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Originally posted by explosionsinthe
So, how about the recent moves of the FCC? Looks like television ownership rules are laxed, but they're trying to put limits on the radio deregulation too. I think this is why the television deregulation will be awful. The FCC must have realized they messed up with radio (Clear Channel), so why can't they see they're doing the same thing with television?
Maybe i'm just talking out of my ass. Any ideas?
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Four words:
Cable and Satellite Television.
There are hundreds and hundreds of channels now, and the vast majority if the US population has access to either cable or satellite, so it is no longer really an issue to regulate the public access channels.
I, on the other hand, do not have cable or satellite television even though it is available to me. I don't really depend on television as my sole source for news (thanks, Internet!) so it has pretty much zero effect on me.