident occured in 2004; some politicians are currently pushing for an investigation into this. The FCC has also refused to investiagate the NSA wiretappings despite the fact that it should be their job. Though the FCC is generally loose in acting against broadcasters, when it does, it generally violates the 1st Amendment and generally always favor the larger broadcasting corporations.