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Stanford Law & Policy Review
"Does Local News Measure Up?" will be published in Vol. 18 of the Stanford Law & Policy Review in Spring 2007. The authors of the report are Erica Franklin Fowler, Kenneth Goldstein, Matthew Hale and Martin Kaplan.
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October 3, 2006 FCC Testimony
Lear Center Director Martin Kaplan testified at the FCC Media Ownership Hearing at the University of Southern California on October 3, 2006. Listen to the Webcast. Read Commissioner Adelstein's statement.
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2006 FCC Testimony
Lear Center Director Martin Kaplan testified at the FCC Media Ownership Hearing on August 31, 2006, in Los Angeles.
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Spanish
Language TV Coverage of the 2004 Campaigns
This
report contains the results of the most extensive study ever conducted
of English and Spanish language network and local news coverage over
the course of a campaign. The study examined a total of 424 network
news election stories and 2,724 local news election stories. Read
the press release.
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Final Report --
Local TV Coverage of the 2004 Elections:
This
Final Report on English-language local TV coverage summarizes findings
from a study of 44 television stations in 11 markets during the 2004
general election campaign. Read
the press release.
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Localism in Broadcast Reform Act of 2005 – February 15, 2005
Senator
McCain cited Lear Center research when he introduced a bill to shorten
the term of broadcasting licenses from 8 to 3 years. Read
the bill.
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Senator
John McCain Press Conference – February 15, 2005
Senator
McCain held a press conference to announce new findings from the Lear
Center Local News Archive. Last summer, Senator McCain and FCC Chairman
Michael Powell challenged broadcasters to provide coverage of the
political issues facing communities, candidates' campaign platforms
and candidate debates. The study reveals, as a whole, how broadcasters
responded to that challenge. Read
Principal Investigator Martin Kaplan’s remarks.
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Statement by Commissioner Adelstein – February 15, 2005
FCC
Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein delivered this statement about the
2004 Lear Center Local News Archive report.
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Public Interest Obligations: Assessing
Broadcasters’ Performance and the Need for New Standards --
February 16, 2005
LCLNA
Principal Investigator Martin Kaplan presents his latest findings
on broadcaster performance in the 2004 elections at a press conference
at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
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Statement by Commissioner Adelstein
– February 10, 2005
FCC
Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein cites LCLNA 2004 research report in
his statement regarding the carriage of digital television broadcast
signals.
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NOW
with Bill Moyers features LCLNA report:
The
Lear Center's Martin Kaplan was interviewed by David Brancaccio on
Friday, July 23, 2004.
Watch
the segment.
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2004
FCC Testimony:
Lear
Center Director Martin Kaplan testified before the Federal Communications
Commission's Localism Task Force on July 21, 2004, in Monterey.
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John
McCain and Michael Powell letter:
On
June 15, 2004, the Lear Center's 2002 report was cited in a letter
to the heads of all the broadcast networks from the Chair of the Senate
Commerce Committee and the FCC Chairman.
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Congressional
Testimony by Gloria Tristani:
On
June 2, 2004, Former FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani cites our 2002
report as she urges Congress to demand that the FCC define public
interest in digital broadcasting.
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Local
TV Coverage of the 2002 Elections:
This
report includes the findings from our unprecedented nationwide exploration
of how local television stations cover politics.
Read
the press release.