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The Hill: GOP investigating FCC media controversy

Rep. Greg Walden, the Energy and Commerce subcommittee chairman for Communications and Technology, worries that the FCC's recent decision to pull a controversial study on how newsrooms decide which stories to report won't be the end of the matter.

"I think we caught them on this one. They were well down the path before we got wind of it. They'd already hired the firm, they'd already begun the process, they'd already picked the market," the Oregon Republican said.

Walden said he intends to pursue answers to several outstanding questions involving the "Critical Information Needs" (CIN) study.

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