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Michael Powell to Leave FCC

Posted by michael on from the tenure-malfunction dept.

Anonymous Slashdotter writes "Michael Powell, chairman of the FCC, will be stepping down from his post soon. 'Powell, who maintained a light regulatory hand as the nation's chief media watchdog but collected some of the largest indecency fines against U.S. broadcasters, planned to issue a statement Friday but was not expected to hold a formal news conference, these officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.'"

4 of 409 comments (clear)

  1. Re:FCC is for regulation of frequencies, not conte by GoodbyeBlueSky1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Huh? "Informative" my ass.

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    why? forty-two.
  2. Re:Will they censor him? by killjoe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sad thing is that he is likely to be replaced by an even bigger asshole just like what happened to his father.

    The Powell family has not had a good run in this administration. Both of them have lost whatever credibility and respect they might have had and are discarded after their usefulness has ended.

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  3. Re:Link to the text by Gob+Blesh+It · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Link:
    http://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/2004_10_26.htm l#008280

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    Please visit Slashcode bug #981137, which concerns automatically hyperlinking URLs in "Plain Old Text" mode, and add a comment to show your support for a speedy resolution. No progress has been made on this trivial feature request for longer than six months.

  4. Re:Praise Bob by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >> of course, his replacement might be even worse ..

    Everyone (myself included) was so happy when Ashcroft left... then our president nominated a man who condones torture. Ugh. Ashcroft was a jackass, but at least he was an incompetent jackass. I'm worried Abu Ghraib Gonzalez might be competent.