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Local Angle

Jacob Sullum | 3.17.2004 12:25 PM

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Over at Slate, Tom Hazlett has an interesting piece about the FCC rules that prevent satellite radio from competing with broadcasters by offering local news, weather, sports, and traffic information. A good illustration of how protectionism masquerades as regulation in "the public interest."

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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason.

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