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FCC
Commissioners' Statements on the Ownership Vote |
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The FCC's Summary
of Revised Media Ownership Rules,
Released June 2, 2003
Document: Read the entire FCC report on media concentration,
published on June 2, 2003. (MS Word) |
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FCC
Chairman Michael Powell's statement
on the Commission's vote to revise media ownership rules. Powell
says the changes will "advance our diversity and localism goals
and maintain a vigorously competitive environment." |
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FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy's
statement
in which she defends the move to ease several ownership rules. "Those
who oppose our decision will continue to fear a mythical media monopoly
that will descend upon our media landscape without any regulatory
review of its power," Abernathy said. |
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FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin's statement,
in which he says the changed ownership regulations will better reflect
today's marketplace, where "people today have access to more
information from more diverse sources than at any time in our history." |
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FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein's statement
of dissent. "This is a sad
day for me, and I think for the country. I'm afraid a dark storm
cloud is now looming over the future of the American media,"
Adelstein said in his grave rejection of the proposed rule changes. |
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FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps' statement
of dissent. "I dissent because today the Federal Communications
Commission empowers America's new Media Elite with unacceptable
levels of influence over the media on which our society and our
democracy so heavily depend," Copps said. |
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