Byron Dorgan: “I think this moves in exactly the wrong direction. I believe there needs to be more localism and I think there has to be…”

“I think this moves in exactly the wrong direction. I believe there needs to be more localism and I think there has to be a procedure on localism at the Federal Communications Commission. There need to be public interest standards with respect to broadcasters that do not now exist. The standards have been emasculated. We have a lot to do to put this back on track. Suffice it to say, the FCC was anxious to move in the direction of more consolidation, allowing newspapers to buy up television stations.”