I agree, but I think we also need to remember that cable is not broadcast and does not have any of the same responsibilities and/or liabilities of having a broadcast license.
I agree, but I think we also need to remember that cable is not broadcast and does not have any of the same responsibilities and/or liabilities of having a broadcast license.
You are right but the networks got out of those responsibilities decades ago. The networks used the excuse of competition from cable to get stop meeting the requirement of serving the public good even though back then the network broadcasts were the ones watched the most by far and their overall profits were high, if a little dented by the competition from the new cable programs. Back then there was no Fox “News”. Reagan also dropped the Fairness Act which only applied to network broadcasts but those were the main way people got their news, not cable.
I agree, but I think we also need to remember that cable is not broadcast and does not have any of the same responsibilities and/or liabilities of having a broadcast license.
You are right but the networks got out of those responsibilities decades ago. The networks used the excuse of competition from cable to get stop meeting the requirement of serving the public good even though back then the network broadcasts were the ones watched the most by far and their overall profits were high, if a little dented by the competition from the new cable programs. Back then there was no Fox “News”. Reagan also dropped the Fairness Act which only applied to network broadcasts but those were the main way people got their news, not cable.