This Year's Marxist Economics

[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: Robert Corn-Revere]
[Commentary] The FCC's “Further Report” on cable à la carte pricing should be seen for what it is: a piece of advocacy, not reasoned policymaking. This complete reversal of the FCC's position within one year of the agency's original report to Congress is unprecedented. It ignores prior studies of the issue, including those by the Government Accountability Office, and it seriously misstates the record the FCC has previously assembled. The report's lack of substance likely doesn't matter, since it may already have served its purpose. Announcing the redo helped FCC Chairman Kevin Martin pressure major operators into creating family-programming tiers. The report also led the usual array of pro-regulation advocates to crow about the reversal and to demand a legislative response. Serious policymakers should demand more: a real study instead of a stratagem.
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