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Congress May Overturn FCC's Media Consolidation Plan

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the giving-things-a-second-look dept.

Spril writes "A congressional committee voted yesterday to prevent the FCC from allowing even more consolidation of the media industry. The original ruling was covered on Slashdot. The committee attached the pro-consumer proposal to a bill funding the Justice and State departments for 2004. But the Bush administration has threatened to veto the funding because they support ever-larger corporations owning ever-bigger chunks of the spectrum that theoretically belongs to the public. Clear Channel may need to cough up some more money for their lobbyists."

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  1. On this day, July 17th, 2003... by chrisgeleven · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the United States of America Congress for approx. 1.257631919191918 seconds sided with consumers.

    1. Re:On this day, July 17th, 2003... by andrew_mike · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...the United States of America Congress for approx. 1.257631919191918 seconds sided with consumers.

      Yes, but, to the androids in Congress, that is an eternity.

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      Being a smartass is a much better thing than being the alternative.
  2. Attached to the bill by perimorph · · Score: 5, Funny

    The committee attached the pro-consumer proposal to a bill funding the Justice and State departments for 2004.

    Finally, an attachment that might be safe to open!! *Proceeds to double-click in Outlook*