The FCC conundrum…resolved?

Following on from the earlier story on the FCC deregulating media ownership, Karlin Lillington has linked to a story in the New York Times that a Senate committee has indicated that it will overturn some of the media ownership rules adopted by the FCC.

 “While Monday’s decision promising further media deregulation may well be celebrated in a few New York and Hollywood boardrooms, it will be remembered as a dark day in thousands of American communities who look to the F.C.C. to ensure that the use of the public airwaves serves the interests of all Americans, not the economic self-interest of a chosen few,” said Senator Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina, the ranking Democrat on the committee