FCC giving lump of coal to Hispanics for Christmas

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is trying to overhaul the nation’s media ownership rules, and he’s in a hurry. He’s pushing for a vote by Dec. 18 to end the longstanding ban on one company owning both the daily newspaper and a radio or TV station in the same town — regardless of the certain harm it will cause to the already fragile state of minority media ownership.

Martin is pushing for greater media consolidation despite numerous calls from congressional leaders and the civil-rights community, including the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), to deal first with the disgraceful state of this ownership before considering any rule change. He is determined to go forward, even though the latest independent study shows that the number of minority TV-station owners declined by 8 percent over the past year.”*

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