Documents detailing the commission's plan to impose conditions on the ATT/MediaOne merger were leaked to lobbyists and the Wall Street Journal.(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, July, 2000

FCC Chairman William Kennard last week said he has asked the agency's inspector general to investigate how documents detailing the commission's plan to impose conditions on the ATT/MediaOne merger were leaked to lobbyists and the Wall Street Journal before the decision was officially released "That just shouldn't happen," he told reporters.

"That was sensitive market information, and [the leak] violates our rules."

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