From the washington post article covering Sen Cotton's NYT Op-Ed:
In an internal Slack conversation among Times staffers, Deputy Editorial Page Editor James Dao wrote that several editors saw the essay before it published — “including one on the masthead: me” — and that it was fact-checked. “I did not anticipate it would have this kind of impact on my colleagues. And for that I am sorry.”
If "must carry" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Must-carry) were eliminated - or modified - a lot of the problems might be alleviated.
Several years ago here in Raleigh,NC the local ABC affiliate (must carry) is actually owned by Disney. In order to carry the ABC affiliate, DISH Network was being told that redistribution rights had increased *and* it *must* also offer multiple DISNEY channels on it's default offering - and pay for those (causing individual rates to rise).
DISH network subscribers lost access to ABC (and Disney) channels for a while until the situation was settled - to the detriment of my pocketbook.
I believe that content owners should not be allowed to own distribution mechanisms. "must carry" must also be eliminated/modified so that if an agreement cannot be reached, another affiliate can be substituted.
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Internal slack at NYT says it was reviewed
From the washington post article covering Sen Cotton's NYT Op-Ed:
In an internal Slack conversation among Times staffers, Deputy Editorial Page Editor James Dao wrote that several editors saw the essay before it published — “including one on the masthead: me” — and that it was fact-checked. “I did not anticipate it would have this kind of impact on my colleagues. And for that I am sorry.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/06/03/new-york-times-tom-cotton/
FCC Must Carry
If "must carry" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Must-carry) were eliminated - or modified - a lot of the problems might be alleviated.
Several years ago here in Raleigh,NC the local ABC affiliate (must carry) is actually owned by Disney. In order to carry the ABC affiliate, DISH Network was being told that redistribution rights had increased *and* it *must* also offer multiple DISNEY channels on it's default offering - and pay for those (causing individual rates to rise).
DISH network subscribers lost access to ABC (and Disney) channels for a while until the situation was settled - to the detriment of my pocketbook.
I believe that content owners should not be allowed to own distribution mechanisms. "must carry" must also be eliminated/modified so that if an agreement cannot be reached, another affiliate can be substituted.