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Comcast's NBC Bid will Get Regulatory Grilling

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:54:38 GMT

Federal regulatory approval of the vast announced last week could be intense and could last longer than the full year that top officials at the two media companies suggest.
Source: PC World

Deal Faces “Steep Climb” in Washington

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:05:55 GMT

A s news of the media merger brought criticism from Free Press, the Consumer Federation of America and unions worried about job losses, House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman called for hearings on the deal at the “earliest...
Source: Broadcasting & Cable

Pigeon Feed

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:27:07 GMT

Anyone have the number for Mulder? Scully? Hog - I’ve heard of it, but never listened to it. Judging by the commercials, the show is full of “Lone Gunmen” types. AS long as they don’t sneak in. No more illegal aliens.
Source: Knowledge Is Power

The Noisy and Prolonged Death of Journalism

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:13:47 GMT

seeing an "emergency" someone will step in with government money, more regulation, etc, and it just goes downhill from here.
Source: Slashdot

Obama Invokes Executive Privilege; Where Is The Outraged Left?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:35:49 GMT

When George Bush was president there was a trumped up scandal involving a faux undercover CIA agent and her wanna-be ambassador husband.
Source: Big Dogs Weblog

Memo contradicts Forsee's cap-and-trade argument

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:05:25 GMT

University of Missouri System President Gary Forsee’s recent letter to lawmakers opposing cap-and-trade legislation sparked both criticism and praise and drew national attention, but at the end of the day, the letter was based on inaccurate assumptions,...
Source: Columbia Tribune

Comcast/NBCU: Waxman Calls For Hearings

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:54:49 GMT

House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) wants hearings on Comcast/NBCU "at the earliest practicable date."
Source: Multichannel News

FTC Workshop An Odd Mix of Caution and Dangerous Thinking

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:50:45 GMT

I have an inside-out viewpoint on the Federal Trade Commission's two-day workshop on "How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?"
Source: Poynter Online

Quoted in 'Stimulant Exemptions In MLB Slightly Rise Again'

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:23:34 GMT

Henry Waxman said in WISC Madison:

I first raised concerns about these therapeutic use exemptions in hearings in 2008, and baseball promised they would look into the matter. But it appears that no progress has been made ... I hope that MLB-sanctioned use of ADD drugs has not become a substitute for the rampant steroid use that the league and its players worked so hard to eliminate.

Quoted in 'Conscience Protections for Pro-Life Medical Professionals Not in Senate Health Bill'

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:54:12 GMT

said in Lifenews.com:

Let me emphasize that point again. Unanimously ... That means that all members of the Committee with ideologies ranging from Chairman Henry Waxman who represents Hollywood, California, to Ranking Republican Joe Barton who represents a conservative congressional district in Texas, recognized the importance of adopting this language.

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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:37:38 GMT

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 7: Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) arrives for a caucus meeting with President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill November 7, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:32:23 GMT

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: (L-R) U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), and Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA) listen during a forum held by Democratic Steering and Policy Committee September 15, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Rep. Henry Waxman clueless in Bigger Stronger Faster

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:43:39 GMT