Rini Calls for More Transparency in FCC Media Ownership Review

Robert Rini was quoted in the July 18 edition of Communications Daily about the FCC’s Media Ownership Review

"Several industry officials said they fear that politics plays a role in this and all other quadrennial reviews, as the potential for deregulation attracts widespread public and legislative scrutiny. 'Processes get held hostage by political objectives,' said broadcast lawyer Robert Rini of Rini Coran. 'So I remain confident that if the process is allowed to move forward by the way that is allowed by the law' under the Telecom Act, the outcome will be a good one, he added. For the current review, 'there’s not enough transparency, despite all the rhetoric in favor of transparency, which really creates its own irony,' Rini said. 'Why doesn’t the FCC publish notes of its internal meetings? Why don’t we see drafts of rules? There are a lot of things the FCC could do to open up the process to more public comment.'" 

The Commission’s 2010 Quadrennial Regulatory Review of its ownership rules is underway.