Supreme Court Awards FCC for Long Neglecting Its Mandate to Promote Media Diversity in United Free Press
April 02, 2021
April 02, 2021
WASHINGTON, April 2 (TNSPol) -- The Free Press issued the following news release:
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed strictly on procedural and agency-deference grounds the Trump FCC's 2017 order that loosened local broadcast-ownership limits. The Court's decision allows that 2017 order to stand for now, unfortunately prolonging the agency's ongoing neglect of its mandate to ensure diversity, competition and localism in broadcast ownership.
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On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed strictly on procedural and agency-deference grounds the Trump FCC's 2017 order that loosened local broadcast-ownership limits. The Court's decision allows that 2017 order to stand for now, unfortunately prolonging the agency's ongoing neglect of its mandate to ensure diversity, competition and localism in broadcast ownership.
The . . .