Civil-Rights Groups Miffed at Martin’s Response

CIVIL-RIGHTS GROUPS MIFFED AT MARTIN'S RESPONSE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
"We have not been purchased by the cable industry," said Lillian Rodriguez-Lopez, president of the Hispanic Federation, warning Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin to be "very, very careful what he quotes publicly." To say that some civil-rights groups were not persuaded by Martin's response to their complaint about his comments on a la carte cable at an Aspen Institute media conference would be an understatement. In a call with reporters Thursday, the heads of three of those groups, including Rodriguez-Lopez, attacked the FCC chairman, saying that his apology in a letter to them wasn't an apology, that he was trying to marginalize their arguments and that his agenda was driven by the religious right's fear of diverse content.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6471386.html?rssid=193
* Civil Rights Groups Not Mollified by Apology
http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/08/civil_rights_groups_not_mollif.php
* Minority Groups Rip FCC Chairman Kevin Martin
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6471383.html?rssid=196

* Read Chairman Martin's letter
http://www.fcc.gov/commissioners/martin/documents/alacarte-ltr-082207.pdf