Senators reject rules on media ownership - Michael Powell is an idiot

[Pers]

Senators reject rules on media ownership

hmmm i wonder how powell's son got the job?

i bet rupert murdoch is pissed. he he

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Affirmative action . . . what's it to ya?

 

[CaptnKirk]

Your title is about two different subjects.
This thread is about the Senate rejecting the FCC rulings.
Where is the other topic discussed ?

 

[Pers]

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
Your title is about two different subjects.
This thread is about the Senate rejecting the FCC rulings.
Where is the other topic discussed ?

On Monday, the commission's chairman, Michael Powell, warned that the Senate bill would "create a legal morass that will unsettle media regulation for years to come."

 

[308nato]

[hmmm i wonder how powell's son got the job?

Well, William Heifferson Clintoon appointed him to the Commission in '97 after serving as Chief of Staff of the DOJ's Anti-Trust Division also under the Clintoon Administration. His credentials are impeccable so he was an obvious choice to be appointed as chairman.

Does that help?

 

[LeadMagnet]

Every now and again those nuts in Washington actually do something right.

 

[Pers]

tru dat.

 

[Ldir]

Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
Every now and again those nuts in Washington actually do something right.

House Republicans say the bill is DOA when it gets to them. A Bush spokesman said he will veto it anyway.

 

[phillyTIM]

This is great, the Bush Regime loses another battle, as Congressional lawmakers come to their senses.