Thursday February 09, 2006

McCain to Put a la Carte Before the House

I know, I know. John McCain is in the Senate, not the House, but I fell in love with the headline and couldn’t let go. Who can resist a good double pun?

Anyway, Sen. John McCain is getting behind the push for a la carte cable programming, now that a new FCC study (which reverses a previous FCC study) reveals that a la carte will be great. McCain’s support is important for the a la carte crowd but far from decisive. After all, McCain was the only Republican to vote against the Telecom Act of 1996, so he might end up alone on this one as well.

In any event, my position remains unchanged: A la carte will be bad for lots of people—including religious broadcasters, media conglomerates, and Brent Bozell—which is why it should be adopted as soon as humanly possible.