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Article: Economic Advisers reiterate Bush cable policy. (President George Bush's Council of Economic Advisers affirm opposition to legislation re-regulating cable industry and lifting of financial and syndication rules)
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- February 18, 1991
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Economic Advisers Reiterate Bush Cable Policy
WASHINGTON -- Cable television policy should be shaped to maximize the scope of competition within the industry, President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers said in an annual report to Congress last week.
The message is not startling given the Bush administration's numerous letters to Congress last year outlining the administration's firm opposition to legislation re-regulating the cable industry and its preference for lifting legal and regulatory barriers to entry to enable telephone companies to compete against cable systems.
But the council's thoughts underscore the administration's consistency ...