PRINTER'S NO. 2229
No. 161 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY KUSSE, CUMBERLAND, PITTS, W. W. FOSTER,
SIRIANNI, E. H. SMITH, HALVERSON, KLINGAMAN, R. W. WILT,
HASKELL, RENWICK, LAUDADIO, LEVI, TURNER, GREEN,
HOPKINS, MANMILLER, WAGNER, SHELHAMER, MRKONIC AND
GEORGE, SEPTEMBER 24, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, SEPTEMBER 25, 1975
In the House of Representatives, September 24, 1975
1 WHEREAS, The Federal Communications Commission has been
2 charged by the Congress of the United States with the
3 responsibility of licensing, observing and regulating the public
4 broadcasting industry in the United States; and
5 WHEREAS, The Columbia Broadcasting System has flagrantly
6 violated the spirit of the rules and regulations of a
7 responsible public broadcasting company by presenting a
8 misleading, biased and connived production entitled "The Guns of
9 Autumn"; and
10 WHEREAS, The excessive liberties taken by the Columbia
11 Broadcasting System threaten the entire broadcasting industry
12 with tightened regulations and restrictions; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
14 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania demand that the Federal
15 Communications Commission investigate the production, editing
16 and broadcasting of the documentary entitled, "The Guns of
1 Autumn"; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That the Federal Communications Commission order
3 the Columbia Broadcasting System to furnish interested parties
4 equal time at the same time slots in which said documentary was
5 broadcast to rebut the presentations, inferences and
6 inaccuracies presented by the Columbia Broadcasting System.
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