FCC Orders Anti-Monopoly Report Destroyed

jagger writes "According to an article on MSNBC a report, written by two economists in the FCC's Media Bureau, showed local ownership of television stations adds almost five and one-half minutes of total news to broadcasts and more than three minutes of 'on-location' news. The conclusion is at odds with FCC arguments made when it voted in 2003 to increase the number of television stations a company could own in a single market. Senior managers at the agency ordered that 'every last piece' of the report be destroyed."

Comments

Re:And?

[Anonymous Coward]

We're not surprised by it, dumbass. Nor should we throw this information out and pretend it doesn't exist.

Re:What a surprise

[GreyPoopon]

The Bush administration disregards evidence contradicting their world view.

I hope you enjoyed getting your dig in there. Perhaps you didn't realize that the FCC Chairman at that time (Michael Powell) was appointed by President Bill Clinton. Somebody rate the parent comment as flamebait.

Re:So?

[Dun Malg]

Social Security is just one basic, important system that Democrats can be trusted with, while Republicans will steal it, are stealing it.

Bullcrap. The Social Security "trust fund" has contained nothing but a big fat IOU from congress from the very beginning. Democrats have had a hand in "stealing" it just as much as Republicans. Claiming that Democrats can be "trusted with" it shows how little you understand the way the federal government handles deficit spending, and how long deficit spending has been going on. Face facts, man. They're all a bunch of bastards up there.