Four Democratic leaders, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, West Virginia Sen. John D. Rockefeller, Virginia Rep. Rick Boucher, and California Rep. Henry Waxman are taking aim this month at what I like to call Public Enemy Number One: the 1996 Telecommunications Act. It took that Act of Congress to allow the right wing's lies and vitriol to dominate every radio market in this country, and it will take another Act of Congress to restore facts to our public airwaves and true debate to our kitchen tables.
True, much of the coming debate will center on new media issues of who can access high speed internet (broadband) and who can or cannot control access to content on the web (net neutrality). As digital television and the internet will merge into the same thing over the next several years, it is critical for either the FCC or Congress to build a regulatory framework now. The FCC is facing legal hurdles over its authority to regulate the internet, so it looks like Congress is stepping in.
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