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AdWeek has the details of the story we told you about back on December 10. The Wheeler administration is backing away from a study after Republicans criticized the commission for, "encroaching into editorial decisions and content at TV stations." The Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs was said to be a way to figure out how to lower entry barriers for minorities in broadcasting. Some felt it was a way for the Commission to bring back the Fairness Doctrine. Earlier this week, even Commissioner Ajit Pai showed his opposition to the study, writing a piece in the Wall Street Journal that said, "The government has no place pressuring media organizations into covering certain stories."
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