Pursuant to the ongoing duscussions about media ownership in this
forum:

AllAccess.Com is reporting that Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Ca) has
called for an investigation of FCC after a second report on media
ownership the FCC is supposed to have suppressed has come into her
possession.

She's reported that while the number of radio stations between
March of '96 and March of '03 has risen nearly 6%, the number of owners
had decreased 35%.

She's called on Chairman to release the unfinalized report, and
comment.

Boxer also noted that no ownership report has been finalized since
2002, while FCC ongoing agendae dealing with ownership would have found
these studies relevant.


Meanwhile, back at the ranch:


AllAccess.Com also reports FCC has extended the comment period for
its ownership rules review. Comments are now due OCTOBER 23 and replies
are due DECEMBER 21. The additional month comes after ION MEDIA NETWORKS
and FREE PRESS filed motions to extend the comment dates.


While I don't believe, as many do, that FCC has been bought and
paid for, these stories suggest that there is a smell test long overdue
on 12th Street SW.

Former Chairman Michael Powell claims not to have seen the draft
reports in question. Despite the fact that they were commissioned and
subsequently ordered destroyed during his tenure.


BTW, the draft study to which Boxer refers is available for download:


http://www.fcc.gov/

D Peter Maus wrote:

While I don't believe, as many do, that FCC has been bought and paid
for, these stories suggest that there is a smell test long overdue on
12th Street SW.

Not saying I believe they were bought and paid for either, but back in
the 50s, an FCC Commissioner was noted for his comment that those were
"the whorehouse years", referring to all the behind the scenes payola
related to the color system wars and the VHF/UHF debates.

If this was his comment back in the Ozzie and Harriet era, between
today's ownership issues and BPL, ya gotta wonder if the fix is in ...

Dick Chisel wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

While I don't believe, as many do, that FCC has been bought and
paid for, these stories suggest that there is a smell test long
overdue on 12th Street SW.

Not saying I believe they were bought and paid for either, but back in
the 50s, an FCC Commissioner was noted for his comment that those were
"the whorehouse years", referring to all the behind the scenes payola
related to the color system wars and the VHF/UHF debates.

If this was his comment back in the Ozzie and Harriet era, between
today's ownership issues and BPL, ya gotta wonder if the fix is in ...


It certainly raises the hairs on the back of my neck.

It's part of the U.S.Ministry Of Propaganda.

But dont read that article at rense.com because I hear/read that
rense.com is a freaking retard site.
cuhulin