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GREAT BLACK HOPE?
Is FCC Chairman
Michael K. Powell, the son
of Secretary of State
Gen. Colin Powell, being
groomed by the GOP to
become AmericaTs first
Black president ? _
With the Republican Party
plan to design its ideal
up-and-comer in a Gattaca-
style genetics lab, the result
would look and sound a lot
like Michael K. Powell. A
scion of Beltway royalty,
Secretary of State Gen.
Colin PowellTs only son is
that rarest of political gems--
-a Black Republican diehard
free of the kooky far-right
vibes that dog Alan Keyes
and JC Watts. John McCain
loves him, as do a number of
starstruck Democrats bé-
witched by his lineage and
smarts. For many, the junior
Powell seems a younger and
brighter version of George
W. Bush.
Unlike Bush, however,
Powell has not squandered
his youthful ambition on
failed oil derricks and Texas
keggers. At the tender age
of 38, he is the new chair-
man of the Federal
Communications
Commission, the five-person
panel that lords over Big
Media and the Baby Bells.
Rep. Ed Markey, a
Massachusettes Democrat,
made light of his wonkish
might in March, at PowellTs
first Capitol Hill appearance
as head of the FCC.
oPeople are always asking
me to compare you to your
father,? Markey said.
oWhat | always tell them is
you're just as smart as your
father, but you have a lot
Attacks resume
on Black leaders
by: Cash Michaels
Tri - state Defender
For several weeks after
Rep. President George W.
Bush assumed office in
January. Black leadership
fell under blistering attack
from the conservative right,
\who hoped not only to
diminish the stature of fig-
ures like the Rev. Al
iat
more power to affect the
world.?
If insiders are right, the
FCC gig may be only a
stepping stone.
touting Powell as a Virginia
congressman or governor,
maybe even as Bush cabinet
member. And if he bides his
time and plays his cards
Some are
~ AUGUST 3 - AUGUST 13, 2001.
tions industry.
Last week, aghast at the
FCCTs recent handiwork,
South Carolina Democratic
senator Ernest Hollings ac-
cused Powell of fostering
oan erosion of diversity in
our local markets.? Hollings
has introduced legislation to
stop the slash-and-burn jug-
eos
The decision could pave
the way for the sale of BNC
to AOL Time Warner, or----
if the rule is relaxed still
- further---to
Viacom. " In
June, Viacom president Mel
Karmazin announced he
owould absolutely love? to
purchase his broadcast rival,
a deal that would make the
(Staff Photo) "
Tight, he could well become
Voice Newspaper cameras,
gernaut, but few expect his
ia ee
FCC CHAIRMAN & SECRETARY OF STATE'S SON......Striking a pose for The 'MT
the head of the FCC and the only son of the Secreta
of State General Colin Powell....Chairman Michael K. Powell. Publisher and CE
of WOOW, WTOW, & The M' Voice NewspaperT Jim Rouse met with the FCC
Chairman earlier this yéar at a NCAB meeting in Washington, DC.
aaa mmmnetiee
worldTs third largest media
the first African American
president.
PowellTs actions as FCC
Chairman have made his
pro-business, consumer-be-
damned politics more than
evident. In an administra-
tion bent on rolling back .
regulations, Powll is the
consummate good solider,
zealously blasting decades-
old rules to the delight of the
$950 billion communica-
Sharpton and Kwesi Mfume,
president/CEO, NAACP, but
even put otroublemakers?
like the Rev. Jesse Jackson
completely out of business.
While the FOX News
Channet and otehr conserva-
tive media took dead aim at
JacksonTs " out-of-wedlock
extramartial affair, conserva-
tive activist David Horowitz
sparked a national firestorm
on college campuses declar-
ing that itTs Blacks, not
Pastor of St. Paul's Chureh, Taboro,
Shown outside WCPS studios is Rev.G
discussing the issues concerning the
we Terry,
own of
Princeville with NAACP former Pres. Crystal Moye.
They want to encourage all kids to
Ms DRUGS: rag seek GOD and
he
(Photo by Jim Rouse).
bill----designed to protect
caps on market dominance---
to ever become law.
Communications conglom-
erates, by contrast, are rap-
turous over PowellTs quick
success in defanging the
FCC. They re-joined when
he coaxed the commission
into relaxing its long works,
clearing the way for Viacom
to retain UPN even after it
bought CBS.
Whites, who should pay
reparations for slavery.
The oBush Black Plan,? as
it was coined back in March
got the president to bond
with what little conservative
Black leadership there was,
giving them stature and ac-
cess, and then, link arms
with as many of the Black
clergy as possible, using the
promise of federal \dollars to
help their programs as the
lure.
Coupled with his quick
successes out the gate on
education and tax reform,
and high-level appointments
of Gen. Colin Powell and
Dr. Condoleeza Rice to his
conglomerate (200 reve-
nues: $ 20 billion) an even
more pervasive presence. In
the name of free-market
efficiency, Powell has also
expedited dozens of merger
reviews, including the $29
billion marriage of
VoiceStream and Germany's
Deutsche Telekom.
He quickly pushed through
32 radio deals in March,
claiming that ofurther delay
administration, Bush seemed
to be untouchable for a
while. oIf one thing is cer-
tain as the victorious GOP
contemplates world domina-
tion,? Debra Dickerson, a
senior fellow at the new
American Foundation wrote
in the Washington Post in
March, oitTs that the concept
of racism must be gnawed to
jabberwockian meaningless-
ness when uttered by a
minority.?
Regarding Bush efforts to
oreplace? established Black
leadership with his desig-
nated group, Dickerson con-
tinued, o By patting them on
the head, and_affixing spit-
sticky gold stars to their
You Read Is What You Know And Save.
is neither warranted nor
just.? Among the big win-.
ners was San Antonio-based.
Clear . Channel
Communications, the na-
tionTs largest radio group, .
which added seven more
properties to its. 1200-station
empire. As SalonTs. Eric
Boehlert reported in April ,
Clear Channel already con-
trols 60% of the countryTs
rock-format stations.
Outgoing FCC
At the same time, Powell
has been an outspoken critic
of . providing low-power
radio licenses to community
or religious groups, citing
the ocost....to existing sta-
tions that provide equally
valuable service to their
communities.? He did not
elaborate on how one of
Clear ChannelTs vanilla Top
40 outlets can provide serv-
ice on a par with that of an
independent, or how a sta-
tion relegated to the FM
dialTs nether regions could
possibly harm the bottom
line of a Dave Matthews
-playing titan.
PowellTs laissez-faire
machinations could be more
easily forgiven if not for his
flip dismissals of the FCCTs
role in helping customers---
as the agencyTs handbook
notes, its mission is to
protect the publicTs obest
interests?. At a recent
American Bar Association
panel, however, Powell
curtly pooh-poohed the no- *
tion of a public-interest stan- -
dard, calling it
* about as empty a vessel
as you can accord a regula- ~
tory agency.? :
The statement was in line -
with an earlier quip, in
BLOCK LEQDERS UNDER ATTACK
foreheads, the GOP is gam-
bling that those so rewarded
won't notice theyTve been
promoted to mere credits to
their race. o
But then the mistakes
began---the biggest being
the powershift of the US
Senate to the Democrats,
thanks to BushTs disregard
for then Republican
Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords,
who switched to independ-
ent and now, six months
after heTs taken office, the
president is fighting several
negative perceptions " that
promise to cripple his first
year, and maybe his presi-
oc ie.
Tarboro, NC.i.Shown abo
that erupted in the town of Princeville. Posing is Brother Na'im K. Akbar,
Mohammad, Sheriff Knight at St, Paul's Church in Tarboro attendT 3
, Clark. Na'im Akbar abu up in Princeville, and runs a
"Black folks need to
violence. "
he
ve are Brothers that care
A a
program in
m to work together and not against each other to
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