Committee Questions Martin; Boxer Introduces ‘Suppressed’ Report

During his renomination hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin was grilled about media ownership, telephony issues and EAS.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., pulled out a report she said had been suppressed by the commission; it concludes that locally-owned TV stations produce more local news than do non-locally-owned facilities.
Martin noted that he was not the chairman in 2004, when the report was written, and that he had not seen it.