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The sad thing was the war of 1812 when everything was burned. Then they had to start piecemeal since then and every president who came didnt like what was there in the state have auctions in the square. Then every president could change the decor if they wanted once president grant had the blue room pilot and Chester Arthur had at robins egg blue and finally that was all stopped at the time of Theodore Roosevelt in 1902. This week on the communicators we focus on the future of television. Former fcc chairman Julius Genachowski and former fcc commissioner Robert Mcdowell followed by our discuss...

Chairman Julius Genachowski and former fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. Thats followed by our discussion with congressman greg walden, chairman of the house subcommittee on communications and technology. Guest were in a landscape thats absolutely shifting, and there are areas of the statutory scheme where it would make sense to look at and say are those keeping up with the changes in the marketplace. Fundamentally, having this kind of competition, programming innovation, access by new players to consumers and access by the traditional players to viewers in new ways. Obviously, whats happening...

I think theres a lot of good law there that could solve a loot of these problems. I think that should be the starting point for a larger conversation about bringing our laws uptodate for the new realities. Guest it says that the internet should be unfettered by state or federal regulation. Host and thats the last word. Robert mcdowell, former fcc commissioner now with the hudson institute, and craig aaron, president and ceo of free press. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a Public Service by your television provider. And were live at the Kaiser...

Isnt being regulated in common carrier starting in the 70s under democrat and republican controlled fcc. They operated different than phone records. And it was under the chairman in the second clinton term where the pass was made to insulate the internet from common carriage. And so those types of communications were never regulated and didnt grow up from title two. They have always been out of title twos reach. That is what helped grow the internet we have today. And wireless broadband has been growing because it hasnt been burdened by the control style regulations. Host last word. Guest i th...

Fcc chairman tom wheeler commented. Joining us on the communicators this week to discuss this, craig aaron, who is president and ceo of free press, and former fcc commissioner rocket Mcdowell Robert mcdowell. Commissioner mcdowell, can the fcc put the kibosh on comcast Time Warner Cable mergersome. Guest oh, it could, absolutely. And the department of justice could try to do so as well. Sometime in the past when mergers have been proposed not necessarily at the announcement stage weve heard words such as unthinkable. They havent put the kibosh on it just yet, and the application, i dont think,...