Rep. Bono Questions a la Carte Mandates

REP BONO QUESTIONS A LA CARTE MANDATES
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA) circulated a letter to all House members Wednesday in which she questioned Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s campaign to force cable to sell channels one by one. Rep Bono said that as a parent, she had the “responsibility to evaluate technologies available that allow me to determine what is seen in my home -- not the government’s.” Rep Bono said: “Recent attempts by the FCC to advance an a la carte agenda in the name of our children need to be met with a high degree of skepticism.” She added, “If the government is so worried about unwanted guests in American homes, my question is, ‘Who invited the FCC?’” In 2004, 39 House members, including Bono, signed a letter asking the FCC to study excessively violent television programming and make a number of recommendations, including potential steps by Congress or the FCC.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6446193.html?rssid=196

See also --
* Cable Competition: Where Up is Down and More is Less
http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/hun/2007/05/cable_competition_where_...