by law the f.c.c. is to respond to me within twenty two days it has been for months i have heard nothing. if it tish's to deny licenses are the only means that we the people have to hold stations accountable to the public interest. if you will not stand up for we the people then i have news for you we the people are standing up for ourselves this is our idea and we are. going to take it back. we're taking it back in our schools says the president is a teacher to student school sends. a signal in schools and states we're taking it back for reporters three zero two news goes thursday was with this morning newspaper there were a t.v. station ballroom by the fruit company and they. were fighting for the internet before the big media circus roulette. we're putting up our own low power radio towers. remember the airwaves belong to us if we the people don't take the media back no one will. see. if you just. make. sure the rights of what. most people. seem to. know. from the. these are. the. responses it's easy

the f.c.c. is attempting to push excessive government regulation of the internet through without congressional authority. these actions threaten the very future of this incredible technology. the f.c.c. pursuit of net neutrality regulations involves claiming authority under the communications act that they do not have. congress did not provide the f.c.c. authority to regulate how internet service providers manage their networks, not anywhere in the communications act nor any other statute administered by the commission. adopting and imposing net neutrality regulations is in effect legislating. it takes away the appropriate role of congress in determining the proper regulatory framework for the fastest growing sector of our economy. the real-world impact of the announced intention of the f.c.c. today is that it will be litigated, it will take 18 months to two years to sort through the briefings and the court decisions, and it will probably go to the supreme court of the united states. in the meant

the chairman of the f.c.c. is calling this a net neutrality proposal. but let's be clear, this is not real net neutrality. i believe this is one of the biggest issues facing our country today. let me take a step back and explain what net neutrality is. put simply, it is the idea that big corporations shouldn't be able to decide who wins or loses on the internet. it's the idea that the internet should be a level playing field for everyone, from a blogger to a media conglomerate. from a small business person to a powerful corporation. i believe that net neutrality is the free speech issue of our time. the internet wasn't created by corporations. it was created using taxpayer dollars, and it has dramatically altered our daily lives in more ways than any of us could ever have dreamed. it's an incredible source of innovation, a hotbed for creativity, an unbelievable producer of wealth and jobs in this nation. it was instrumental in putting president obama in office, but it was also equally instrumental in helping the tea party become powerful -- a powerful fo

in 2008 the f.c.c. beyond its legal authority to regulate the internet, and it was slapped back by a court only eight short months ago. today the commission is choosing to ignore the recent pass as it attempts the same act. in so doing, the f.c.c. is not only defying a court but it is circumventing a will of a large bipartisan majority of congress as well. more than 300 members have warned the agency against exceeding its legal authority. the f.c.c. is not congress. we cannot make laws. legislating is the sole do main of the electricitied representatives of the american people. if the majority is determined to ignore the growing voices emanating from capitol hill in what appears to some as an excessive quest to regulate at all costs. some are saying that instead of acting as a cop on the beat, the f.c.c. looks more like a regulatory vigilantity. more over, the agency is further angering congress by ignoring calls for a cessation of actions and choosing to move ahead just as members leave town. as a resu

well today the f.c.c. voted on net neutrality the concept here is to maintain the internet as an open and equal opportunity for us to allow the government to create regulations so the internet users keep their freedom to choose rather than allowing broadband service providers to discriminate against rival content or services but is that what we got with this deal is a really net neutrality many critics are arguing that instead of helping to save internet freedom the f.c.c. has essentially placed it in jeopardy by leaving in loopholes and catering to corporations like arisan and eighteen t. so is the internet going to change as we know it well joining me to discuss it is our communications director of public knowledge art thank you so much for joining me now before we get started i have a confession to make every time i learn that i'm going to talk about net neutrality on the show i get excited in the morning and i feel confident about it and then as the day goes on all read a million new articles a million

the f.c.c. would be bad for our economy. think about companies like youtube, which started in a tiny office above a pizzeria and grew to be worth billions of dollars. at the time, google had a competing product, google video, which was -- which was then the standard but was widely seen as inferior. had google been able to pay comcast large amounts of money to make its web site faster than youtube's, youtube would be nowhere. fortunately, google couldn't pay for priority access and the rest is history. you think about facebook. once upon a time it was a small start-up. remember friend is ster r or my face. they were once the dominant social networking sites before facebook won over users with a vastly improved product. but that might not have ever happened if friendster or others had paid to make them faster. if facebook had taken a long time to load on your computer, it never would have succeeded. these are just a couple of examples how free and open internet has fostered innovation which has cre

then after the bush administration took office, and michael powell became chair of the f.c.c., there ame a new fine for a censored version, a cleaned-up version, a bleeped version of the real slim shady. then after people like you spoke out and said this is insane, they decided they weren't going to fine the radio station after all. what's going on there? well, i don't want to guess what they're thinking. i can only say that they didn't have any good legal right to stand on their ideals, and so they had to drop 'em, from what i can tell. that, i can assume, and i think that they were a little bit aggressive, and they--and they decided against their choice, and i think that it was going to be obvious that it was cultural, and since it's going to be cultural, and we're going to attack black kids for their language and culture, then we have to be careful how we do it, and so that was not a good vehicle to attack our freedom of speech because it was going to play out badly for them in the media and other places. they will pick better shots, but they will continue to take shots at us and a

in doing so they ignore the f.c.c.'s warning that regulators should be aware of enacting net neutrality regulation slowlyy to prevent perspective harm. i share the f.t.c.'s concern. concern in two, the majority ace claim that consumers will benefit if this government overreach is unsupported and deeply flawed. the majority repeatedly couches this as a pro consumer or consumer-driven approach. they try to frame this as big business gatekeeper versus the consumer of the but upon closer inspection the order is focused on promoting the edge, internet applications and services over networks and consumers. i strongly disagree promoting the edge over the networks because there was no choice necessary. in this instance having a cup cange and eating it too is san actual option. in the majority's request to suggest allegations that broadband providers might try to appear winners and losers, the government picked its own winners. in the long term i'm worried that the government's micromanagement of tomorrow's internet will leave c

the wrist of a small civil fine i don't think we'll see anyone that's not true because it's not the f.c.c. investigating this and it's not a civil matter because it's by the very nature of the fact that it's the f.b.i. . reading offices and subpoenaing people it's that's a criminal matter it'll be a criminal matter very exciting so you're in the thick of it greenwich connecticut of course is one of the big hedge fund capitals of the world the f.b.i. is crawling around looking for bad guys and so how's the feeling in there or the media feel like the hedge fund managers are hiding under their desks so they're they're seeking asylum in foreign countries or what's it like well that's a very curious thing about this is that you know i watch the local news every night here and. there's nothing at all about this on the local news there's there's nothing at all by the way but about how many people are now camping out in line for black friday the day after thanksgiving so that is the only story that has been in the news nobody's talking about the hedge funds nobody's talking about this headline ma

station to seek a wave from the f.c.c. to find spectrum for their station and mandates that a full power station what wants to relocate will be able to knock a low-power radio station off the air but permits the f.c.c. to use waivers and other means to find spectrums for displaced low-power f.m. stations. i say that only because there's businesses that have in place broadcast spectrum that are operating, have operated for many years, and their concern was that the churches, the community centers, the schools, the universities and the low-power stations might interfere and i think that was a legitimate concern. i'm glad that the national association of broadcasters have now conceded these have worked out and obviously i think any of us in this body would agree that it's very important part of the democracy to have some of these, shall we say an electric type of stations that offer church music and church services and hip-hop music. so they're taylored in certain way, plus they're available for emergency services. i commend y

among people who understand the telecommunications industry, everyone agrees that the f.c.c. beyond any justification but no politician would go near that with a 10-foot pole. i wouldn't say the regulatory ouevre as that of the i.r.s. but the i.r.s. touches more people and is easier to summarize and characterize. there are several proposals springing up to change the institution of regulation. one proposal, senator mark warner falls into this category is to take account of the problem of off-budget costs. he would like to put regulation on a pay-go basis, so if an agency had a regulation of $50 million a year, they would have to clean up old regulations to the tune of $50 million in savings through reform. an even more radical proposal is from senator demint and senator davis of kentucky. the so-called reins act, which says no regulation costing $100,000 or more can take effect until it's approved by a joint resolution of congress bearing the president's signature. that's addressed to the delegation problem. and it has the advantage of going right to the heart of the problems

in the rule making that the f.c.c. will conduct pursuant to new subsection 227-e-3 of the communications act, the committee anticipates that the commission will consider imposing obligations on entities that provide caller i.d. spoofing services to the public. the widespread availability of caller i.d. spoofing services presents a significant potential for abuse and hinders law enforcement's ability to investigate crime. the hint shun in this bill on the -- prohibition in this bill on the use of services with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value could be of limited value if entities continue to provide both services without making any effort to verify their user's ownership of the phone number that is being substituted. with our action today, this measure will be forwarded to the president for his signature. i want to thank and commend our colleague, mr. engel, and also mr. barton, for their commitment to the matter. and i want to commend senator nelson of florida and all members who

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. >> as i read the law, the f.c.c. has zero authority to regulate internet. , the internet is so free, so pure free market it's worked to perfection without government involvele. >> it's a solution looking for a problem. the last time the congress addressed the communication policy was the 1996 act. the chairman told himself that the communications act does not address broadband. the courts said they don't have the authority but they're going ahead with the vote anyway. >> going ahead with the vote three days before christmas when the federal courts will be closed and 90% of the country is occupied with other things. they'll spring this on us. >> a last minute you should the cover of christmas spring on the american people. not unlike last year's christmas eefz vote on healthcare. >> what can we do other than someone filing lawsuit to federal court of appeals in washington? what can we do between the time they spring it on us and they open the doors? >> the congressional review act is the way to deal with this. from new congress they have 60 days from time of

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the f.c.c., the federal communication commission is going to receive $350 million, which is an increase of over 4.5% from fiscal year 2010 and more than $14 million than what they perhaps asked for. in the continuing resolution in terms of health provisions, there is funding for several sections of the health care law that we believe to be objectionable. the funding for public awareness, for example. so far, h.h.s. has spent over $3 million for television ads featuring one of my favorite actors, andy griffith. "the andy griffith show," one of my favorite television shows when i was growing up, but i have a little bit of problem watching mr. griffith talk to seniors about the important new benefits of the current health care law as a pitch master for something that in all likelihood we are going to change, perhaps even repeal next year. independent groups have found that some of these ads have misled seniors. they claim benefits that will be available while ignoring cuts to medicare advantage and others in the medicare payment rate. this is misleading and unfortunate. in the area of tele

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>> sreenivasan: we've rounded up reactions to the f.c.c.'s net neutrality ruling from around the web. that's on the rundown blog. also there, find out which five political and economic stories patchwork nation will be watching in 2011. and read more on iraq's newly named government. what do analysts says are its chances for success? plus on art beat, jeffrey brown talks to a dance historian about how the russian ballet "the nutcracker" became an american classic. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll look at the obama administration's wins and losses from the not-so-lame duck session. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> auto companies make huge profits. >> last year, chevron made a lot of money. >> where does it go? >> every penny and more went into bringing energy to the world. >> the economy is

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unacceptable and raise questions about the integrity of the for closure process and concerns of whether or not some homes have been improperly taken from offices. f.c.c. can hold accountable to fix processes. problem loans surged and the primary focus was on efforts to prevent by increasing the volume and sustaining loan modifications. when we saw loan data from the metrix project that a number niching yatesni initiated were defaulting we encouraged banks to take action. since we've seen modifications that lowered monthly payments and fewer defaults. many families though are still struggling and face the prospect of losing they're home. we owe them the best effort to receive every protection provided under the law. questions rise about the continuing for closure even when the modification is negotiated and is enforced. we agree the dual track is unnecessarily confusing for distressed homeowners and the o.o.c. is directing bank services to successfully performing modifications with legal ability and are not doing so. it's important to remember the private investors dictate the terms for nonhamp modifications so these options may not always be availabl