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FCC Orders Investigation Into Buried Media Consolidation Studies

HeadlineSep 20, 2006

The Federal Communications Commission has ordered an investigation into why two reports that called into question media consolidation were never released to the public. Both reports have come to light in just the last week. A former FCC lawyer says top agency officials ordered staff to destroy every last copy of one of the studies.

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