Obama, Kerry Take Aim At FCC's Martin
Broadcasting & Cable, Tuesday, December 18, 2007 11:16 AM
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's plan to have the commission vote on changes to media-ownership rules is still under fire. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) say they will urge the Senate Appropriations Committee to deny funding to implement the new rules. In a letter to Martin, Obama and Kerry say the "the intent of the Senate Commerce Committee was made clear" when it passed the Media Ownership Act, a rule that would require the FCC to establish an independent panel on female and minority ownership, while waiting for that panel's recommendations before voting on any changes to ownership rules.
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The two senators write, "it is our hope that the sum of these objections will convince you to delay this vote until a time following the commission's consideration of other pressing matters." Obama and Kerry add: "Specifically, we believe that moving forward with this change will have a direct and detrimental impact on the state of media diversity."
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