We have just learned that former FCC Chairman Michael Powell buried evidence that showed media consolidation is harmful to local news reporting. Powell suppressed a 2004 study to protect his friends in the corporate media lobby. It revealed that locally owned stations produced more local news than those owned by media giants — such as […]
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