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The Federal Communications Commission is under pressure to scrutinise more closely Rupert Murdoch's dollars 5.6 billion plan to buy The Wall Street Journal.

In a letter to the chairman, Kevin Martin, Michael Copps, the FCC's senior Democrat member, has called for a special investigation into the proposal.

The FCC's cross-ownership rule bars owners of a TV station in a market from buying a local newspaper. However, Murdoch's News Corporation ...

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