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Editorial: Thumbs Down On FCC's Easing Of Media Ownership Rules
- Seattle Times, Tuesday, December 27, 2011 1:57 PM
"The Federal Communications Commission has announced it will try again to undermine independent local journalism by weakening media-ownership rules," begins an editorial in The Seattle Times.
"That is not how the FCC describes loosening restrictions on cross-ownership of television stations and newspapers in the same market, but the public, Congress and the courts see it exactly so."
The FCC's move "tried to put a happy face on media consolidation that erodes news gathering and further denies access to ownership by minorities and women," the editorial continues.
