NYT reports that a former player confirms that Bill Belichick started cheating in 2000. Paging Henry Waxman...
Banner day for the FCC today. First, they published their new Print-Broadcast cross-ownership rules, which have been in dispute since a Third Circuit decision which threw out another set of rules years ago. Here are the new ones. They've been a controversy for some time, and B&C quotes an industry insider as saying "Let the games begin." Senator Dorgan (D-ND) can introduce a bill to nullify them. I look forward to some fun hearings.
Moving on, ABC paid their fine for the much debated NYPD Blue "buttocks" controversy, and immediately appealed to get their money back. Meanwhile the Department of Justice wants the Supreme Court to refrain from intervening in the case dealing with Bono's usage of the "F word" some years ago, since should the Supremes hold that a "fleeting expletive" isn't profane, it'd undermine the FCC's ability to arbitrarily enforce whatever they want.
Oh, in Facebook news, usage is down in the UK. More on those guys later. Trust me, it'll be worth the wait.
I head back to DC tomorrow. Expect regular posting from both of us to resume.
The Patriots' pattern of illicitly videotaping the signals of opposing N.F.L. coaches began in Coach Bill Belichick's first preseason with the team in 2000, a former Patriots player said. The information was put to use in that year's regular-season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Belichick's debut as New England's coach.
Banner day for the FCC today. First, they published their new Print-Broadcast cross-ownership rules, which have been in dispute since a Third Circuit decision which threw out another set of rules years ago. Here are the new ones. They've been a controversy for some time, and B&C quotes an industry insider as saying "Let the games begin." Senator Dorgan (D-ND) can introduce a bill to nullify them. I look forward to some fun hearings.
Moving on, ABC paid their fine for the much debated NYPD Blue "buttocks" controversy, and immediately appealed to get their money back. Meanwhile the Department of Justice wants the Supreme Court to refrain from intervening in the case dealing with Bono's usage of the "F word" some years ago, since should the Supremes hold that a "fleeting expletive" isn't profane, it'd undermine the FCC's ability to arbitrarily enforce whatever they want.
Oh, in Facebook news, usage is down in the UK. More on those guys later. Trust me, it'll be worth the wait.
I head back to DC tomorrow. Expect regular posting from both of us to resume.
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