EVALUATING F.C.C. DECISION

By Chris Daly

In the wake of the FCC ruling on media cross-ownership, here's one way to think about how to evaluate the decision:

Will it lead to the hiring (or retention) of a single journalist? Can it be shown that it strengthens a single newsroom? Is there any reporter, editor, photographer, columnist, or other news person who gets a job or keeps a job as a demonstrable result of this ruling?

If so, then I would consider the ruling a good thing. Until then, I'm skeptical.