What are we going to do....

[sendero]

... if the networks give one second more coverage to the Rep convention than they did ours?

What can we do? I've had about enough. The cable channels can do whatever they want, but the broadcast channels are chartered to operate "in the public interest" since the public owns the airwaves.

If they do what I think they are going to do, we are going to have to do something serious.

Ideas?

[kentuck]

1. Write LTTE to NYTimes, WaPo, and LA Times as starters....

One letter in either of those papers could reach millions of readers.

[CrispyQ]

2. I will be curious if they interview Democrats after every repub speech . .

I was sick of that. Every speech & they had to interview some repub & get their opinion & slam of the speech.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. MASSIVE BOYCOTT!!! And it will be mean!

[Ignoramus]

4. cable vs. broadcast

I thought cable was considered publicly owned "airwaves" as well.

[realisticphish]

5. no, its not

that's why the FCC cannot have jurisdiction; the networks, if they are censored, censor themselves. A broadcast can reach anyone with a tv, but cable or satellite subscribers must purchase the acces, so they have the option of turning it off


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[sendero]

7. Make no mistake...

.... they want to regulate cable content but they haven't yet trumped up a justification.

I've also read that they may find their justification in the fact that many (probably most in the not too distant future) recieve their "cable" channels over satellite (DirectTV, DishNetwork) which techically is using the airwaves as a transmission medium. But this issue is not settled, and if we can get a real commissioner into the FCC and rid ourselves of the current bath toy inhabitant, we might have a chance.

The fact is, Michael Powell has as much business heading the FCC as I do heading the Catholic church. I think he's already announced that he's leaving and it is not a moment too soon. In his realm, he's done as much damage as Bush*.

[realisticphish]

9. yeah

of course, they have to be unscrambled...but the fact that Powell is even in the postion at all is mind-boggling

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[info being]

6. We should band together and sue them.

[sendero]

8. Well...

.... that is more in line with what I had in mind, I just don't know enough about the law to know if there is any way.

The FCC regulates the networks and there are a set of guiding rules. But it seems as though the FCC administrative judges can pretty much interpret the rules as they see fit, making them ineffective.

I'm wondering if there is a way we can hold the FCC accountable, I think that is, at root, what we are talking about here...