Congress To Investigate FCC

SirLurksAlot writes to let us know that Congress is planning to question the FCC on the way the commission is run. From the article: "The FCC — and Chairman Kevin Martin in particular — are in hot water with Congress... While Martin was at CES, telling all who would listen that the FCC will investigate Comcast's traffic-shaping practices, the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced a formal investigation of the FCC. The news couldn't be more welcome to the industries that the FCC regulates.'"

Comments

That's Great

[zulater]

One corrupt organization investigating another. What could possibly go wrong?

Re:Cash Cow Concerns

[SailorSpork]

Comcast to FCC: "What do you mean we can't pay you off to look the other way?"

Congress to FCC: "Hello there FCC, we need to talk. Oh, ignore the bulges in my pockets, that's just bribe cash from Comcast."

Re:Cash Cow Concerns

[Gilmoure]

Anarchy comes to mind. In the U.K.?

Re:Cash Cow Concerns

[Anonymous Coward]

Lawlessness. What could possibly go wrong?

Re:TFA says

[elrous0]

I love the way they try to portray the FCC's attempts to keep them from traffic shaping and strong-arming apartment dwellers as luddite thinking (as if exclusive apartment franchise agreements are somehow essential in the modern world, lol). Spin is a truly amazing thing to behold sometimes.

Let this be a lesson.

[slcdb]

Remember kids, these congress critters are the people that you and I, our familes, friends, and neighbors all elected.

Unless you don't vote. In that case, feel free to bitch-slap the rest of us.

Re:But first...

[Red Flayer]

The FCC's power has grown far beyond it's original intention (regulating airwaves frequencies in the U.S.). Apparently they only do things in response to complaints. Or at least that's how it once was. But the really fucked up thing is 99% of complaints come from one organization.

So let's start a drive to file complaints with the FCC that we don't hear enough profanity during dinnertime, and that we don't see enough T&A over the breakfast table during the morning news.

Maybe if we get enough complaints in, they'll have to take action to force the networks to comply with our demands.