COMMENTARY BY ERIK WEMPLE
Hey, Democrats: Hands Off Fox News’s Cable Carriers
Erik Wemple: “The insertion of Congress into the contractual relationships of video providers with particular news/propaganda outlets is frightening. Asking questions is a protected activity, of course — one that lawmakers use all the time. Yet these questions feel a lot like coercion by government officials, an incursion into the cultural promise of the First Amendment.”
Thirteen members of Congress ask FCC’s Pai to allow public comments on its plan to loosen station ownership rules.
