For decades, public access programming on cable television has provided a virtually free forum for community activists and aspiring entertainers, for preening star wannabes as well as serious-minded political watchdogs.
But in Los Angeles and across California that forum began crumbling last week, a development that advocates say will strip ordinary citizens of a valuable 1st Amendment platform.
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Solid report on the looming loss of public access studios in LA due to a new law that allows cable providers to drop public access programming. A very important topic. Not a California resident until very recently, I'd like to know which political party held the majority in the legislature when the law was passed in 2006.
This article offers several points of view and several voices. All-in-all it is balanced and accurate. A more in-depth article would certainly shed even more light on this critical topic but this certainly gives the reader the information they need to make decisions and act. It is well written and with each paragraph the reader wants to learn more.
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