The MPAA has warned the FCC against allowing cable subscribers a la carte pricing for their cable channels. This was done in reaction to several consumer rights groups feeling that the current bundling method of pricing was against the spirit of the First Amendment.The television networks (and, by extension, the cable companies) and the MPAA have been in bed with each other since the word "television" entered our lexicon. I learned in a marketing class that the majority of advertisements for any movie are found on television and they tend to be broadcast on Thursday nights when people are deciding what to do with their weekend.
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A recent survey conducted by the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum
revealed that those surveyed knew more about The Simpsons than they did about the Constitution. When asked,
more people could name characters from the show than could name any of the five freedoms upheld by the First Amendment.
That would be freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom to assemble, freedom of speech, and freedom to
petition. Of course, you guys already knew that. My thoughts on this are that such surveys are meaningless. It's not
that hard to find people who know more about one thing than something else. 
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