FCC Chair Michael Powell announced his resignation yesterday, effective in March of this year. In addition to reporting on the event, the Journal ran a poll on the Chairman’s tenure:
Source: WSJ Poll
Surprisingly, the typically conservative WSJ readers overwhelmingly gave the deregulator turned crusading moralist an "F." 39% of the over 1000 voters gave the Chairman a failing grade –twice as many who gave him an "A." (My own vote is visible at bottom of graphic).
Sources:
FCC Chairman Powell To Step Down in March
WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE NEWS ROUNDUP
January 21, 2005 6:56 p.m
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110631769793032567,00.html
WSJ Poll
http://discussions.wsj.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=wsjvoices&tid=3404&vote=5&submit=Vote