A note before sleeping -
Jan. 24th, 2004 09:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyburgIf CBS is going to air a Bush-campaign ad, and there is no equal time allowed for the DNC to air their rah-rah, then Houston - we have a problem.
Moveon.org is a PAC, not associated with any one political party. It's like dissecting a sneeze, but there you go.
There isn't anything I have watched on CBS that I remember. Jeez. Twenty years?
Don't talk to me about the FCC. That worthy agency has been gutted like a fish since the mid-70's - all the talk about how filthy television has become, you can shoot right back to the lack over oversight that developed right around that time. When people were complaining that counting violent acts was un-necessary per hour, or any other silly somesuch. The industry can monitor itself. You've heard that somewhere before, right?
Don't expect the FCC to bail you out.
We're the only country in the world that believes the airwaves belong to the public. Once you put it in a cable or a satellite link, it belongs to the company that owns the hardware, however.
Also, there is no suit to file until after the Super Bowl is over and the ads ran or did not run.
You don't have to watch the Super Bowl. Matter of fact, you don't have to have a single thing to do with *any* of the sponsors or advertisers of this event if you have a beef about how it was done.
However, should they breach the "equal time" clause - there should be a class action suit, and the class will be every single viewer who tuned in. It'll be huge.
DNC, where arrrrre you?
Gah, now you know why I'm Green.
Moveon.org is a PAC, not associated with any one political party. It's like dissecting a sneeze, but there you go.
There isn't anything I have watched on CBS that I remember. Jeez. Twenty years?
Don't talk to me about the FCC. That worthy agency has been gutted like a fish since the mid-70's - all the talk about how filthy television has become, you can shoot right back to the lack over oversight that developed right around that time. When people were complaining that counting violent acts was un-necessary per hour, or any other silly somesuch. The industry can monitor itself. You've heard that somewhere before, right?
Don't expect the FCC to bail you out.
We're the only country in the world that believes the airwaves belong to the public. Once you put it in a cable or a satellite link, it belongs to the company that owns the hardware, however.
Also, there is no suit to file until after the Super Bowl is over and the ads ran or did not run.
You don't have to watch the Super Bowl. Matter of fact, you don't have to have a single thing to do with *any* of the sponsors or advertisers of this event if you have a beef about how it was done.
However, should they breach the "equal time" clause - there should be a class action suit, and the class will be every single viewer who tuned in. It'll be huge.
DNC, where arrrrre you?
Gah, now you know why I'm Green.
