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Chairman wheeler on this issue. you know, this is $1 million they are paying for this study and telling us, if there are changes that have to be made, its going to increase costs. its going to cost the taxpayers more money. not only are we infringing on americans rights as a country and the ability for free speech, but we are actually making the taxpayers pay for it as well. >> in a letter from the fcc to the chairman upton, one of the justifications or the justification for spending this money ...

Able to have free thinking in their news room if theres someone doing the study in the news room listening? you can see the influence. >> what are you going to do? >> what we are going to do, we started with a letter to the chairman. im sure well have subcommittee hearings after this. this is a very important issue and one the american people need us to address. >> i hope you ask for heads. this is not just a little problem. this has gone through the fcc. i cant believe its one person, not one p...

It doesnt cost a dime. you have to have access to a computer terminal. >> this is a multimedia study. they are saying its critical information needs. there again, so subjective. what will the commission do with the information, how will they utilize it? again, its the commission that licenses broadcasting. you know, this is something that could be potentially dangerous for america. this is just the freedom doctrine 2.0. >> i would expect that no news room in this country would let a government m...

Into the news room. >> thats right. they are hiring them to do the study. >> in the conversation with them, does he think, what was i thinking when i thought it was okay? hes trying to amend the questions. does he have a back off and think its a bad idea? >> the chairman wasnt leading the agency when it was designed. >> does he have the power to say no? >> he does. im hopeful they will embrace the basic principle that the government has no place in the news room. >> thank you. your op-ed has bee...

Choices. they can go to cable news or newspapers. given the choices and people providing it, theres no reason for the fcc to inject itself. >> do you see this as the government attempting to pressure news organizations? >> im not sure the intent. a lot of folks i have heard from in the industry are telling me that they are worried about the inadvertent coercion that might happen if they are just asking questions. if you are holding a broadcast license, you are not going to feel like its voluntar...

The first place. so, you know, i suppose its great the commissioner now, after everyone is raining on its parade. who thought it was okay to send monitors into news rooms? >> it was adopted under previous leadership. the reaction you have is similar to others in america. government doesnt have a place in the news room. what stories to cover and how to cover them. especially in the marketplace as competitive as this one. they dont need the government over their shoulders. the study hasnt yet star...

Push this idea they are going to bring the fairness doctrine back. everybody goes crazy. >> a thing called a constitution, right? >> we should clarify, as i understand it, this is a study that doesnt want to walk into your news room, it wants to walk into fox 5 here in washington, fox 11, the local tv broadcast stations. not cnn and msnbc. >> theres a lot more muscle in the big, national organizations. the smaller networks, the affiliates, they may not stand-up to the government as much as we wo...

Study? what information are we going to gain with it and what will happen with the results in the end? i believe so strongly in the first amendment. this is one more attempt by the obama administration to trample on the constitution. >> you know, i cant figure, its one thing for one person to come up with a stupid idea, maybe the one person whose never heard of the first amendment and the importance of freedom of press, but it has to go through several layers before we get it out to a contractor...