Sterne/Streeter

I think that I am missing this blog along with maybe some others but I couldn't really tell you which ones. So here it goes.....The readings talked a lot about how government controls the media. I think that the government has to do this no matter how much people dislike it. I think that without the government control in some way that television would be entirely to raunchy. I am not saying that every show on television would be horrible to watch, but I do think that there would be a lot more porn and inappropriate things on television. I disagree with the fact that the government wouldn't allow licenses to be "owned" or sold to anyone that the person might choose to sell it to. I just think that if you put all your time and dedication into something you should be allowed to determine the future of it. The FCC was a little to controlling in that situation. The Sterne reading talks about the booster stations and how the government wasn't to fond of them. I think that booster stations were perfectly fine. I mean it was people that lived out in the boonies that were using them in the first place. They had to be desperate for some type of entertainment. And if they had already endured the costs of buying the television in the first place, what was the problem with them just trying to get a few stations? These readings compared with the restrictions on television today make it seem like the FCC really doesn't seem as strict. The first time I can recall of actually hearing about the FCC was with the whole Imus being racist thing. I think that it is good that the FCC is here...and that they aren't being as overbearing as they used to be.