FCC Backs Off Newsroom Survey

The FCC has decided not to intrude on newsrooms, after all, after objections from mostly conservatives who felt the government agency doesn’t belong there. Liberals should have spoken up more forcefully, as no one should welcome government prying eyes in a newsroom.

“[I]n the course of FCC review and public comment, concerns were raised that some of the questions may not have been appropriate,” the FCC announced in a statement Friday. “Chairman [Tom] Wheeler agreed that survey questions in the study directed toward media outlet managers, news directors, and reporters overstepped the bounds of what is required. Last week, Chairman Wheeler informed lawmakers that that Commission has no intention of regulating political or other speech of journalists or broadcasters and would be modifying the draft study. Yesterday, the Chairman directed that those questions be removed entirely.”

How about we all make believe this never happened.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.