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Re:FCC to investigate, 'take appropriate action' on Colbert’... by jsiepkes on Saturday May 06, 2017 @05:34AM (#14279495)
Public service? Maybe your confusing it with some European models but in the US there is nothing public about it. Broadcasters pay big bucks to companies like Comcast to get their station transmitted.

And if your kid is not old enough to hear to word dick then he should be in bed long before 22:00.

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Re:FCC to investigate, 'take appropriate action' on Colbert’... by gozur88 on Saturday May 06, 2017 @01:38PM (#14281375)
Maybe you don't understand how things work in the US. This has nothing to do with cable. It's about over-the-air broadcast. If it had just been cable there wouldn't be a problem.
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Re:FCC to investigate, 'take appropriate action' on Colbert’... by lawnchair_larry on Saturday May 06, 2017 @02:08PM (#14281517)
What does delivery medium have to do with anything? I guarantee no kid knows the difference. They press channel up and channel down. It makes no sense why one would be upset over that.
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Re:FCC to investigate, 'take appropriate action' on Colbert’... by gozur88 on Sunday May 07, 2017 @01:38AM (#14284031)
As I pointed out above. The medium is important because the spectrum is a public resource, and cable isn't.
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