Preventing and Reversing FCC Interference in Telecom and Media: An Agenda for Policymakers

Brent Skorup

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been covertly and overtly regulating media content and media distributors since the agency was created in 1934. Namely, broadcast licenses and media mergers—like transactions involving satellite and Internet access companies—have been contested and litigated. There’s no escaping that media distribution and operation is political, and, ideally, Congress would eliminate some of its unclear media laws. 

In the meantime,...