FCC Hires Conservative Indecency Critic

[paineinthearse]

http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/540

The Federal Communications Commission has hired as an advisor an anti-pornography activist and former lobbyist for groups that push for Christian precepts in public policy. The move may herald a reinvigorated campaign against broadcast indecency and bring renewed pressure on cable to reconsider its racy offerings. Penny Nance, until recently a board member of Concerned Women for America - http://www.cwfa.org/main.asp -, is working as a special advisor in the FCC’s Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, said aides to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin.

The strategic planning office helps develop agency policy. Concerned Women for America describes its mission as “helping…to bring Biblical principles into all levels of public policy.” In recent weeks Nance, a longtime supporter, stepped down from the organization’s board, said an official with the Washington, D.C.-based group.

Nance founded the Kids First Coalition, a nonprofit group based in Alexandria, Va., that describes itself as working to protect children. It invites members to contact Congress on such issues as abortion and pornography, and publishes Republican speeches and position papers on its Web site. In recent years Nance has twice testified before Congress, describing Internet pornography as a threat to children and speaking in favor of technology that lets DVD movie viewers skip past sexual and violent scenes.

In a January letter to President Bush, Nance joined others in calling for stricter enforcement of indecency laws and identifying a “huge indecency problem” on basic cable. She has said TV broadcasters should restore a family hour when racy programming is held off the air. In 2002, she asked regulators to ensure direct broadcast satellite provider DirecTV did not fall under control of News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch, whom she dubbed a purveyor of “must-sleaze TV” on the Fox network. (Murdoch gained control of DirecTV in 2003, after regulators blocked its merger with EchoStar Communications that Nance backed.)

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[atommom]

1. I'm afraid the "huge indecency problem" we really need to face

is the indecency of the lies and corruption in our administration. I don't think my children could possibly be damaged by a bad word on cable ... I'm more concerned about the damage they face from bad economic, educational, and environmental policies.

[rzemanfl]

2. Yes, conservatives certainly are indecent and deserve all the

criticism we can bring to bear.

[acmejack]

3. A good move!

At least working with the theory it takes one to know one. as rzeman pointed out, the cons are as indecent as they come...