[IP] FCC CHAIRMAN POWELL LAYS AN EGG
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 7, 2004 10:06:39 PM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] FCC CHAIRMAN POWELL LAYS AN EGG
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CHAIRMAN POWELL LAYS AN EGG
He's bright, personable, an excellent lawyer, a distinguished veteran,
and the son of the Secretary of State. Yet, Michael Powell's record as
the Chairman of the FCC has been one misstep and reversal after
another. In telecom and media regulation, his quest to "deregulate" has
disintegrated into a search for something -- anything! -- that will
pass muster with the courts, the Congress, and, most importantly, the
American people. Now that a U.S. Court of Appeals has tossed out the
FCC's new rules that would have exponentially increased media
concentration and consolidation, Michael Powell's tenure as Chairman,
which so many expected would lead to him becoming a star in Republican
politics, has come up empty. How will Chairman Powell be remembered?
Probably not for the Commission's few accomplishments during his
tenure. Rather, he will more likely be remembered for the tremendous
opportunity he had to move communications policy forward in this
country while at the same time his own political star ascended to the
heavens. And how he squandered that opportunity. To use the lingo of
Daily Variety when a Broadway show flops, Michael Powell has truly
"laid an egg."
[SOURCE: MediaChannel.org AUTHOR: Jonathan Rintels, Executive Director
of the Center for Creative Voices in Media]
<http://www.mediachannel.org/views/dissector/affalert220.shtml>
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