For upcoming media policy events, see http://www.benton.org/calendar.htm
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
A Better Communications System for Emergency Workers
Bills Would Boost Emergency Communications Funds
What Are the Lessons of Katrina?
A Paper Without a City
Rebuilt New Orleans Could be Cutting Edge
Keep the Light on Injustice
BROADCASTING/CABLE
Despite Katrina, Industry Expects Action On Digital TV Transition
FCC Urges Multicast Must-Carry =96- Sometimes
94 Cable Nets to Congress: No Multicast
Consumer Groups Criticize Recording Industry=92s New Attempt at=20
Content Controls
PBS Stations Elect Professional and Lay Directors to PBS Board of=
=20
Directors
TELECOM
Muni Nets can Work to Incumbents' Advantage
Phone Firms to Take On Internet Calling Rivals
Survey Explores Rural Youth Telecommunications Preferences
Telstra Stock Sale Could Be in Jeopardy Amid War of Words
QUICKLY -- What Journalism Could Learn from Advertising; Tech Firms Talking=
=20
Up 'Net Neutrality'; DeLay Chief of Staff Joining Time Warner; Murdoch=20
Shares =91Vision for Internet=92; Time for Supreme Court reality TV
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
A BETTER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY WORKERS
[Commentary] Katrina overwhelmed the nation's complex communications=20
system, raising serious questions about whether federal and local=20
governments need new powers to organize a rapid response by the wireless,=
=20
wire, cable, satellite, and broadcast industries. Moreover, it seems clear=
=20
that first responders ought to have a resilient, mobile wireless data=20
network that they can share. Fixing this is not difficult. There are some=
=20
concrete steps the United States can and should take. The important thing=
=20
to understand is that we know how to do this. The pieces to put together a=
=20
national emergency response system are well understood. They include WiFi=
=20
networks, dedicated spectrum for emergency responders, and standard=20
off-the-shelf technology that enables emergency responders to receive=20
pages, talk to each other, do simple text messaging, transmit photographs,=
=20
and retrieve maps. The basic task is straightforward: every single=20
emergency responder in the United States should be equipped with a simple=
=20
Emergency Transponder (ET) that can receive pages and allow at least voice=
=20
and text communications with other workers. We think such a device could be=
=20
built for as little as $150. It would be a trivial task for the government=
=20
to offer a rebate on the 3.2 million needed devices.
[SOURCE: Center for American Progress, AUTHOR: Reed E. Hundt and Carl Malam=
ud ]
http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=3DbiJRJ8OVF&b=3D1029179
BILLS WOULD BOOST EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FUNDS
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) plans to introduce an amendment today to the=20
Commerce-State-Justice appropriations bill mandating $15 billion for public=
=20
safety communications equipment over 3 years. The amendment will be offered=
=20
when the appropriations bill is on the floor. Sen Stabenow tried but failed=
=20
to get funding for emergency gear in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Homeland=20
Security Dept. appropriations bills. Last Friday, Sen Barbara Boxer (D-CA)=
=20
introduced a bill that would authorize
$300 million over 5 years for use by state and local agencies to improve or=
=20
replace communications systems. =93The need for interoperable communication=
s=20
has been apparent for over a decade now, but especially since the 2001=20
terrorist attacks,=94 Sen Boxer said in a statement: =93It is all the more=
=20
evident now in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.=94 These bills follow=
=20
calls last week for action on digital television transition bills to free=
=20
spectrum for emergency communications. =93Because of delays in the transiti=
on=20
to digital TV the =91date certain=92 deadline Congress set out in law=20
continues to slip,=94 said a letter to House Speaker Hastert (R-IL) from=20
House Minority Leader Pelosi (D-Cal.), House Commerce Committee Chmn.=20
Barton (R-Tex.), Commerce Ranking Member Dingell (D-Mich.), House Telecom=
=20
Subcommittee Chmn. Upton (R-Mich.) and Telecom Subcommittee Ranking Member=
=20
Markey (D-Mass.). =93This spectrum was first promised to America=92s first=
=20
responders in 1997. After years of waiting, this simple step can clear the=
=20
much-needed spectrum for our first responders and instantly improve=20
response and recovery capabilities,=94 the letter said.
[SOURCE: Communications Daily, AUTHOR: Anne Veigle]
(Not available online)
See more on possible DTV legislation below.
WHAT ARE THE LESSONS OF KATRINA?
[Commentary] Lesson five is that the media play a central role. They and=20
the national weather services did a great job of warning Gulf Coast=20
residents that a big one was coming, enabling a million to flee. They were=
=20
at their best, as usual, covering the suffering and destruction. But then=
=20
they became involved in the political debate, as Republicans and Democrats=
=20
tried to outdo each other in assigning blame, with often spurious charges.=
=20
Mayor Nagin's wild estimate of 10,000 deaths was broadcast world-wide. The=
=20
death toll for all the Gulf Coast, when fully tallied, may be well below=20
1,000, judging from the numbers counted so far. The media, however, have a=
=20
natural tendency to make a big story sound even bigger than it is.=20
Politicians and bureaucrats know that the bigger the disaster, the more=20
money is likely to be showered on them. They are being proved right by the=
=20
$60 billion in federal aid envisioned so far. And global media coverage=20
arouses global compassion.
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: George Melloan]
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112657951035438991,00.html?mod=3Dtoda...
us_opinion
(requires subscription)
A PAPER WITHOUT A CITY
[Commentary] The destruction of New Orleans hasn't stopped the 168-year-old=
=20
Times Picayune from turning out some of the most urgent and personal=20
journalism in America. But there are many outstanding questions concerning=
=20
the paper's future: How does a hometown newspaper write about a city that=
=20
in effect, no longer exists? How long can a newspaper staff, effectively=20
homeless and running on fumes, continue to hold up? Where does a newspaper=
=20
turn for advertising revenue when the city it caters to all of a sudden has=
=20
neither businesses nor subscribers? Can a 168-year old paper, whose initial=
=20
cover price was a 6 1/4 cent Spanish coin, long survive after being reduced=
=20
to what amounts to the country's most tragic metro section? Answers will be=
=20
a while coming.
[SOURCE: AlterNet, AUTHOR: Paul McLeary, CJR Daily]
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/25372/
* Biloxi Newspaper Has Largest Press Run Ever
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_con...
t_id=3D1001096817
REBUILT NEW ORLEANS COULD BE CUTTING EDGE
Ugly as she was, Katrina may have given BellSouth a rare opportunity: the=
=20
chance to turn one of the oldest cities in the USA into a showcase for=20
21st-century communications. Assuming New Orleans rises again, a city=20
rebuilt from the ground up could boast the best voice, data and video=20
communications infrastructure in the nation, says Bill Smith, BellSouth's=
=20
chief technology officer. Wired with a state-of-the-art broadband network,=
=20
New Orleans could make vast improvements to health care, education and the=
=20
local emergency communications network. To turn New Orleans into a=20
state-of-the-art showcase, BellSouth would have to replace its 120-year-old=
=20
copper phone wire with sleek fiber-optic lines that have far more capacity.=
=20
Fiber offers mind-bending speeds on the Internet -- 100 megabits per second=
=20
or more. Copper delivers a fraction of that. But if BellSouth can recover=
=20
and repair existing infrastructure, it probably will.
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR: Leslie Cauley]
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2005-09-11-katrina-communic...
ons-edge_x.htm
KEEP THE LIGHT ON INJUSTICE
MediaChannel has launched a campaign asking readers to help press=20
journalists and news outlets to continue to: 1) Monitor the delivery of=20
relief efforts and funds, and tell us if they are getting to the people=20
most in need. How well are agencies like the Red Cross and the military=20
performing? How much of the money and goods donated are actually reaching=
=20
the victims? 2) Evaluate the process for reconstruction and renewal. The=
=20
people who are most affected must be included in the planning=20
efforts. Citizen journalism must be encouraged to help prevent more=20
injustice. 3) Determine whether the real victims will be compensated for=20
their loss and pain and suffering. 4) Investigate whether the foreign aid=
=20
coming into America is being well-spent. Which organizations, countries and=
=20
agencies are being turned away and why? Who is profiting from this=20
disaster? Let's find out now -- not in five years. 5) Assess who should be=
=20
held accountable. It is time to clean house of all the officials and=20
bureaucrats guilty of criminal neglect and complicity in this shameful=20
performance.
[SOURCE: MediaChannel.org]
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/934http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/934
BROADCASTING/CABLE
DESPITE KATRINA, INDUSTRY EXPECTS ACTION ON DIGITAL TV TRANSITION
Technology and telecommunications industry officials eager for a fixed date=
=20
for the transition to digital television voiced optimism that Congress=20
would act soon, despite uncertainty related to the recovery from Hurricane=
=20
Katrina. The digital TV language was set to be part of a so-called=20
reconciliation bill, designed to "reconcile" tax and spending initiatives=
=20
with the congressional budget resolution adopted earlier this year. Despite=
=20
some fears early last week that Katrina might sidetrack the budget=20
reconciliation process entirely, technology industry officials said that=20
their preferred route remains the plan by House Energy and Commerce=20
Chairman Joe Barton, R-Texas, to include DTV language in a reconciliation=
=20
bill now delayed until mid-October. Referring to the prospects for the DTV=
=20
transition measure, an aide to one Republican senator said: "I have no=20
doubt that it will happen. If it was neglected [by Senate leaders], many=20
members would be disappointed because many members see the DTV legislation=
=20
as Katrina legislation."
[SOURCE: Technology Daily, AUTHOR: Drew Clark]
http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb-XMLR1126554905334.html
Also see BILLS WOULD BOOST EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FUNDS above.
FCC URGES MULTICAST MUST-CARRY -- SOMETIMES
In a report sent to Congress last week, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and his=
=20
staff endorsed "multicast must-carry" in some situations. The report urged=
=20
Congress
to consider requiring cable carriage of TV stations=92 multiple digital TV=
=20
signals if rules are adopted that restrict the stations from bundling=20
sister cable networks in their retransmission consent negotiations. [Well,=
=20
heck, what's the financial rationale for being a multimedia conglomerate=20
then?] In that scenario, must-carry could help =93maintain a proper balance=
=94=20
between cable operators and broadcasters, the report on the Satellite Home=
=20
Viewer Extension & Reauthorization Act said. Broadcasters =93should be=20
granted full carriage rights for their digital broadcast signals, including=
=20
all free over-the-air digital multicast streams,=94 in cases where=20
=93broadcasters are limited in their ability to accept in-kind compensation=
,=94=20
the report said. Broadcasters, who support multicast must-carry, =93have=20
begun using their retransmission consent negotiations to negotiate carriage=
=20
of their digital signals,=94 the report said. In the same paragraph, it sai=
d=20
the FCC knows of cable industry concerns =93that retransmission consent=20
negotiations frequently involve broadcasters tying carriage of their=20
broadcast signals to carriage of numerous affiliated non-broadcast=20
programming networks.=94
[SOURCE: Communications Daily, AUTHOR: Jonathan Make; Adrianne Kroepsch]
(Not available online)
94 CABLE NETS TO CONGRESS: NO MULTICAST
Ninety-four cable programming networks on Monday asked Congress to deny=20
broadcasters' request that cable operators be forced to carry all digital=
=20
programs that TV stations broadcast. The plea -- from networks that provide=
=20
news and public affairs coverage, religious, Spanish-language and other=20
programming -- comes as Congress nears key votes on digital TV.
[SOURCE: MediaWeek, AUTHOR: Todd Shields]
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=3D100...
6781
See text of letter at:
http://www.ncta.com/press/press.cfm?PRid=3D627&showArticles=3Dok
CONSUMER GROUPS CRITICIZE RECORDING INDUSTRY'S NEW ATTEMPT AT CONTENT CONTR=
OLS
As the motion picture industry is trying to persuade lawmakers to resurrect=
=20
the Federal Communications Commission=92s =93broadcast flag=94 content cont=
rols=20
for digital TV, the recording industry is circulating on Capitol Hill a=20
draft resolution and =93fact sheet=94 on digital radio calling on Congress =
to=20
include as well content controls for digital radio. The FCC=92s TV=20
broadcast flag scheme was overturned by the U.S. Appeals Court for the=20
District of Columbia. Public Knowledge and Consumers Union called on=20
Congress to reject the entertainment industry=92s latest attempts to impose=
=20
content controls on digital entertainment. President Gigi B. Sohn said that=
=20
the recording industry =93should be ashamed=94 of its latest attempts to ha=
ve=20
government-sanctioned content controls on digital radio. By seeking content=
=20
controls for digital radio =93the recording industry is trying to take away=
=20
rights that consumers have had for decades.=94 She added: =93I am afraid th=
at=20
it is no coincidence that the industry=92s efforts are taking place at the=
=20
same time that Hollywood is trying to get Congress to codify the TV=20
broadcast flag. Sohn said that both the broadcast flag for digital TV and=
=20
prospective digital radio content controls are =93bad for innovation, bad f=
or=20
consumers and just bad policy.=94
[SOURCE: Public Knowledge Press Release]
http://www.publicknowledge.org/pressroom/releases/20050912-radioflag
PBS STATIONS ELECT PROFESSIONAL AND LAY DIRECTORS TO PBS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PBS President and CEO, announced the names of the PBS Board members who=20
were elected by PBS member stations in a nationwide vote that took place by=
=20
mail during the month of August. Thomas K. Williams, Alaska Tax Counsel, BP=
=20
Exploration (Alaska), Inc., has been elected to a four-year term as a Lay=
=20
Director representing KAKM/Anchorage. William F. Baker, current Board=20
member and President and CEO, Educational Broadcasting Corporation, and=20
Joseph Widoff, President and CEO, WHRO/Norfolk, Virginia, will each serve=
=20
three years as Professional Directors. Their respective terms will begin at=
=20
the Organizational Meeting of the PBS Board of Directors on October 25,=20
2005. The PBS Board of Directors is responsible for governing and setting=
=20
policy for PBS. The Board comprises 27 members: 13 professional members who=
=20
are member station leaders; nine lay members who represent member stations=
=20
but are not employed by a station; four general directors who are=20
representatives of licensees or the general public; and the PBS president.=
=20
Board members serve without pay. The membership of PBS elects the=20
professional and lay members. The general directors are elected by the=20
Board, which also appoints the President and Chief Executive Officer.
Bios for the new board members are available at the URL below.
[SOURCE: PBS Press Release]
http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20050909_boardelection.html
TELECOM
MUNI NETS CAN WORK TO INCUMBENTS' ADVANTAGE
Matt Davis, director of broadband access technologies for Yankee Group,=20
said Thursday in an Web conference called =93=94Like It or Not, Here Comes=
=20
Municipal Broadband,=94 that both telephone companies and cable companies=
=20
could benefit more from working with municipalities who plan to build=20
either fiber optic networks or broadband wireless networks. He thinks=20
telecos should be fighting for fiber build-out, thinking that telecos could=
=20
then offer branded video services over those networks at wholesale prices.=
=20
Cable operators, he offers, should fight for build-out of wireless networks=
=20
which then could be used to serve the small and mid-size businesses that=20
are currently underseved. To date, that advice is resonating more with=20
cable companies than with incumbent telcos.
[SOURCE: Telephony Online, AUTHOR: Carol Wilson]
http://telephonyonline.com/home/news/Yankee_municipal_networks_090905/
PHONE FIRMS TO TAKE ON INTERNET CALLING RIVALS
Traditional telephone companies are likely to fight back as eBay acquires=
=20
Skype Technologies and expands the reach of Internet phone service, experts=
=20
said yesterday. Many competitors will offer their own version of online=20
telephone technology, expand into broadband and television services, and=20
work to limit upstarts such as Skype through regulation. The free Internet=
=20
phone calls offered by Skype and others are "definitely a threat" to=20
traditional telephone companies, said Andy Belt, senior vice president at=
=20
consulting firm Adventis Corp. "If the future of the business is moving=20
toward an all-you-can-eat, download-for-free business model, obviously=20
that's not attractive at all for the Bells." The change in the competitive=
=20
landscape is by no means a death knell for the big phone companies, because=
=20
services like Skype depend on broadband Internet access that most Americans=
=20
can get through only phone and cable companies. Regular phone companies=20
will fight such threats by pushing for increased governmental oversight of=
=20
their online rivals, experts said. "There are people in Washington who are=
=20
experts in killing new companies," said Timothy Wu, a Columbia University=
=20
law professor who specializes in telecommunications. "The [Federal=20
Communications Commission] and others will have to stand firm."
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Yuki Noguchi and Arshad Mohammed]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR200509...
1683.html
(requires registration)
SURVEY EXPLORES RURAL YOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PREFERENCES
A survey by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA)=
=20
and the Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) shows rural youth are abandoning=
=20
traditional wireline services in favor of wireless ones. Fully two-thirds=
=20
(67%) of survey respondents indicated they currently have a cellular phone,=
=20
and utilize a variety of features on those wireless phones -- including=20
voice calling, text messaging, video gaming, and instant messaging, among=
=20
others. Of those respondents with cellular phones, nearly three-quarters=20
(72%) say the only time they use a wireline phone to place calls is when=20
they are at home -- usually to conserve their monthly allotment of cellular=
=20
minutes. Additionally, 10% indicated they never use a wireline phone.=20
Keeping in touch with parents or guardians was the most commonly cited=20
reason for having a cellular phone -- followed closely by personal safety=
=20
issues and peace of mind. The survey also revealed a number of Internet=20
usage and access preferences among rural youth. While 84% of respondents=20
indicated they have an Internet connection in their home, more than half=20
(55%) report using a traditional dial-up telephone connection. 29% of=20
respondents utilize DSL to connect to the Internet, with 5% citing cable=20
modem usage and 3% citing wireless access. These numbers reflect the=20
dominant role DSL plays in rural broadband infrastructure. The 84% Internet=
=20
connection rate at home for rural youth is slightly higher than the=20
national rate of 68%.
[SOURCE: National Telecommunications Cooperative Association Press Release]
http://www.ntca.org/ka/ka-3.cfm?content_item_id=3D3638&folder_id=3D522
TELSTRA STOCK SALE COULD BE IN JEOPARDY AMID WAR OF WORDS
As Australia's government prepares to privatize Telstra by holding the=20
world's biggest stock sale, Telstra's new American management team is=20
waging an extraordinary -- and risky -- public battle with the government=
=20
over the telecom company's role as an effective monopoly. The government,=
=20
which holds 51.8% of Telstra, wants to sell off its stake and sock away the=
=20
proceeds for future pension obligations, infrastructure work and a variety=
=20
of other needs. Now, as part of the privatization, Australia is trying to=
=20
lessen the company's market dominance with a raft of changes. But Telstra's=
=20
management, led by Chief Executive Solomon Trujillo, has thrown a wrench=20
into the government's plans. Telstra issued a profit warning last week and=
=20
estimated that the proposed regulations "are likely to cost more than 850=
=20
million Australian dollars," or US$658 million, in annual revenue. The=20
Australian Securities and Investment Commission launched an investigation=
=20
into Telstra's compliance with its disclosure obligations.
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Mary Kissel mary.kissel( at )wsj.com]
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112655741451538425,00.html?mod=3Dtoda...
us_money_and_investing
(requires subscription)
QUICKLY
WHAT JOURNALISM CAN LEARN FROM ADVERTISING
[Commentary] 1) Customer insight is critical: News companies must not only=
=20
understand their markets better, but journalists must operate closer to,=20
and in conjunction with, their readers and viewers. 2) The future is=20
fragmented: The much-documented disintegration of mass media -- and the=20
accompanying division of advertising dollars -- continues (and accelerates)=
=20
with the ability of people to create their own media and remix that made by=
=20
others. Successful news organizations will be those that can slice their=20
own products thin enough for their audiences to rearrange them as they=20
choose. 3) Continual change will be the norm: Static, plodding news=20
organizations will lose market share, money and relevance. Dynamic,=20
adaptable organizations will win out. Think Senge, not Patton. The learning=
=20
newsroom, one that can continually educate and reinvent itself in=20
accordance with the world around it, will have the best chances for=20
survival. 4) Brands need stewardship. 5) Consumers need help managing=20
media: It's called editing. Journalists do it well. Now that media have=20
exploded into thousands of remixable slivers, there is value in those who=
=20
can help sort it out. 6) Push boundaries: Journalism is what we do. What=20
form it takes and how we distribute it are secondary. The only journalistic=
=20
rule that matters is to tell the truth (about the news, about our sources,=
=20
about ourselves). Other than the only limitations are self-created,=20
boundaries of tradition, newsroom culture and production. We made them. We=
=20
can get rid of them. 7) Creativity means technology: Digital technology=20
enables news organizations to meet the demands of fractured audiences, to=
=20
empower their journalists to work in more than one dimension, to present=20
news and information in layered, contextual formats and to report, analyze=
=20
and narrate the events of the world in inventive new ways that can connect=
=20
with people for whom traditional media, like newspapers and the sonorous=20
anchor, have no relevance. 8) Big ideas still rule: "Think big. Don't just=
=20
be practitioners of the craft." Tinkering won't get us anywhere. Media has=
=20
exploded. We need to explode the newsroom.
[SOURCE: First Draft, AUTHOR: Tim Porter]
http://www.timporter.com/firstdraft/
TECH FIRMS TALKING UP 'NET NEUTRALITY'
As Congress develops legislation that will rewrite the Telecommunications=
=20
Act of 1996, Internet-based companies such as eBay, Google, Yahoo and=20
IAC/InterActiveCorp have formed a loose coalition pushing for "net=20
neutrality." Such a measure would codify FCC principles laid out in early=
=20
August, which are designed to ensure that companies providing high speed=20
data services =96 such as the Bells or cable firms -- don't discriminate=20
against the content of competitors. In the cable industry, content=20
companies pay cable firms to carry their programming; the fear is that a=20
cable or Bell company could deny access to a Web site if the owners of the=
=20
site did not pay to be carried on the companies=92 high speed network. The=
=20
net neutrality push will face steep obstacles on Capitol Hill. Aides on the=
=20
House Energy and Commerce Committee as well as the Senate Commerce=20
Committee said that while no one opposes the principles of =93net neutralit=
y=94=20
there are huge questions about how such a measure would be written.=20
=93Everyone seems to support of the concept of net neutrality, but when pus=
h=20
comes to shove, and you consider how to put it on paper, members get=20
frozen,=94 said one Senate Commerce committee staff member. =93Because they=
=20
don't want to regulate private networks, and if you aren't going to=20
regulate a private network, then how can you justify net neutrality?=94
[SOURCE: National Journal's Insider Update, AUTHOR: Bara Vaida]
http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb-WKNU1115070261210.html
DELAY CHIEF OF STAFF JOINING TIME WARNER
Tim Berry, chief of staff to House Majority Leader Tom Delay, is exiting to=
=20
become a lobbyist for Time Warner. Meanwhile, CBS has named Martin Franks=
=20
to executive VP, planning, policy and government relations, for CBS when it=
=20
splits off from Viacom sometime early next year, establishing Franks as the=
=20
company's top man in Washington going forward.
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable]
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6256146?display=3DBreaking+Ne...
referral=3DSUPP
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6256067?display=3DBreaking+Ne...
referral=3DSUPP
(free access for Benton's Headlines subscribers)
MURDOCH SHARES 'VISION FOR INTERNET'
Rupert Murdoch has told his senior executives they must find ways to=20
integrate their traditional publishing and broadcasting operations with the=
=20
Internet assets in which News Corporation has invested in recent months. He=
=20
wants different parts of the media conglomerate to start talking more to=20
each other to find more ways of collaborating online.
[SOURCE: Financial Times, AUTHOR: Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson]
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/64d7e2f6-23ae-11da-b56b-00000e2511c8.html
TIME FOR SUPREME COURT REALITY TV
[Commentary] It is time to allow cameras to show arguments presented before=
=20
the Supreme Court.
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR:Sandy Grady]
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20050913/oplede13.art.htm
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