That's a bit misleading. There's 5 Commissioners. Commissioner Copps may or may not be the sole dissenting opinion. For him to suggest it's because of media consolidation run amok is disengenious and a weak argument because it was the FCC under the Clinton administraion that opened the door for consolidation, yet these Commissioners haven't done a thing about it except make statements on the issue. Don't misunderstand me, I like Micheal Powell. I just think he's made plenty of missteps as FCC Chairman.
I agree, it's quite misleading. Apparently Drudge's hits have been down about a million per day and I think he's reaching. There is no way Copps (I say, did you know he worked for Sen. Hollings?) can make this call on his own. However, we certainly know where he stands on the issue.