Comments on: Scott Marcus Explains FCC Move against Cable Industry - “It effectively eliminates administrative accountability for the agency” http://gordoncook.net/wp/?p=228 Helping Communities Build Bridges to 21st Century Communication Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:40:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Harold http://gordoncook.net/wp/?p=228#comment-56788 Harold Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:31:52 +0000 http://gordoncook.net/wp/?p=228#comment-56788 Gordon, I'm sorry. As I told Scott Marcus on the Cybertel list, this is just plain wrong. The APA, the chief means of agency accountability, is NOT repealed. What this does is recognize that cable has become the dominant medium for delivering video, and therefore should be subject to regulation in a manner similar to broadcasting. As for Martin's motives: so what? He has 3 votes to deregulate broadcast. If you are going to shape public policy by motive, not by result, then you are going to spend a lot of time doing nothing. Because NO ONE does policy with utterly pure motives. In any policy decision, there are winners and losers. That's how it goes. IF you are looking for a policy with only winners or only losers, you will wait long indeed. Gordon, I’m sorry. As I told Scott Marcus on the Cybertel list, this is just plain wrong. The APA, the chief means of agency accountability, is NOT repealed. What this does is recognize that cable has become the dominant medium for delivering video, and therefore should be subject to regulation in a manner similar to broadcasting.

As for Martin’s motives: so what? He has 3 votes to deregulate broadcast. If you are going to shape public policy by motive, not by result, then you are going to spend a lot of time doing nothing. Because NO ONE does policy with utterly pure motives. In any policy decision, there are winners and losers. That’s how it goes. IF you are looking for a policy with only winners or only losers, you will wait long indeed.

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