After an appeal against the first FCC ruling, which favored the networks, a court overturned the ruling. MORE

Otherwise the FCC could start chasing CBS et al. The Drudge Report sends an advance notice to those who still love The Donald. That's the warning that Emmy producer Ken Ehrlich encouraged anyone at the mic to transmit a political message during the 3.5 hours of the Emmy Awards on CBS. MORE

With Ajit Pai as the Trump Administration appointed head of the FCC, net neutrality can end. Folks just like you and me are urged to howl like wolves at the FCC. Most of folks in America are preoccupied with how to pay their mortgage and their kids' college tuition. MORE

Sometimes you have to threaten them with a formal complaint to the FCC before they become easier to deal with. Leased Access TV Did you know that you can buy a half hour of air time on a cable station for as little as $15.00? This is not pie in the sky or hocus pocus. This is “leased access” TV. The government mandates rates for one channel on all cable stations in the USA. Of course, the cable companies hate this, but they really don’t have a choice in the matter. MORE

Today, president Trump will probably sign bill ending FCC rules about protecting internet/app user privacy. The deep-sixing of whatever the FCC is supposedly protecting me from won't make much of a difference in what is already happening. The latter two are not subject to current FCC rules about privacy. Long story short, internet wireless providers such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon will be able to track our web/app behavior, then sell that data to third parties. MORE

Eliot, FCC head Newton Minow predicted that television was creating a vast wasteland. Politicos, as well as the lawyers, educators, and psychologists, likely anticipate that Facebook for the under-13 will become the issue for this second decade of the 21st century.   MORE