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Can Public Access Television Survive the Telecom Revolution?
On our rebroadcast of To the Point, the Big Three CEO's were back in Washington today, raising their survival request from $25 to $34 billion. Are their cars really that bad? Are the companies too important to too many people to let them fail? Also, Bratz dolls will now be owned by Mattel, which makes Barbie. Are Bratz a thing of the past? Also, a debate about Time Warner's elimination of public access channels in the City of LA.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenOn our rebroadcast of To the Point, the Big Three CEO's were back in Washington today, raising their survival request from $25 to $34 billion. Are their cars really that bad? Are the companies too important to too many people to let them fail? Also, public access channels will be eliminated in Los Angeles. Are they out of date or does Time Warner Cable just want more ways to make money? Also, have pre-teen girls seen the last of Bratz dolls?
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The CEO's of the Big Three went back to Congress today, upping the ante from $25 to $34 billion in federal money to keep them in business. They promised personal sacrifice, better management and greener cars, saying the taxpayers would be paid back, maybe with interest. We hear their latest plans and how Senators in both parties reacted.
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This may be the last Christmas for Bratz dolls and a lot of jobs in Van Nuys.
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Public access channels on Cable TV provide access to city council meetings and other official events, and to anyone else who can figure out how to produce a program. They were a quid pro quo in the days when cities had the power to grant monopoly franchises to cable operators. Now the state performs that function and, in the City of Los…
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