Circuit City calls FCC's bluff

Challenging the FCC's whole reason for being seems to be the latest tactic in Corporate America's moldy toolbox.

The FCC was created in 1934 to regulate the radio spectrum, wire communications, and devices including transmitters and receivers. But recently Comcast ignorantly tried challenging the FCC's power to mandate 'Net neutrality (which falls under wire communications). Comcast's case was laughable. The cable and Internet giant practically told the government right to its face that it can't make laws. According to Comcast, laws are only for the little people, you see.

The basic gist of Comcast's argument was that the FCC has no authority over it - even though the law clearly established that it does. So Comcast is just going to defy the FCC outright.

Now Circuit City is pulling a similar stunt. Recently, several retail chains were fined billions for not warning customers that TV's they purchased there were going to be useless a year from now. But Circuit City - in all its infinite inanity - is now saying the FCC doesn't have the authority to enforce the rule requiring retailers to warn customers about worthless TV's.

Seriously, Circuit Shitty actually said that. Heaven forfend the government actually regulate a corporation.

What's the point in having regulations if nobody has the authority to enforce it?

Now Circuit City may sue to have the FCC's regulation invalidated. Circus City has no case. I guess they think it's easier to try to have a friendly judge strike down the FCC's rule than to obey it.

Without oversight authority like this, what is the FCC for? The corporate empire is fine with the FCC as long it uses its power only to go after pirate stations that don't hurt anyone and put out misleading propaganda favoring digital TV. But when the FCC goes after a major corporation, Corporate America is never shy about flexing its muscle in the face of pending action.

(Source: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13944.cfm)