Posts Tagged ‘Channel 13’

D.C. Council Asserts Control Over Channel 13

As LL first broke yesterday, the D.C. Council is embroiled in a dispute with Mayor Adrian M. Fenty over control of Channel 13—the District's public access channel devoted to airing council proceedings.
The dispute is rooted in last Thursday's 'open deposition' of Peaceoholics co-founder Ronald Moten—an unorthodox proceeding, to be sure. As a deposition, Councilmembers Mary [...]

D.C. Council Riled Over TV Airing of Fire Truck Testimony

The fishy fire truck testimony delivered last Thursday by Peaceoholics co-founder Ronald Moten before the D.C. Council was plenty dramatic, but the drama apparently did not end with the pound of the gavel.
Since then, a classic council-executive scuffle has broken out over broadcasts of the proceeding on city cable, with allegations flying that Mayor Adrian [...]