Leifer
Senior Member.
This looks like a headline/rumor/story/study, that found it's way into news because of a possible over-intrusion of gov't into America's newsrooms.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/fcc-commissioner-warns-of-agency’s-plan-to-monitor-newsrooms/
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304680904579366903828260732
There are many sites claiming something similar.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/fcc-chief-addresses-controversy-over-proposed-study-in-u-s-newsrooms/
and "cough, cough"...The Blaze:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...ok&utm_medium=story&utm_campaign=ShareButtons
Here is (was) the FCC "C.I.N." (critical information needs) study....
FCC_Final_Research_Design_6_markets.pdf
But now, the study has been suspended.....
The NY Daily News explains how and why the FCC study was hotly contested...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/fcc-longer-media-gathers-news-article-1.1699676
http://www.mediaite.com/online/fcc-commissioner-warns-of-agency’s-plan-to-monitor-newsrooms/
The WSJ opinion editorial (op ed) by FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai.....An FCC commissioner is warning people about an agency study that would bring government monitors into newsrooms and inspect issues like the amount of time spent on the “critical information needs” of Americans in news content. FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal bringing people’s attention to this study, saying “the government has no place pressuring media organizations into covering certain stories.” And while participation is technically voluntary, ignoring them would not be a wise decision for any news outlet that wants an FCC license
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304680904579366903828260732
There are many sites claiming something similar.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/fcc-chief-addresses-controversy-over-proposed-study-in-u-s-newsrooms/
and "cough, cough"...The Blaze:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...ok&utm_medium=story&utm_campaign=ShareButtons
Here is (was) the FCC "C.I.N." (critical information needs) study....
FCC_Final_Research_Design_6_markets.pdf
But now, the study has been suspended.....
The NY Daily News explains how and why the FCC study was hotly contested...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/fcc-longer-media-gathers-news-article-1.1699676
Uproar over a government research project questioning reporters on their newsgathering has caused the Federal Communications Commission to rethink its approach.
The FCC's "Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs" (CIN) included questions aimed at editors and journalists about why they cover certain stories, unleashing outrage that the federal government was encroaching on freedom of the press.
Though the proposal was presented to the public in May 2013, it only attracted attention in early February. (2014)
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Conservative watchdog group, American Center for Law & Justice, began an online petition in protest and FOX News talk show host Greta Van Susteren told viewers on-air that she wouldn't mind answering the government's questions with the response, "None of your business, read the Constitution."
Eleven days after Pai published his Journal article, the agency conceded, "Concerns were raised that some of the questions may not have been appropriate ... and overstepped the bounds of what is required."
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