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You say its the least controversial, but what if over time, in particular locales, there are no local radio stations willing to participate in emergency broadcasts. As part of their licensing, in exchange for the use of the public airwaves should they be forced or induced to participate. What if, as is the trend, the local stations really aren't local at all but are just picking up some national feed?
Why don't you point out the one the bothers you the most? I think the research makes a good case for why such a study should be performed. Particularly since they also point out gaps in the current research.
What the concern is here is the inhibition of political speech. If they have a study limited to how to ensure communities are properly notified in the case of an emergency there will be no controversy.
The federal government is not qualified to, responsible for, nor has it any business AT ALL in defining what MY critical needs are. There is absolutely NO justification under the sun for this nonsense. There is absolutely no possibility it could ever be right about ANY of it.
Its actually part of the act that established the FCC in the first place. So if you feel that way perhaps you should lobby Congress to reform or repeal the Communication Acts.
Its actually part of the act that established the FCC in the first place. So if you feel that way perhaps you should lobby Congress to reform or repeal the Communication Acts.
But without all of these monitoring activities how would the FCC justify their bloated budget?
Thanks to the free press, kudos to the Wall Street Journal, FOX, the Judge and Mr. Pai, this threat to our liberty has been averted. Beware though the tyrants among us never sleep.
What the concern is here is the inhibition of political speech. If they have a study limited to how to ensure communities are properly notified in the case of an emergency there will be no controversy.
Unless of course the study is characterized as wanting to place government monitors in newsrooms to control the editorial process.
Parts of the research on the Politics CIN.
8. Political Life: In a federal democracy, citizens need information on local, regional, and
county candidates at all units of governance, including: information on elected and
voluntary neighborhood councils; school boards; city council and alder elections; city
regions; and county elections; timely information on public meetings and issues,
including outcomes; information on where and how to register to vote, including
requirements for identification and absentee ballots; information on state-level issues
where they impact local policy formation and decisions.
......
All politics may not be local in the U.S., but most units of government are. In 2007 (the
latest U.S. Census of governments) there were almost 90,000 local governmental units in the
U.S. including about 3,000 county governments, almost 20,000 local municipal governments
and an additional 50,000 plus special districts., including almost 15,000 school districts (U.S.
Census Bureau, 2007). To put this in perspective, in 2000, the average metro area in the U.S.
had more than 100 governments, including cities, towns, school districts, special districts, and
regional authorities. The St. Louis region has 795 local governments, including 300 cities and
township (as of 2002). As a result, ninety-six percent of all elected officials are local (Macedo
et al., 2005, pp. 74-75).
...
Local news coverage is ecologically organized and reflects the structure of the American
metropolis, with its urban core, community areas, widely varying suburban rings, exurbs and
rural areas. The organization of government corresponds (albeit very imperfectly, with gaps and
overlaps) to this geographic organization. Two media units have traditionally spanned these
metro areas: the metro-newspaper circulation area and the DMA. Today, only the DMA
embraces complete metropolitan regions, as newspapers (and their coverage) continues to
fragment and shrink. Even when newspapers and local television were economically healthier
and news coverage was stronger by, in some areas, orders of magnitude, only the politics of the
metropolitan core city were regularly covered. Today, television coverage of local politics is (in
almost all cases) episodic, and newspaper coverage shrinks annually.
Its actually part of the act that established the FCC in the first place. So if you feel that way perhaps you should lobby Congress to reform or repeal the Communication Acts.
I already know how horrendously badly the FCC "manages" the radio spectrum.
Monkeys throwing darts or jumping on keyboards could NOT produce a worse outcome.
I already know how horrendously badly the FCC "manages" the radio spectrum.
Monkeys throwing darts or jumping on keyboards could NOT produce a worse outcome.
They allow too many programs with Coloreds and Homosexuals in them?
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