Time to reign in the FCC - FCC push to regulate news draws fire

All the news the government sees fit to be printed seems to be the motto of the FCC and one can only conclude that it is time to make these agencies smaller to save money and our freedom.
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FCC push to regulate news draws fire

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) pushed back on Monday against a contention by a Democratic FCC commissioner that the government should create new regulations to promote diversity in news programming.

Barton was reacting to a proposal made last week by FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, who in a speech suggested that broadcasters be subject to a new "public values test" every four years.

"I hope … that you do not mean to suggest that it is the job of the federal government, through the [FCC], to determine the content that is available for Americans to consume,” Barton wrote Monday in a letter to Copps.

[link to thehill.com]