Conflict of Interest May Taint DTV Delay Proposal

Anonymous writes "Ars Technica has discovered that one of the Obama transition team members advising on the digital TV transition has a conflict of interest that would benefit WiMAX carrier Clearwire over Verizon. 'Barack Obama's call to delay the DTV transition would affect not only millions of analog TV viewers, but also powerful companies with a vested interest in the changeover date — including at least one with an executive on Obama's transition team.'"

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No delays!

[Locke2005]

Nobody NEEDS free broadcast TV (with the possible exception of deaf people who can't hear emergency broadcasts via radio). Most people would be better off without it! Here's a hint: somewhere close to you there is something called a "public library" that will let you borrow books, music CDs, even DVD movies, absolutely free of charge and without being subject to advertising! Try it sometime... you may find something there that is even more entertaining than "The Jerry Springer Show".