He's Back on the Beat

摘要

Last december, broadcasters and cable operators greeted the retirement of Michael Copps with praise for a principled opponent (and some measure of relief)- But suddenly, the onetime FCC commissioner with a reputation as the most fiery critic of consolidation is, in a word, back. Armed with a half-million dollars in funding-mostly from the Ford Foundation-Copps has been charged with re-energizing Common Cause's pushback against media consolidation.