[Imc] Re:Powell

[Paul Riismandel]

Michael Powell is a so-called "Free Marketeer," unless of course that means 
opening up the FM band for low-power FM stations, in which case he's a 
protectionist.  As might be expected he's a broadcast industry tool who 
believes in deregulation--but, of course, reducing the restrictions on new 
FM stations doesn't seem to qualify as "deregulation" in his book.

  There were some questions when the FCC approved the Time-Warner/AOL deal, 
since his General Daddy owns millions in AOL stock.  Many thought he should 
have excused himself from that decision, due to an obvious conflict of 
interest, but since the FCC's own policies weren't clear on this, he 
declared that he could be sufficiently objective (and made his Daddy some 
more money).

He is actually a Clinton appointee to the FCC. The FCC is required to be 
bi-partisan (not tri-partisan or quad-partisan, mind you) and so a Dem Prez 
has to appoint some Republicans, and vice-versa.  Appointees have to be 
approved by Congress, but not any particular positions, like chair, as long 
as the appointee is already on the commission.

--Paul

At 11:13 AM 1/23/01 -0800, Gotsch Tim wrote:
>Hi y'all!  I'm in Chicago today to hear Winona LaDuke
>talk at NEIU on the North Side.  She'll be doing a
>roundtable discussion at 1:40 PM and a keynote address
>at 6 PM.  I don't know if there are any events planned
>around her talks but I guess I'll find out shortly.  I
>would've liked to have filed a story on this, but
>seeing as last Sunday was the first general IMC
>meeting I attended and I need to resolve my employment
>situation, I won't be able to do a story.  However,
>I'll let everyone know what happened as soon as I get
>back to town.  Also, I read in the Chicago Tribune
>this morning that Michael Powell, Secretary of
>State-designage Colin Powell's son, was nominated by
>King Dubya to chair the FCC.  This post doesn't need
>to be confirmed by any congressional committee.
>Seeing as this is a post that may largely affect us,
>does anyone know anything about this man?  Again, see
>everyone later.  Peace.
>
>Tim
>
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