"There is no way you can appease the people that say there is a net neutrality problem. It’s a fetish. It’s really something that doesn't exist."
-- Sen Ted Stevens
"As far as I can tell, we're the only country on the face of God's green earth that doesn't have a broadband strategy."
-- FCC Commissioner Michael Copps
http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=14328
STEVENS STILL PUSHING ON FRANCHISE REFORM
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
MARKEY QUESTIONS CAPTIONING EXEMPTIONS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
DEMS DEMAND PROBE OF 'SUPPRESSED' STUDIES
[SOURCE: TVNewsday]
CPB NOMINEES PRAISE PUBLIC BROADCASTING
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
CREATIVE VOICES: FCC INDECENCY CRACKDOWN HARMS CHILDREN
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
STAY "FLEETING EXPLETIVES" ENFORCEMENT, SAYS MEDIA INSTITUTE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
TV WATCH: PARENTS ARE THE BEST REGULATORS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
TV Watch, the broadcasting industry-backed effort to push parental over governmental control of content, asked the FCC to throw out its "constitutionally suspect approach to indecency enforcement." It said that government should not be controlling TV programming and that "parents, not special interest organizations or the government, should decide what is okay for their families to watch."
CDT CAUTIONS AGAINST DRAMATIC EXPANSION OF INDECENCY RULES
[SOURCE: Center for Democracy and Technology]
CDT urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to allow a small but vocal minority that is offended by certain content to limit the ability of adults to view material that is perfectly lawful and worthwhile. In comments submitted Thursday, CDT pointed out that the same types of voluntary parental control tools that help to protect kids from inappropriate material online are increasingly available to parents in the broadcast context.
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