Noteworthy quotes of the week

"What I worry about is that all of the rules will be eliminated — not by us, but a judicial regime. If you don’t do surgery on this patient, it is going to die. Free over-the-air TV is going to die. The rules are going to die." --FCC Chairman Michael Powell

“Is it the job of the FCC to make sure every big television network in this country makes a lot of money? I think our first job is to make sure the American people get a diversity of viewpoints.”--FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein