FCC cracks down on religious broadcasters By BROOKS BOLIEK | 10/31/11 3:29 PM EDT
The FCC has been mailing the letters for the past few days to churches from Maine to California, explaining that the hundreds of exemptions are now rescinded and giving the programmers 90 days to reapply.
The churches were granted FCC exemptions from the closed captioning requirement under a 2006 commission decision known as the “Anglers Order” for the Anglers for Christ Ministries program that had argued for exemption from the rules.
While the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau used the Anglers Order as the model to grant at least 298 other exemptions, the full commission overturned that decision Oct. 20 after objections were raised from a coalition of organizations for the deaf and hard of hearing.
The churches may still be eligible to win an exemption from the rules if they can prove they can’t afford closed captioning, but they now have to make their case individually.......................>>>>..............>>>>...............Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67260.html#ixzz1cS5VuX6Z
Another NOTHING issue. To be exempt from closed captioning, the churches just need to show that they can't afford the service and they won't have to provide it.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Hmm. Are council meetings closed captioned? Are Public Access stations closed captioned? Are all commercial advertisements closed captioned? Why just attack the religious?
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