November 24, 2004
FCC cracks down on cable
Cable TV bracing for FCC crackdown
Broadcasters have been putting up with the recent congressional indecency crusade, but now cable operators are beginning to sweat.
Cable operators have been lying low, letting broadcasters take all the
heat. Until recently it was assumed that cable would escape the campaign because if subscribers are paying for something to come into their homes, they're giving consent for that kind of programming.
Recently, Federal Communications Commission chief Michael Powell said he didn't think the FCC had the power to regulate cable the same way it did broadcasters. Now he's suddenly discovered it does.
"I don't believe the First Amendment should change channels when it goes from Channel 7 to 107," he told a recent convention of the National Association of Broadcasters convention.
It’s time for Cable to take some of this heat too.
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