Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC
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Case heard and adjudicated by the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in 2004. Majority ruled 2-1 to throw out the FCC's attempt to raise the limits of cross-ownership of media. [1] The majority ruled that a "diversity index" used by the FCC to weigh cross-ownership (of radio, television and newspapers) employed several "irrational assumptions and inconsistencies." Dissent by Chief Judge Anthony Joseph Scirica noted that the majority were simply employing their own assumptions.
Supreme Court later turned down an appeal, so the decision stands. FCC ordered to reconfigure how it justifies raising ownership limits.
