Media Minutes for May 2, 2008
Producer: Stevie Converse & Candace Clement
Length: 5:01

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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced the agency will craft a new plan for a national public safety network. And the Senate Commerce Committee passed a legislative veto of the FCC’s new media ownership rules as Rupert Murdoch prepared to bid for a third New York newspaper.

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