http://www.hrts.org/blog/5 en http://www.hrts.org/node/4704 <p><b><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: ">The Elephant in the Room</span></i></b></p><p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: ">So far this year, the HRTS has presented luncheons featuring hitmaking producers, broadcast network presidents, reality producers and programmers, <a title="Cable Chiefs Video" href="gallery?g2_view=core:ShowItem&amp;g2_itemId=176">cable network chiefs</a>, and the estimable NBC News anchor <a title="Brian Williams Video" href="gallery?g2_view=core:ShowItem&amp;g2_itemId=173">Brian Williams</a>.<span>   </span>Conversation amongst these panels of industry leaders broached a vast array of topics of interest to the many members of the HRTS in attendance.<span>  </span>Throughout all these luncheons however, looming in the corner of the room, was an inescapable “elephant� that continuously touches us all.<span>  </span>That <i>elephant</i> is the spectre of increased regulation from the federal government in the area of indecency.<span>   </span>Throughout our Newsmaker season the topic came up whether the question was asked or not. <span> </span>In the latest issue of <a href="http://www.hrts.org/sites/hrts.org/files/SocietyViews%20Spring05c.pdf"><em>Society</em> </a><em><a href="http://www.hrts.org/sites/hrts.org/files/SocietyViews%20Spring05c.pdf">Views</a>,</em> our quarterly newsletter you can see the theme recurring, both in the event recaps as well as our POV letters. </span></p> Thu, 12 May 2005 11:41:05 -0700