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KoKo

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16. Given that there is a Monopoly of Three Cable Providers
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 03:57 PM
Sep 2014

and I think only two Satellite Providers ....would it be possible to do it across the board? Or does the fact that "Cable" is not considered "the People's Airwaves" the way radio and Networks are that they are considered special private entities and not required to be licensed in the same way. With most people using cable or satellite these days...it would seem that some kind of standard would be in place grandfathered in from the Network days since they are now transmitted over Cable/Satellite for the most part.

Thanks for your reply. I've done some searching and there have been some articles about restoring parts of the "Fairness Doctrine." But, nothing seems to get much traction with the public or interest groups. We had it for a long time and it worked better than what we have today for those of us who remember it.

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Recommended. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1
Rather than dwell over the time it takes to get "More & Better Dems" KoKo Sep 2014 #8
The battlefield between us and #3 is pretty much the same as the "general battlefield"... NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #9
Yes...you might want to explain that Tombstone.... KoKo Sep 2014 #10
I recommend any work by Lawrence Lessig, like Free Culture. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #11
Bill Moyers did an Excellent Interview with Lessing... KoKo Sep 2014 #12
I fear that people miss the the point of government. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #13
Ahhh...Bucky Fuller...! KoKo Sep 2014 #14
I do not think either party is going to give up all of that money. djean111 Sep 2014 #2
Well said...and as we go forward...TRUTH OUTS.... KoKo Sep 2014 #5
Anyone have a Link to Confronting FCC to get MONEY RESTRICTED in POLITICS? KoKo Sep 2014 #3
The "limit the ads" part would be unconstitutional under current interpretations Jim Lane Sep 2014 #15
Given that there is a Monopoly of Three Cable Providers KoKo Sep 2014 #16
Broadcast is different because of scarcity of spectrum space. Jim Lane Sep 2014 #17
I did some more research....This goes back to Clinton/Gore Commission KoKo Sep 2014 #18
BTW...this Article is a Very Long Read...(An Over the weekend Project) KoKo Sep 2014 #4
I agree with the article. But this is not to say we shouldn't use every tactic at our rhett o rick Sep 2014 #6
check out my Post #3....there was a movement to do this... KoKo Sep 2014 #7
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