FCC Recycles a Bad Idea to Allow Media Consolidation
Seattle Times, December 26, 2011
The FCC tried and failed to expand media consolidation in the face of opposition by Congress, the public and the courts. The agency is trying again. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island, and other members of Congress are once again trying to rally public opposition. "The FCC should have focused on growing the voice of the public, not drowning us out," Inslee said.
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