Difference between revisions of "2006-09-14 Media ownership study ordered destroyed"
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− | + | <let name=data index=Date>2006-09-14</let> | |
− | + | <let name=data index=Author>Associated Press</let> | |
− | + | <let name=data index=Source>MSNBC</let> | |
− | + | <let name=data index=Topics>\mainstream media\media consolidation\information leaks</let> | |
− | {{ | + | <let name=data index=URL>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14836500/</let> |
− | </noinclude> | + | <let name=data index=Title>Media ownership study ordered destroyed</let> |
+ | <let name=data index=TitlePlain>Media ownership study ordered destroyed</let> | ||
+ | <let name=data index=Text><blockquote> | ||
+ | <p>The [[Federal Communications Commission]] ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater [[media consolidation|concentration of media ownership]] would hurt local TV news coverage, a former lawyer at the agency says.</p> | ||
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+ | <p>The report, written in 2004, came to light during the Senate confirmation hearing for FCC Chairman [[Kevin Martin]].</p> | ||
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+ | <p>Sen. [[Barbara Boxer]], D-Calif. received a copy of the report "indirectly from someone within the FCC who believed the information should be made public," according to Boxer spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz.</p> | ||
+ | </blockquote></let> | ||
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+ | <let name=data index=TextShort>“The [[Federal Communications Commission]] ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater [[media consolidation|concentration of media ownership]] would hurt local TV news coverage, a former lawyer at the agency says.”</let> | ||
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