Attempt to Apply Decency Standards to Cable/Satellite Television

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 1, 2005 @09:55AM from the i'm-paying-for-my-klingons-dangit dept.

bigtallmofo writes "Reuters is reporting that Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (Senator from Alaska) is pushing for decency standards to apply to cable television and subscription satellite TV and radio. You may recall Senator Stevens for voting against a measure to criticize the FCC in 2003 for loosening its broadcast ownership restrictions. Maybe he thinks profanity provides an unfair advantage to his broadcast-company constituents?" We touched on this last year, in the attempt to apply decency standards to satellite radio.

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Call the Senator and tell him how you feel. by UEinSD · 2005-03-01 10:19 · Score: 5, Informative

Do something about it. If every Slashdot member calls the Senator, believe me, they will get the message.

His webpage is here: http://stevens.senate.gov/ and his phone number is (202) 224-3004.

Do it now. Kill this crap in the bud. You only earn the right to rant and rave if you pick up the phone, send an email, or write a letter. If not, then keep quiet (no more whining to Slashdot), since that's what they want you to do.