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GOP Chairman Denounces FCC Media Rules

The Hill | by TVNewsCheck

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) on Thursday tore into the FCC’s just-released updated media ownership rules that retained the ban on newspaper-broadcast crossownership. In a statement, Goodlatte said the FCC had “overreacted” and that it was “likely to harm the objectives of smaller media outlets eager to compete.”