Networks won't air Obama speech (on immigration)

[branford]

103. Oy vey!

I have no intention of writing a legal brief on an internet forum about the increasingly limited powers of the FCC, including how their remit does not generally cover cable broadcasting or coverage, the limitations imposed by the First and Fifth Amendments, regulatory takings, etc.

You are free to peacefully advocate your views about how you believe the government should usurp certain networks in order broadcast presidential speeches for what you consider to be the public good. However, since for both legal and political reasons, neither congress nor the president, from either party, has not nor ever will even attempt to implement them, this discussion is pointless.

Nevertheless, both you and anyone else will be able to watch or listen to the president's speech this evening, whether on cable, including Spanish language stations Univision and Telemundo, broadcast television like PBS, the internet or on the radio. I would be more concerned that the president's choice of speaking at 8:00 pm (in order to preempt the beginning of the Latin Grammys on Univision), makes it exceedingly difficult for our west coast residents to contemporaneously listen, since many will still be at work or commuting home at 5:00pm PST.