Jun 02 FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps By PBS News Hour The following is the entire prepared statement from FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps dissenting on the agency's proposal to ease media ownership rules, and his bench remarks following the vote. Continue reading
Jun 02 FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein By PBS News Hour The following is the entire press statement from FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein dissenting on the agency's majority vote to ease broadcast ownership rules. Continue reading
Jun 02 FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy By PBS News Hour The following is the entire prepared statement from FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy on the agency's vote on June 2. Continue reading
Jun 02 FCC Votes to Ease Key Limits on Media Ownership The Federal Communications Commission on Monday voted 3-2 along party lines to ease a number of media ownership restrictions, despite concerns the action will limit diversity and alternative voices in the media. Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch Michael Powell Following a background report about the FCC's historic vote Monday, the FCC chairman discusses his agency's decision to relax media ownership rules, a move he says will make the regulations "match the times."… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch Sen. Byron Dorgan on the FCC’s New Rules The North Dakota Democrat explains why he opposes the FCC's new rules, which he says will spark "an orgy" of mergers and acquisitions. Continue watching
May 28 Watch Shock Waves Over Former New York Times Reporter Jayson Blair The controversy over former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair's plagiarized and fabricated stories has caused upheaval within the paper and has reverberated in newsrooms across the country. Continue watching
May 26 Watch Selling Books Hard times have hit book publishers. Terence Smith reports on recent trends within the book publishing industry. Continue watching
May 23 Senators Resume Debate Over Media Ownership The Senate Commerce Committee continued to debate media ownership regulations Thursday, as the Federal Communications Commission prepared to vote on a massive overhaul of the rules early next month. Continue reading
May 23 Watch Managing President Bush’s Message The resignation of White House press secretary Ari Fleischer and President Bush's recent historic landing on the carrier Abraham Lincoln have drawn attention to the way the president's image is presented to the press. Terence Smith gets some perspective from… Continue watching