Lawmakers Want Terrorist TV Crackdown

Two U.S. congressmen have proposed legislation to label satellite providers of incendiary TV stations as terrorist organizations-the latest attempt by lawmakers to prevent radical anti-American propaganda from hitting the airwaves, even abroad.
The bill, authored by Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., and Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., seeks to punish satellite companies that carry channels that are mouthpieces for known terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas-stations they say incite their audiences to commit acts of terrorism against the United States.