The FCC’s Media Bureau, with the backing of its Democratic chair, is at odds with the Biden administration's efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion said Cedric Richmond, senior adviser to the Democratic National Committee and former senior adviser to President Joe Biden.
In an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun Wednesday (March 29), Richmond lambasted the Federal Communications Commission for designating Standard General’s $8.6 billion acquisiton of station group Tegna for hearing, saying that to do so was "cav[ing] to special interests who have sought to pit minority groups against each other in an effort to block one of the biggest opportunities in history to advance media ownership diversity in our country."
