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Being put on hold, that doesnt sound terribly comforting to certainly owners of newsrooms and media organizations across the country. what can you tell us what might happen if it does come back? >> so, part of the reason why i was supportive of the study getting suspended is that the fcc made clear that neither this study nor future study would involve asking anyone, media owners, news directors or journalists about the news philosophy or anything to do with editorial judgment. just like a baseb...

Coming back and saying he is going to do it yet again. so my bill will be filed this morning. then we have been on the critical information needs study. weve already written the fcc. weve asked them to retract or pull this back. martha: this is right in your wheelhouse. youve done a lot of work on it. congresswoman, thank you very much. see you next time. >> good to be with you. thank you. martha: you too. eric: martha, a delta iv rocket thundering into space. >> liftoff of the delta viv rocket....

Remember, it hasnt been enacted yet, and do you think it may never be? >> well see. the commissioner who was on greta van susteren last night brought this to light with a "wall street journal" column and doing media appearances. maybe this will put pressure and fcc chair said he is going to amend some of the study. it hasnt happened yet. it is just a field study that is supposed to happen this spring in south carolina. of course its voluntary although the fcc is a regulator so how voluntary coul...

Eric: this is really odd story from the lone star state a texas judge is cleared of all charges in a pretty bizarre assault case. his girlfriend claimed that he pushed her out of their moving car but the judges cell phone video apparently proves otherwise. take a look. >> stop it. no! no! eric: well the girlfriend also told the police that the judge hadked her and dangled her over the railing of a balcony. he says he was just trying to stop her from committing suicide. turns out that a grand jur...

Journalists report the news. a proposed fcc study would send researchers into newsrooms across this country to determine how producers decide which stories to cover. critics say that it is an attempt to regulate news content and they want it scrapped. >> im not sure what the intent hyped it is but what i can tell you is a lot of folks that i have heard from the industry are telling me that they are worried about the inadvertent coercion might happen if the fcc says look, were just asking questio...

Is typical of this administration. they say one thing and do another. and this multimarket, critical information needs study where theyre going to go into newsrooms and ask eight questions. martha, it is all about controlling content and then being able to prioritize that content as it moves across the airwaves and across the internet. and charles krauthamer is exactly right on this. people should be frightened and fearful of what they are trying to do because the fcc is trying not only to contr...