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08/26/2016
FCC Republicans Slam Quadrennial Order
Reaction was swift in Washington, D.C., to the FCC's release of the text of its quadrennial review order, which kept in place restrictions on broadcast TV and radio station ownership.
That started with FCC commissioner statements, where the Republican dissenters lit into the decision.
In a 17-page opus, commissioner Ajit Pai said that while "the video marketplace has transformed dramatically," the FCC has done nothing but rubber stamp the radio and TV ownership rules. "The more the media marketplace changes, the more the FCC’s media regulations stay the same," calling the quadrennial an "ostrich of an order" that was not what Congress intended and is "a thumb in the eye" of the Third Circuit, which demanded the FCC take action on program diversity.
The FCC order bills its preservation of ownership rules as pro-diversity, but Pai strongly disagrees.
