It’s not been a good week for federal agencies

fcc.GIFFirst, it was the dubious decision of the Federal Trade Commission to sue to enjoin the proposed merger between natural foods grocers Whole Foods Markets and Wild Oats Markets.
Then, as this Daniel Drezner post notes, Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin chose a rather interesting way to criticize the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision this week striking down the FCC’s policy governing “fleeting expletives” on television.
So it goes in the wacky world of governmental regulation.

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