Birds of a feather. (US Vice President Al Gore and FCC Chairman Reed Hundt think alike about children's television programming)

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 1996 by Stern, Christopher

Old friends, Gore and Hundt, think alike when it comes to kids TV When Vice President Al Gore flew to the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention in Las Vegas in April, he gave his old high-school buddy FCC Chairman Reed Hundt a ride. During the flight on Air Force 2, Hundt and Gore discussed the speech the Vice President would make urging broadcasters to air at least three hours of children's educational TV.

Gore spoke to broadcasters in the morning; Hundt made the same points in his speech that afternoon. Broadcasters point to the April 16 one-two punch as a good example of the well-coordinated policy by the White House and the FCC when it comes to children's television. The FCC "is the closest to the White House and the most political...

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