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You Can't See Tits On The Radio
Dec. 3rd, 2005 11:59 pmCongress wants to extend decency rules used on broadcast stations to cable, satellite and pay services. The current decency standards are related to the FCC being in charge of doling out areas of spectrum that broadcasters can use, and are given to broadcasters who will not charge the American people to receive their program.
On the flip side, pay services like cable and satellite television and radio are considered opt-in and it's harder to justify the ability to regulate and censor content. Of course, that's why racier programming, like HBO's shows, Nip/Tuck and even the soon to be Howard Stern Show on Sirius, finds a niche.
Well, in league with the current administration's appointees, the Congress is wishing to extend the FCC rules to Cable and Satellite, because we need more bureaucracy, and people cannot be able to think for themselves, for they will see and hear things that the people in powers see as "indecent". Obviously they can't find the clicker, the "off" button, the power cord, figure out the channel block, or the ability to walk away from a service that they pay for.
Because of innocent children, adults should not be allowed to find the programming they want, Apparently.
But wait, Congress has thought about giving you some choice. A suggestion from the Congress is to allow people to choose channels a la carte. Well, the Cable and Satellite Industry isn't too crazy about that because some offerings that you might currently get might not find enough buyers to keep justifying carriage. Really, who's watching C-Span, anyway?
Still, there's opposition to this plan from a seemingly surprising source, yep, those very Christian Broadcasters that would want to keep you from watching Skinemax and LOGO. Suddenly they realized that people could choose not to receive their channels as well, lessening their potential reach.
I certainly could do with out the Purple-Hair Lady channel.
On the flip side, pay services like cable and satellite television and radio are considered opt-in and it's harder to justify the ability to regulate and censor content. Of course, that's why racier programming, like HBO's shows, Nip/Tuck and even the soon to be Howard Stern Show on Sirius, finds a niche.
Well, in league with the current administration's appointees, the Congress is wishing to extend the FCC rules to Cable and Satellite, because we need more bureaucracy, and people cannot be able to think for themselves, for they will see and hear things that the people in powers see as "indecent". Obviously they can't find the clicker, the "off" button, the power cord, figure out the channel block, or the ability to walk away from a service that they pay for.
Because of innocent children, adults should not be allowed to find the programming they want, Apparently.
But wait, Congress has thought about giving you some choice. A suggestion from the Congress is to allow people to choose channels a la carte. Well, the Cable and Satellite Industry isn't too crazy about that because some offerings that you might currently get might not find enough buyers to keep justifying carriage. Really, who's watching C-Span, anyway?
Still, there's opposition to this plan from a seemingly surprising source, yep, those very Christian Broadcasters that would want to keep you from watching Skinemax and LOGO. Suddenly they realized that people could choose not to receive their channels as well, lessening their potential reach.
I certainly could do with out the Purple-Hair Lady channel.
