Almost There Bob…
Amidst the usual consolidation mania in this Bob Herbert op-ed, we find reference to a useful report on the Center for Public Integrity's website on media ownership, OpenAirwaves. It seems FCC officials took over 2,500 trips on the industry's dime over the past 8 years… and by "dime" I mean about $2.8 million. Vegas was the most popular destination. What always puzzles me is that folks like Herbert cite these data showing, with embarassing clarity, that regulatory bodies are always captured by the industries they're intended to regulate, that they're subsequently used to protect market incumbents. Then this is offered as an argument for… more regulation.
