Thursday, December 30, 2004

White House Unsure of Challenging Media Ownership Rulings

One of the apparent concerns may be that in trying to frame an argument for the Supreme Court to consider reversing the 3rd Circuit decision which overturned the FCC broadcast ownership dereg rules, it could open the door to an even broader questioning of the core underpinning of federal authority to regulate broadcasting--spectrum scarcity.

If that kind of question gets asked, the answers may fundamentally alter the means and manner of government communications policies and rules (maybe even the rationale for must-carry)..

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