The FCC's Martin under fire

FCC Chairboy, Kevin Martin has been coming under increased fire for his management style and decision making procedures. But it doesn't look like Martin will take any hits from his enemies without hitting back. Now the House Energy and Commerce committee has launched an investigation into whether or not under Martin, the agency has been fair and transparent when coming up with regulations. In other words they want to see if Martin's firm stand to ease media ownership restrictions was benefiting anyone specific, like, you know some big media exec or anyone else other than who he claimed would benefit. "The practices at the commission I run are very similar to how the commission has been managed under previous Republican and Democratic commissioners and chairmen," Martin, a Republican, told reporters after speaking to the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's and Citizenship Education Fund's Wall Street Project economic summit in New York. FCC chairman defends commission practices [Reuters]