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NOW "Clearing the Air" | PBS

Duration: 09:09

Program: NOW on PBS #240
Broadcast Date: Oct. 6, 2006

The PBS newsmagazine NOW looks at contentious FCC hearings held in early October to again consider relaxing rules of media cross-ownership. Is the FCC acting in the public interest or in the interest of big business? NOW takes a closer look in this October 6 full report.

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Post Date: October 19, 2006

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