US Lawmakers examine indecency on Cable, Satellite
Washington, D.C.
Free speech is again found under attack at the highest levels of American government. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, has expressed interest in censoring cable tv and satellite radio, services adults choose to pay to bring content into their home. Obviously concerned with the amount of indecent material these people are being exposed to on award winning shows such as The Sopranos and Queer as Folk, Congress is finally ready to spring into action.
Your elected officials would like you to know that this is not an attack on free speech. No, its done with the spirit of fairness in mind. Rep. Barton said, "It's not fair to subject over-the-air broadcasters to one set of rules and subject cable and satellite to no rules".
Rep. Joe Barton will be pleased to know that rules in existence today are there to protect children from the evil found on pay entertainment services. He should note that the children's names do not appear on the monthly invoices for pay for these services; it is likely an adult who has made the decision to bring this content into their house.
The government has already demonstrated a multiple personality disorder in monitoring the content contained on broadcast radio and television - free sources of information - from the hours of 6AM to 10PM.
It is unlikely that additional oversight into this area will be a positive move forward for the country. But Sen. Ted Stevens, R-AK, would like Americans to know that he doesn't want to censor material coming into your home. "There has to be some standard of decency," he said, "but no one wants censorship."
There is no such thing as decent censorship. Soon though, there may be nothing decent on television, either.
Free speech is again found under attack at the highest levels of American government. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, has expressed interest in censoring cable tv and satellite radio, services adults choose to pay to bring content into their home. Obviously concerned with the amount of indecent material these people are being exposed to on award winning shows such as The Sopranos and Queer as Folk, Congress is finally ready to spring into action.
Your elected officials would like you to know that this is not an attack on free speech. No, its done with the spirit of fairness in mind. Rep. Barton said, "It's not fair to subject over-the-air broadcasters to one set of rules and subject cable and satellite to no rules".
Rep. Joe Barton will be pleased to know that rules in existence today are there to protect children from the evil found on pay entertainment services. He should note that the children's names do not appear on the monthly invoices for pay for these services; it is likely an adult who has made the decision to bring this content into their house.
The government has already demonstrated a multiple personality disorder in monitoring the content contained on broadcast radio and television - free sources of information - from the hours of 6AM to 10PM.
It is unlikely that additional oversight into this area will be a positive move forward for the country. But Sen. Ted Stevens, R-AK, would like Americans to know that he doesn't want to censor material coming into your home. "There has to be some standard of decency," he said, "but no one wants censorship."
There is no such thing as decent censorship. Soon though, there may be nothing decent on television, either.
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