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The FCC’s Ayatollahs will protect your moral

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For all of those who seek the government to protect "Net Neutrality" with legislation I can only suggest to look at the new development regarding content regulations in air and cable broadcasting - this is the Internet future would you succeed. From regulating the allocation of air channels, which use to be in scarcity, evolved into regulating the content broadcaster on these air waves - and is now being expand into broadcast that doesn’t involve any air waves.  Much worse is the fact that the FCC maintain, artificially, the state of scarcity so it can continue to justify its involvement and regulation of the broadcasting industry.

Federal regulators, concerned about the effect of television violence on children, will recommend that Congress enact legislation to give the government unprecedented powers to curb violence in entertainment programming, according to government and TV industry sources.

The Federal Communications Commission has concluded that regulating TV violence is in the public interest, particularly during times when children are likely to be viewers — typically between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., FCC sources say.

Well, we invited the FCC to be our gourds, now when they appointed themselves as our moral protector it is rather hard to get rid of them isn’t it?

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Written by Rogel

April 24th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

Posted in Freedom of Speech

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    I didn't know about your organization before Emily - thanks for the links and the details.
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    You raise some good points in your post. Here are some facts that you might find interesting. An overwhelming majority of Americans (91%) object to government deciding what they are able to watch on television. When activists talk about protecting children instead of parents—here’s what they’re talking about: sixty-eight percent of the country’s 110 million television-viewing households do not include children under age 18 and households with children have different challenges to face due to the varying ages of kids within each family. Currently, there are 11 million households with children age 6-11, 15 million households with children age 0-5 and 9 million households with children 12-17.

    TV has come a long way from the days of three channels and rabbit ears antennas. Today’s TV audiences are putting to use broadband, DVRs, TV video on demand, iPods and cell phones to greatly expand their choices about what, when, where and how to watch TV. New technology means consumers have more selection than ever and more control than ever over what they see on TV. We all have more choices and parents have more tools to ensure their kids only see what’s right for them. Let’s let parents decide—not government, for all of us.

    There is more information to be found at www.TelevisionWatch.org

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