Court Says FCC Ignored Hard Data In Rush To Help Media Companies

The FCC’s multi-year effort to kill media consolidation rules at the behest of giants like Sinclair Broadcasting has been rejected by the courts, who ruled the agency failed to seriously consider the negative impact unchecked media monopolies have on the public at large. Motherboard reports: In a 2-1 new ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit forced the…