House Overturns FCC Media Consolidation Plan

son_of_a_general writes "Looks like the House of Representatives just overturned the FCC's media consolidation rules, previously covered on Slashdot here(1), here(2), and here(3). The article over at CNet shows that the House passed a bill that overturned the rules, by a 400 to 21 vote. All is not clear yet, however, as the bill still must pass through Senate and face being signed by a President who has already indicated that he may veto."

Re:it doesn't matter

[DrWho520]

Exactly. With a 400 to 21 vote in the House, Georgey Porgey would be an idiot to consider...oh, wait.

Well, we will just have to see what the senate says.

What???

[BigDork1001]

You mean to be telling me that my government might be doing something good? The US government? I dunno, I think there may be a mistake somewhere.

Re:Amusing

[Valar]

What the media really wants is the ability to broadcast through my tinfoil hat. I'm just going to get upgrading though, to stay one step ahead of the man.

Re:What???

[retto]

You mean to be telling me that my government might be doing something good?

No.

The House is just saying that maybe the government is wrong in screwing Americans over as much as they were going to, and are trying to revert back to the more gentle screwing you were getting earlier.

A decrease in bad is not the same as an increase in good.

You know it's funny

[rsilvergun]

They can stip us of our rights and throw us in prison for downloading some files, but when our cable bill is in danger of going up, by God our Congress acts!

He thinks it's not even relevent

[FrankoBoy]

Never forget the guy's a freakin' moron [www.cbc.ca]. Americans need to offer a gift to all mankind in 2004 by kicking this pathetic braindead out of office.

And yes, you can consider this flamebait if you please ; I'd rather get modded down on /. than be a living flamebait myself like Bush is.

Re: two possibilities

[op51n]

Yes, I partially agree with the other reply to this post, saying no one will put off voting for Bush for vetoing this bill, but on the other hand, that's not quite the point. If he does veto a bill, particularly one that has had such a heavy majority, the political backlash will be huge. By the time all the politicians have jumped on him for that, and the press have had their say on a President vetoing a bill, again with this kind of majority, it would have far more effect on the party than you may assume.
Also, "A veto override is a political catastrophe for a President"... Yes, when has something being a political catastrophe had any sway in changing Bush's mind?

I swear, that man scares me more than Reagan!