Fox/Cablevision Fight Becomes Partisan Political Mess As Verizon gets blocked from covering Long Island debates by Cablevision Tuesday Oct 19 2010 18:24 EDT As the retransmission fee dispute between Cablevision and New Corporation roars on, Cablevision has been lobbying lawmakers to engage in binding arbitration. Democrat John Kerry has introduced a bill that would force companies to keep TV channels live during negotiations, while News Corporation is busily lobbying GOP members to fight against government involvement in these kinds of feuds. Meanwhile Verizon, who has been making hay from the dispute by urging impacted customers to switch to FiOSTV, is now complaining about being blocked from covering Long Island political debates by Cablevision. |
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tomkb
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2010-Oct-19 6:51 pm
what?Why do lawmakers need to get involved in this in a supposed free country whose roots are capatalism? It sounds to me as if everything is unfolding as it should. These are corporations for pete sake.
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