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Submitted: March 16, 2007 - 8:17am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 6:17am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 6:17am
NAACP OPPOSES A LA CARTE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has written FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and the other commissioners registering their opposition to a la carte cable pricing. Saying many of its constituents live in communities affected by violence, NAACP Director Hilary Shelton said the FCC needed to review the "negative impact of dramatically reducing the diversity of cable and satellite programs targeting racial and ethnic minorities."
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