Bushco standard operating procedure: if you don't like the research, destroy it

i'll tell ya... the bush administration started an an outlaw operation, aided and abetted by the supreme court, picked up steam, hit its stride, and hasn't slacked off since... they've managed to pervert every single facet of the executive branch of the government, congress is right in there with 'em, and the courts aren't far behind...

The Federal Communications Commission ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage, a former lawyer at the agency says.

The report, written in 2004, came to light during the Senate confirmation hearing for FCC Chairman Kevin Martin.
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Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. received a copy of the report "indirectly from someone within the FCC who believed the information should be made public," according to Boxer spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz.

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The analysis showed local ownership of television stations adds almost five and one-half minutes of total news to broadcasts and more than three minutes of "on-location" news. The conclusion is at odds with FCC arguments made when it voted in 2003 to increase the number of television stations a company could own in a single market. It was part of a broader decision liberalizing ownership rules.

At that time, the agency pointed to evidence that "commonly owned television stations are more likely to carry local news than other stations."

sure... if something might stand in the way of funneling money to your super-rich cronies, just have it destroyed...

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