Reply #4: if I understand correctly it is not our tax money [View All]

[MeDeMax]

it is the subscriber fees being used to pay for this channel.

Do cable & Satellite providers really have a choice as far as carrying this channel goes ? that's another story :-)

Remember these providers have to keep the FCC happy or someone at the FCC will cut their fibrewire (I don't mean literally). If 20 million armstrong subscribers loose their cable feed at 7:59 pm on Thu (before survivor), Armstrong wont be around on Monday to talk about it :-).

The FCC is made up of appointees by you know who.

So the enormous power of the FCC is easily used/abused to tame media outlets into falling in line and towing the party line.