2006-09-14 Media ownership study ordered destroyed

2006-09-14 Associated Press MSNBC \mainstream media\media consolidation\information leaks http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14836500/ Media ownership study ordered destroyed Media ownership study ordered destroyed  The Federal Communications Commission ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage, a former lawyer at the agency says.

The report, written in 2004, came to light during the Senate confirmation hearing for FCC Chairman Kevin Martin.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. received a copy of the report "indirectly from someone within the FCC who believed the information should be made public," according to Boxer spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz.

&ldquo;The Federal Communications Commission ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage, a former lawyer at the agency says.&rdquo;   