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FCC chair to cable and satellite TV: Clean up your act or else
ap on San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 11/29/05 | Jennifer Kerr - ap

Posted on 11/29/2005 2:58:26 PM PST by NormsRevenge

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1 posted on 11/29/2005 2:58:28 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Consumers to FCC: go pound sand.


2 posted on 11/29/2005 2:59:43 PM PST by Publius Valerius
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Mr. Martin - Sit down and get to know your V-chip, you moron.


3 posted on 11/29/2005 3:00:08 PM PST by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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Thank God Government's rescuing my sorry self for not being smart enough to change the channel or turn it off.


4 posted on 11/29/2005 3:00:15 PM PST by TomServo ("Aunt Bea- after dark.")
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To: NormsRevenge

But, but, but, running around nude on TV is FREE SPEECH!


5 posted on 11/29/2005 3:02:30 PM PST by RetiredArmy (I have no faith in any politician or political party any more. They all lie for their agendas.)
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There is ample legal precedent that the FCC has zero regulatory authority over satellite & cable TV. Anything they did would immediately be taken to court, and struck down.
6 posted on 11/29/2005 3:02:40 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (You know you have bird flu if you have usual flu symptoms + desire to crap on freshly washed cars.)
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I recently had basic cable hooked up again because of the supposable "discount" they promoted. What I've seen on there isn't worth a plug nickle.

And they want me to pay for more channels of programming that's even worse? I don't so...

7 posted on 11/29/2005 3:03:15 PM PST by Ladysmith ((NRA, SAS) Support Zien's PPA/CCW bill in Wisconsin.)
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To: NormsRevenge

More time wasting and bloviating from people with nothing better to do.


8 posted on 11/29/2005 3:05:42 PM PST by WestVirginiaRebel (The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)
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"FReeper" = a self-described conservative who thinks the idea of shielding children from harmful or inappropriate material is contemptible. Syn. "bilious old fart"


9 posted on 11/29/2005 3:07:17 PM PST by madprof98
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There’s way to much smut on TV and the sad fact is that most parents let their TVs raise their children. I’m glad to see the FCC do something about this.


10 posted on 11/29/2005 3:07:28 PM PST by WashingtonStateRepublican
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> Mr. Martin - Sit down and get to know your V-chip, you moron.

Trouble is, for most viewers, all channels are channel
"3" at the input to the actual TV (where the V-chip is).
However, many set-top boxes have equivalent capability.

We recently fired Dish, and told them
"call us back when you get a'la carte".

The problem here wasn't young family member stumbling
into porn, but the bill-payer (me) objecting to paying
for crap we never watch, including Legacy Media "news"
channels, many seriously slimy leftist propaganda channels
(but also all the sports, and most of the tunes).

The cable and DBS ops can make these pols go away by
offering a'la carte. If they do it cleverly, they can
even make MORE money in the post-alc epoch.

So what do they have against alc?
Set-top boxes needing to be swapped out?
Can't force-feed us lib jive channels anymore?


11 posted on 11/29/2005 3:08:40 PM PST by Boundless
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Me too. I just wish the FCC would regulate more stuff so I wouldn't have to worry about my kids getting their hands on it. What about books? Gosh, have you SEEN some of those books out there? Catcher in the Rye? Can you believe that's required high school reading some places?

And the Bible! You know there is stuff in there about whores and sex?!? I can't believe some people expose their kids to this stuff!

I just hope the FCC sets its sights a little higher than just cable television. Some of the smut out there is just absurd.

12 posted on 11/29/2005 3:12:34 PM PST by Publius Valerius
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Now let the FCC clean up the screens used by the veiwing public. By that, I mean get rid of ALL of those obnoxious, view-obstructing, plasma tv screen ruining, on-screen station logos. Give us, the veiwing public the choice of either having or not having them on our screens. Extend that to all electronics with a tuner. We are smarter than what THEY think we are. If anyone has a program recorded from 10 to 15 years ago, you will notice no logos, or very few of them. It's gotten to be a joke. When I watch the tube, all I want to see is the presentation. Not a lot of logos. Give us back our unobstructed view of the matter being presented.


13 posted on 11/29/2005 3:13:41 PM PST by NCC-1701 (RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ERADICATED ASAP)
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"You can always turn the television off and of course block the channels you don't want," he said, "but why should you have to?"

I like steak and don't like seafood. Therefore, all seafood restaurants should be required to serve steak. Sure, I could always just not go to restaurants that don't, but why should I have to?

14 posted on 11/29/2005 3:14:22 PM PST by ThinkDifferent (I am a leaf on the wind)
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To: RetiredArmy
"But, but, but, running around nude on TV is FREE SPEECH!"

No, but running around nude on a paid commercial service is free enterprise. The FCC lacks the requisite authority to actually do anything to cable or satellite television providers. With the broadcast radio and television industries dying, the FCC finds itself slipping into complete and total irrelevancy. That must be absolutely terrifying for the group of Puritan busybodies at the FCC and the PTC.
15 posted on 11/29/2005 3:15:47 PM PST by NJ_gent (Modernman should not have been banned.)
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I've never understood why people feel such a strong need to get their rocks off watching crap of this type on TV anyway. Let's face it - most homes have multiple sets and in most homes it's TV that babysits the kids, not Mom or Dad, and the V-chip doesn't always filter the garbage out.

If TV sex is the only way you can get your jollies, then go buy or rent a porno.
16 posted on 11/29/2005 3:16:02 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
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To: Boundless
The problem here wasn't young family member stumbling into porn, but the bill-payer (me) objecting to paying for crap we never watch

Amen. I'm looking forward to the day I can dump CNN and all the Spanish channels our cable company keeps adding. Thanks to cable, illegals will never have to learn English.

17 posted on 11/29/2005 3:16:52 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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They want their porno on demand, not have to get dressed and drive 5 miles for their kicks!


18 posted on 11/29/2005 3:17:19 PM PST by RetiredArmy (I have no faith in any politician or political party any more. They all lie for their agendas.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Did someone say CABLE and SATELLITE?

The FCC should go take a flying leap. They have no jurisdiction whatsoever.


19 posted on 11/29/2005 3:18:49 PM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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""FReeper" = a self-described conservative who thinks the idea of government regulations forcably "shielding" children everyone from what some consider to be harmful or inappropriate material instead of leaving it up to parents to take some responsibility in the raising of their own children for a change is contemptible."

There ya go, I fixed all the typoes! :-)
20 posted on 11/29/2005 3:19:36 PM PST by NJ_gent (Modernman should not have been banned.)
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