Reforming the FCC

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A report by Media Access Project, Common Cause, & Econometric Research and Analysis 12/2007

Common Cause released the attached white paper in collaboration with Harold Feld of the Media Access Project and Gregory Rose of Econometrics Research and Analysis.

The report is titled “Putting the Public Back in Public Interest: Painless Reforms to Improve the FCC” and outlines numerous problems with processes that the Federal Communications Commission uses to make decisions that impact the country’s media.

The report lays out some very simple changes the FCC can undertake that will make it function more in the public interest. Even implementing just a few of the recommendations would go a long way to restoring faith in the FCC.