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["Wolfe, Joanna" <joanna.wolfe AT oup.com>]

> On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Tony Spencer wrote:
        <snip!>
> > He was incorrect when he made the claim that the Crossfire hosts
> have a
> > responsibility to the American people.  Wrong.  They are a TV show
> that is a
> > company that has a responsibility to their shareholders only.
> They are
> > responsible for making money.  
> 
No, there is a mandate by the FCC that a portion of programming be
public affairs for informing the community.
Now this may only apply to network/broadcast stations and not to
cable.
But if it does apply to cable, I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts
that Crossfire is classified a public affairs/community

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/broadcast.html

Joanna