New FCC, same as the old FCC
: Kevin Martin is to be appointed the new chairman of the FCC. It won’t improve. It likely will get even worse. More later…
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New FCC, same as the old FCC
: Kevin Martin is to be appointed the new chairman of the FCC. It won’t improve. It likely will get even worse. More later…
I hope you can give a lot more as I am unfamiliar with Kevin Martin.
Since we’re on the topic, and I’m politically ignorant, can someone explain how the FCC is related to the current administration? How would/could the FCC change if there were a different administration in power?
Well, at least you’ll have something to blog about. Martin is likely going to get along well with Ted Stevens in an anti-indecency love fest.
I’m glad we got Michael Powell out of there.
Really.
Or not.
Why is this, and anything that falls under “freedom of speech”, labeled “Howard Stern” in my RSS feed? I understand your devotion, but it may be useful to create new categories.
The President appoints the chair and 3 of the five members of the FCC.
If Kerry had run a better campaign and won, it would be a different FCC on many issues.