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"I'm ill about the position that America is in and that we have to look at a $700 billion bailout. At the same time we know that inaction is not an option and as Senator McCain has said unless this nearly trillion-dollar bailout is what it may end up to be, unless there are amendments in Paulson's proposal, really I don't believe that Americans are going to support this and we will not support this," Palin said in the interview. Couric pressed Palin on examples of how McCain, a 26-year congressional veteran, had led the charge for more oversight. The...

FCC Getting Hip With The Present Dan Ackman, 05.13.03, 9:15 AM ET More From Dan Ackman     The new cross-ownership rules being floated by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission have been in the works for at least two years now, but the reality in which they operate has been changing for a lot longer than that. The result: many more voices, even if the loudest voices all tend to say the same thing. The new regulations, which have not been made public but which have been leaked to the media, would allow companies to own combinations of newspapers and...