Minority Media & Telecom Council (MMTC) will focus on FCC rulemak...

Minority Media & Telecom Council (MMTC) will focus on FCC rulemaking on broadcast and cable EEO rules in wake of Supreme Court decision not to hear appeal of lower court invalidation of rules (CD Nov 29 p11, March 23 p3), MMTC Exec. Dir. David Honig said: “This is not the end of the world, there is still another fight to be fought.” Court didn’t provide any explanation for decision to deny certiorari for appeal, which was announced day after Martin Luther King holiday. Honig said he didn’t expect court decision to have any effect on FCC rulemaking (CD Dec 13 p4), since Commission and govt. had argued court should hear case and uphold EEO rules. Denial of certiorari wasn’t surprise, Honig said, since Supreme Court hears only about 1% of all appeals submitted to it. Minority groups’ goal in rulemaking, he said, will be to get best rules it can and convince FCC to do best possible enforcement. Comments are due March 11.