Bringing the FCC to the People and the People to the FCC
Our media is precious. It’s how, outside of our strictly personal spheres, we speak to each other, inform each other, learn from each other, entertain each other, increasingly how we govern ourselves.
With these words, Michael Copps opened a public hearing on media ownership rules. The hearing was not in Washington, DC, but Chicago, Illinois. Copps was not a local official, but a commissioner at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He was making sure people living in and around Chicago knew of some big decisions happening at the FCC – and he wanted to hear their concerns before he cast his vote on the matter.
https://benton.org/blog/bringing-fcc-pe ... people-fcc
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