Wow, just wow! The Hartmann Report...

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38. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted by the 104th Congress in Jan/Feb 1996.

Just a few facts about it for your perusal.

Both chambers had Republican majorities for the first time since the 83rd Congress in 1953. Newton Leroy Gingrich served as speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1998.
The bill was a relaxation of cross-ownership rules and a near-total rollback of New Deal market regulation. Looking back five years after the bill was passed, the Consumers Union reported that wire to wire competition, the reason that sold the bill, had not succeeded as legislators had hoped.

Warren J. Sirota, criticized the media's coverage of the bill. He wrote that: "Rightfully, this major change in the nation's regulatory structure is receiving considerable media and press attention. Unfortunately...most of the attention is going to the wrong issue, the Decency Act." The Latin American writer Eduardo Galeano commented..."Never have so many been held incommunicado by so few."

Hey, sex sells, right? Boldened script excerpted from Wikipedia. Thanks, Wickey and say hello to Winnie.