COMMENTARY BY STEVEN WALDMAN
Why Does TV Oppose Media Transparency?
Television stations have now rallied against the key elements of the FCC’s media transparency proposal, which would require broadcasters to move their “public inspection files” out of their filing cabinets and onto the Internet. The surprising hostility from TV stations — news organizations — to this transparency plan raises a broader question: Do broadcasters believe that they even have “public interest obligations” anymore?
