[NENA] ***SPAM*** help delete objectionalble cable channels from your family's tv programing

[Richard Beckwith]

Dear Friends, 

Why should we have to pay Comcast for such objectionable television programming such as MTV, FX, and similar channels just in order to get family programming such as Nickelodeon, Disney or any of the other decent, entertaining and informative Cable Channels? Sign on to the letter in support of freedom to choose from among cable channels offered, instead of companies forcing "packages" of channels on families which include such objectionable content. Freedom to choose is referred to as "a la carte cable" offerings. Please write and copy all your representative. Legislation is pending in congress. Also, go to the "Parents Television Council" web site for more info, and to lend your voice to a host of similar issues affecting families and children. 

For your convenience I've included below a draft letter you can edit with your own words and send to your representatives regarding this issue. 

Thanks,  Keith


> 
> For those of us in New Mexico, the message should be sent to the following recipients:
> Senator Bingaman
> Senator Udall
> Representative Martin Heinrich



Draft message text follows:



> your name(s)
> Mailing address 
> 
> April 8, 2009
> 
> [recipient address was inserted here]
> 
> 
> Dear [recipient name was inserted here],
> 
> I am writing you today to ask you to put an end to the licensed extortion 
> of American families by the cable industry.  
> 
> America's families are underserved by the broadcast networks, so it is 
> only natural that nearly 90% of Americans choose to subscribe to cable to 
> increase their viewing options.  But as things stand now, if I want to 
> subscribe to the Disney channel, I am also forced to get and pay for the 
> FX network, MTV, Comedy Central, and a slew of other cable channels that I 
> not only don't want coming into my home, but which undermine the family values I 
> hold dear.  
> 
> It would be unthinkable for a magazine publisher to tell you that in order 
> to get "Better Homes and Gardens," you also have to pay for a subscription 
> to "Playboy."  But in effect, that's exactly what the cable industry has 
> been forcing cable subscribers to do for years.  
> 
> The cable industry's response, of course, is to say that if you don't want 
> MTV, or FX you can always block the channel, but that can only be done on the 
> main TV with the cable box, not all the other TVs in the home that only have direct cable. Also
> even if they are blocked at the cable box, MTV and other such channels are still getting a 
> portion of our monthly cable bill payments, whether I watch or not. 
> 
> Why should I be forced to subsidize channels that assault my families core values 
> and beliefs?
> 
> Offering parents the ability to choose the channels they want, and to pay 
> only for those channels, puts power back in the hands of the consumer - of 
> parents - and forces the producers of indecent or violent programming to 
> fund their own corruption.
> 
> The cable industry has been carried on the backs of American consumers 
> long enough. It is time for this extortion to end.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> 
> Your Name(s)
> 
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