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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, it's going to increase costs. it's 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 to put the spies into news rooms is the communications act, section 257 directs them to identify a...

Able to have free thinking in their news room if there's 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. i'm sure we'll 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 can't believe it's one person, not one person can go out and hire someone and spend the money. this was an idea that's gone through dif...

It doesn't cost a dime. you have to have access to a computer terminal. >> this is a multimedia study. they are saying it's critical information needs. there again, so subjective. what will the commission do with the information, how will they utilize it? again, it's 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 monitor into it. i can't, i don't know any news organizations that would. what are you going to do...

Into the news room. >> that's 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? he's trying to amend the questions. does he have a back off and think it's a bad idea? >> the chairman wasn't leading the agency when it was designed. >> does he have the power to say no? >> he does. i'm hopeful they will embrace the basic principle that the government has no place in the news room. >> thank you. your op-ed has been very helpful, you know, to the first amendment. thank you, sir. >> thank you for having me. >...

Choices. they can go to cable news or newspapers. given the choices and people providing it, there's no reason for the fcc to inject itself. >> do you see this as the government attempting to pressure news organizations? >> i'm 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 it's voluntary if you have to answer the questions in this study. >> it's not the fcc doing it. they hired out...