an f.c.c. urging them to investigate murdoch's news corporation in the us in washington we have dave south than i he is communications director for free press and in london we cross a toby young he's a journalist and author of how to lose friends and alienate people all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want kevin if i can go to you first because of your open letter here i took a look at some of the what the laws and by laws of the f.c.c. and they basically their job is to make sure how the airwaves are used and they have to ensure that they're used by people of quote good character who serve the public interest and speak with candor so as murdoch's television empire at least have any place in the united states today in light of what we've heard coming out of the u.k. . well we're here you know the u.k. and also we're hearing some tidbits united states of phone hacking where you know the u.k. would make murdoch and his news corp of violator of the

>> of the 500 megahertz, the f.c.c.ndicated it could deliver roughly 280 to 300 megahertz, so that would assume that the federal side would provide at least 200 megahertz, and that's the assumption we've been working on. >> last time we in this country did government spectrum allocation and asked users to vacate bands that were reallocated for use, i think the last auction was in 2006. >> the a.w.f. auction was then, yes. >> isn't it true we're still trying to get people to relocate out of their spectrum? hasn't this taken an inordinate amount of time to accomplish that? >> as i indicated earlier, i think 81% of the agencies have relocated. all the agencies have said they would relocate within three years have relocated. >> what you're talking about is something -- the auction was in 2006 -- the auction was in 2006, and i think they started in 2007, yet here we are, this amount of time later, and you're still talking about reallocation of people out of the spectrum, isn't that true? >> in certain events, that's correct.

the public airwaves and public as you read early in the first question of the f.c.c. these mission include a public interest that's almost disappeared even as the f.c.c. has mission you don't really hear much about anymore we don't even call the public areas that we know we call the commercial media and that's been a major mistake and i hope that this scandal and the declining revenues and viewers and readers of commercial media. are starting to happen that we start to move back toward a public interest perspective that these are public airwaves and start to require me to do much more for the public good including giving everyone every kelly who gets to tell you the last word job you've got the last word of the program go ahead i think the problem with. the state effectively playing a greater role in the media whether it's from subsidy or through regulation through requiring the media to be more balanced and so forth and so the public good is that just becomes another mechanism for the state to control what's printed in the media and maybe they just cut out the middle

and it's also hope an f.c.c. commissioner isn't planning to pull another revolving door trick and approve the merger and then go and work for a team. the bab the tea party nation not only do the corporate funded tricorder had zombies hate pain really really low taxes they also hate pain hotel rooms last summer the group reserved more than sixteen hundred rooms at the plaza hotel in las vegas to host a tea party convention tea party nation agreed to pay almost six hundred thousand. even if the event had to be cancelled at the last minute then they cancel the reservation and now they want the money they always so the venetian casino resort is filing a lawsuit against tea party nation no wonder the tea party has no problem with a government default you know on its debts their default on their own debts and a very very ugly brian kilmeade this morning the fox and friends talking head weighed in on a story about an american boy scout leader who was thrown into bahamas jail after a bullet was found in his fanny pack he

in the us are we have to deal with murdoch's fox so-called news a court decision today against the f.c.c. could have far reaching effects on the state of media ownership in america and could block murdoch from expanding his media empire here in the states with the u.s. third circuit court of appeals ruled today that a company can no longer apply or news. papers and broadcast stations in the same market reversing an order of c c rule and at least one reporter is suggesting murdoch's u.k. scandal may even extend to his crown jewel of credibility in the u.s. the wall street journal so what does all this mean for the state of media ownership in america and now that and now that a tabloid has imploded across the atlantic effect could that have. infotainment here in the united states for more on this issue i'm joined by jeff cohen journalist and founding director of the park center for independent media as well as the founder of the media watchdog group fair corey right policy council of free press and adele stan washington bureau chief of alter net work jeff corey adult thank you all for join

first because of your open letter here i took a look at some of the button laws and bylaws of the f.c.c. and they basically their job is to make sure how the airwaves are used and they have to ensure that they're used by people of quote good character who serve the public interest and speak with candor so does murdoch's television empire at least have any place in the united states today in light of what we've heard coming out of the u.k. . while we're here you know the u.k. and also we're hearing some tidbits united states of phone hacking where you know the u.k. would make murdoch and his news corp of violator of the foreign corrupt practices act which has criminal and civil penalties. basically doesn't allow u.s. corporations to bribe foreign officials if murdoch is bribing foreign officials as seems to be the case they're talking about one hundred hundred thousand pounds or one hundred thousand dollars worth of bribes to the london police if that happened evolve the law and the f.c.c. should look at that and say that the twenty four stations he own that cover forty percent of united

yes, the f.c.c. has -- f.t.c. -- f.c.c. has a clock get mergers done. i read yesterday that the assistant attorney general for antitrust is stepping down. there's a big merger of the at&t mobile merger that needs a fair, thorough and expeditious review. and i would hope that her stepping down doesn't delay that. i think we could get that done by the end of the year. in a fair, thorough manner. but i've been in a dialogue with chirm general kowske about making sure with chairman genowokowski. both republicans and democrats, the way they've conducted themselves in taking too long or position that have nothing to do with the substance of the merger itself. so congress could look at that, there could be a statutory provision, certainly. but the best thing to do would be for the f.c.c. to honor its own 180-day shot clock. >> we do from time to time work with the f.c.c. on merger reviews. think from our perspective, you don't deserve a particular outcome but you do deserve a sort of speedy resolution. sometimes it takes a little longer with documents. but tha

if that happened he broke the law and the f.c.c. should look at that and say that the twenty four stations he owns there cover forty percent of united states he should not be allowed license of a news corp's license it should be revoked i don't ask kevin to define what he means by brought up a little more carefully because that sounds slightly as though he's overstating it what some of rupert murdoch's british newspapers have been accused of doing is paying the police the story the story is giving them tips in return for tip offs and i think that is absolutely demick within any tabloid newspaper culture in virtually every country in the world. now before. being transferred to the hague where he'll appear before the international crimes tribunal there will be. standing in the early ninety's due to start conflicts including the massacre of over two hundred civilians taken from a hospital in the city of. head of the traditional friday and now this is ailing mother belgrade now who cleared the way for the country's entry into the. disas

first because of your open letter here i took a look at some of the button laws and bylaws of the f.c.c. and they basically their job is to make sure how the airwaves are used and they have to ensure that they're used by people of quote good character who serve the public interest and speak with candor so does murdoch's television empire at least have any.

the you have c c would would renew those licenses you know there's there's a standard in getting an f.c.c. license that you have to be of good character the license holder has to be of good character now you know there has been a lot of push from some organizations who are ideologically opposed to fox news on principle to say let's get those license let's take those licenses you know there are twenty eight stations and twenty eight locations and each one of them is subject to a challenge at some point. and they're saying let's get this investigation let's get convictions well actually you don't need convictions it's just a matter of good character and if the organization is in fact investigating people outside the law using extra legal means to look at their records look at their phones look at their e-mails that sort of thing if that's true i think that would be a very very tough thing for the f.c.c. to rubberstamp it's very interesting although fox news being on cable systems doesn't require us to see if that's that's correct so this is just me first television station rush is. probably

the kirk amendment would prohibit the f.c.c. from restricting participation -- would restrict participants in any auction and from proscribing certain rates and terms and services that may be offered by bidders in order to encourage the most robust participation and license bidding. to avoid future devaluation of spectrum licenses, the amendment would also prohibit the f.c.c. from changing the rules of the game after an auction was completed. now, by simply selling spectrum voluntarily given up by broadcasters is not enough to solve our credit crunch. we know that wireless subscribership in the united states has increased more than 400% in the last 15 years and experts expect mobile data traffic to be 35 times higher in 2014 than it was just back in 2009. yet only 22% of all viable wireless frequencies are licensed for mobile broadband. industry experts anticipate spectrum will be exhausted in the most populous markets by 2014. such -- such a restriction then would stunt wireless and other technological development in the united

can't speak for them but from what i know, it's basically the frequency that's given to us by the f.c.c. for that distance. >> and then when you finally -- and these antennas, i assume, are going to suffice for when you actually move into l.t.e.? >> exactly. we're building for capacity for l.t.e. >> all right. because it just seems like in my mind i thought you were covering 10-12 blocks at a shot, you know. and i know we've gotten other requests from sprint and others and they've been restricted. >> there are areas in the sun set where for us on a grade we can reach much further but we're still pretty much restricted by building heights especially in san francisco with hills. >> ok. thank you. president olague: commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: i am supportive but stheefed email i think from one of the residents from the building you're putting them on. and i did respond and unfortunately wasn't able to be at the hearing to understand there are not the risks he attributes to, you know, the antennas, i'm not sure exactly where his unit is but i'm supportive and certainly can

has been trying to overturn section 11 on 06 of the f.c.c. transportation code.t section forbids taxi companies from charging taxi drivers a fee fort redemption of credit card charges. but the way that the m.t.a. has decided to approach this issue is to shift the burden of credit card charges to the actual drivers, and i think that that is having many -- will have many unintended consequences, one of which, in my estimation, will negatively impact not only the drivers, but also the ridership. i certainly have had my experience where it's been difficult at times to get a driver to actually take credit cards and by shifting this burden to them, you're talking about creating a situation where there will be a reluctance to take certain riders, because now they're going to have to pay that extra fee. that's not a good thing for the residents of san francisco. i also don't think that it's a good idea to impose this added burden on taxi drivers when, if you look at what's happened to them in the last few years, there hasn't been a fair increase in more than 8 1/2 years,

thousand dollars worth of bribes to the london police if that happened he followed the law and the f.c.c. should look at that and say that the twenty four stations he owns that cover forty percent of united states he should not be allowed a license of a news corp's license it should be revoked i don't ask kevin to define what he means by bribe a little more carefully because that sounds slightly as though he's overstating it what some of rupert murdoch's british newspapers have been accused of doing is paying the police the story for stories giving them tips in return for tip offs and i think that is absolutely in demick within any tabloid newspaper culture in virtually any country in the world. serbia's lost war crime suspects go around hundreds he's been transferred to the hague way pay before the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia belgrade hopes his extradition will clear the way for the country's entrance into you as artie's sara first reports the serbs on the longest shore they'll find safe haven within the usa. the last of the war crimes suspects wanted by th

or thousands of dollars worth of bribes to the london police if that happened while the law and the f.c.c. should look at that and say that the twenty four stations yawns or cover forty percent united states he should not be allowed license of a news corp's license it should be revoked i don't ask kevin to define what he means by brought up a little more carefully because that sounds slightly as though he's overstating what some of rupert murdoch's british newspapers have been accused of doing is paying the police the story the story is giving them tips in return for tip offs and i think that is absolutely intimate with any tabloid newspaper culture in virtually any country in the world. serbia is extraditing its last war crimes suspect. that should fulfill the final conditions needed open membership talks with you however some experts view the process of joining me with an never ending saga. like situations states many serbs doubt that their country wants to join the block. in belgrade. the last of the war crime suspects wanted by the un is heading for hate it's seen by many as the last

first because of your open letter here i took a look at some of the button laws and bylaws of the f.c.c. and they basically their job is to make sure how the airwaves are used and they have to ensure that they're used by people of quote good care.