The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has called Arbitron representatives to appear before them Dec. 2 as they investigate the Portable People Meter and its effect on diversity.In a prepared statement, committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) revealed that he had already come to his conclusion on the topic. “With an unprecedented decline in ratings among popular minority television and radio stations," he said, "we must explore the possibility of methodological flaws in the implementation of the PPM. As it stands now, the current system jeopardizes the future of minority broadcasting.”
This announcement came on day two of the probing All The Excess! three-day series profiling the Farkels, a PPM household. And we hadn't even published the revealing words of good friend and trusted neighbor Ferd Berfel at the time!
Coincidence? We think not!
All The Excess! Getting the dirt the others leave behind...and lighting a fire under our elected officials to kick some people meter bootay!
