One of the headline stories in this morning’s Houston Chronicle, “Council hits pause button on TV funds”, followed closely by, “Public-access channel sparks a debate about free speech vs. obscenity issues”. According to Matt Stiles, staff reporter:
“The Houston City Council postponed funding for a cable public-access channel Wednesday amid debate about whether it would be censorship for the city to limit programming that one councilwoman labeled "obscene."”
The issue that should have been in question before City Council; “Why are tax payer dollars being spent to fund public-access television in the first place?”, not the content of those shows. There are plenty of privately funded television channels that have all manner of viewing options for the public. It is not a question of free speech vs. obscenity; rather it is the waste of public monies at a time when such monies are in short supply because of such wasteful spending on the part of elected officials, now that’s obscene!
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