FCC to investigate destroyed report

The Federal Communications Commission will investigate the destruction of one of its reports which indicated locally-owned television stations, have on average five and half more minutes of local news per half hour than stations owned by companies from outside the viewing area.
The reports were initially ordered by former FCC Chairman Michael Powell during the push to eliminate the rule barring ownership of multiple television stations in one market by one company. That report was never released after its findings did not show the results that had been anticipated.
A copy was leaked to Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, who has pushed for the investigation.