Sunday, May 22, 2005

Censorship Squeeze



The FCC keeps getting more conservative. Now they want to censor cable television? Fuck off. This article is worth reading.

"It's hard to say if the content police are having an "immediate" influence on what we see and hear on the nation's airwaves. But they are having a "chilling effect": if you fail to broadcast something because your fear punishment, you have been "chilled." The last time anyone checked, such an idea clashes with established Supreme Court precedent."

One distinct role of government is to regulate media, NOT control it.