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Originally Posted by tony286
Its not, eventually the little guys where going to be pushed out. This is stopped that. I know its Obama so its bad but this actually benefits small site owners and those who may have an idea they want to grow on the web.
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I'm hoping along the same lines definitely. The FCC has a history of tightening it's tentacles around anything it controls, that's my only concern.
The FCC's proposed "
Research Design for the Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs." study freaked a lot people out. I don't have a strong opinion either way yet, but found the following part of an article interesting:
Some of the suggested interview questions, appearing in Appendix A of the research design, include:
- What is the news philosophy of the station?
- How do you define critical information that the community needs?
- How much influence do reporters and anchors have in deciding which stories to cover?
- (To reporters) Have you ever suggested coverage of what you consider a story with critical information for your customers (viewers, listeners, readers) that was rejected by management?
"The Commission has no business probing the news media's editorial judgment and expertise, nor does it have any business in prescribing a set diet of 'critical information.' These goals are plainly inappropriate and are at bottom an incursion by the government into the constitutionally protected operations of the professional news media," the congressional letter stated.
Concerns were also raised by one of the FCC's own commissioners, Ajit Pai, in a Feb. 10 editorial for The Wall Street Journal.
Participation in the study is voluntary, Pai noted, but some media organizations may feel compelled to participate because they get their license from the FCC.
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