Academics Want 2018 QR to Be Merged Into 2022 Proceeding
The FCC should merge the 2018 quadrennial ownership review into the upcoming 2022 QR to “take the time to conduct a proper review,” two university professors studying media ownership said in joint comments posted Friday in docket 18-349. “A continuing…
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legal impasse on media ownership policy benefits neither citizens nor the broadcast industry,” said Christopher Terry, University of Minnesota assistant professor of media law and ethics, and Caitlin Ring Carlson, Seattle University associate professor of communication. The FCC “set a precedent for incorporating ongoing quadrennial reviews to newly required ones during the crossover between the 2010 and 2014 reviews,” the professors said. “There is little reason to abandon the approach at this time.” The agency is likely to receive “increased deference” due to the U.S. Supreme Court opinion from the FCC’s successful Prometheus appeal, and could use that to develop a record to allow an eventual 2022 QR order to survive legal challenge, the filing said. The FCC “should commit to rapid action when launching the 2022 proceeding, unlike the last possible moment launch of the current proceeding in December of 2018,” the professors said. “Releasing a notice of proposed rulemaking shortly after the new year will give the agency some time to properly consider the comments.”