FCC Destroys Research Study -- EVEN MORE

Matthew Lasar analyzes the destroyed FCC media ownership research paper, and finds it is an even-handed and thoughtful treatment of the localism questions -- not at all a one-sided piece of advocacy, as some will surely portray it to defend the FCC's trashing it.  He concludes: All in all, the FCC's "deep-sixed" localism study makes a compelling case for decentralizing ownership rules that ensure the locally owned nature of our nation's media—but not always. If Michael Powell's FCC did indeed suppress this document, the action suggests a highly politicized, even paranoid internal culture that feared even a nuanced challenge to its agenda.  Link: Lasar's Letter on the Federal Communications Commission.