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Kay Bailey Hutchison: “I was a strong proponent of that cross-ownership ban because there were two markets, one with which I was very familiar…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2012
I was a strong proponent of that cross-ownership ban because there were two markets, one with which I was very familiar, Dallas, Texas, but also Atlanta, Georgia, where there was such a lock on the media outlets with the only newspaper in town plus the major television station being owned by the same companies in a grandfather that superseded the ban.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican · Texas

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Hutchison reflects on her past support for media cross-ownership rules.

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