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Thursday, September 04, 2003

One small victory

A federal appeals court issued a surprise order today blocking the Federal Communications Commission from imposing new rules that would make it easier for the nation's largest media conglomerates to add new markets and areas of business.

The decision came a day before the new rules, considered among the most significant efforts at deregulation adopted during the Bush administration, were scheduled to take effect. It followed two hours of oral arguments at an emergency hearing this morning by a three-judge panel in Philadelphia and was a sharp setback for the largest media companies and for the commission's chairman, Michael K. Powell.

The court order blocks all the rules from coming into effect til the outcome of litigation, which is at least several months away. So that's time enough to mobilize and get this thing overturned in Congress.

posted by chris at 7:09 PM
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