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Federal Communications Commission Wants More Ethnic Diversity On Airwaves
Judicial Watch ^ | Dec. 3, 2010

Posted on 12/04/2010 7:43:56 PM PST by T.L.Sink

Keeping with Obama's big government ambitions, the FCC has announced a plan to CONTROL THE INTERNET and a proposal to sustain "traditional media" by requiring broadcasters to reflect ethnic diversity and public affairs programming to keep their license. Both agendas were revealed this week by two FCC commissioners, Michael Copps and Julius Genachowski, who was appointed agency chairman by Obama. Their job is to regulate interstate and international radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. Now the agency wants to CONTROL CYBERSPACE. Copps threatened free speech with an outrageous proposal that's clearly aimed at conservative stations [Rush, Hannity, Beck?] viewed as a threat to the administration's liberal agenda. If every commercial broadcaster doesn't pass a "public value test" it could lose its broadcasting rights.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: diversity; fcc; netneutrality
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It's not just a theoretical debate any longer. The Obama administration clearly wants to control the media, as do all authoritarian regimes. They may use pleasant and euphemistic words to disguise their intent but the goal is the same as that of Dr. Goebbels, Hitler's minister of propaganda, - to control thought and prevent the free exchange of ideas. The historical situation may be different but the ethos of authoritarianism always remains the same.
1 posted on 12/04/2010 7:43:59 PM PST by T.L.Sink
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To: T.L.Sink

Boy ya elect a Black dude President now he thinks he owns the place


2 posted on 12/04/2010 7:46:03 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
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To: T.L.Sink

Commie ‘RAT to a Conserative- “Well smarty pants! What would you cut?” girlyman voice/off

Conservative to Commie ‘RAT - “Well, we sure as hell don’t need anything called the Federal Communications Commission! Why the hell are we wasting taxpayer dollars for that crap?”


3 posted on 12/04/2010 7:48:20 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Sittin' in da back of da bus since January 2009.)
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To: T.L.Sink

How about some diversity in the White House?

An American for a change?


4 posted on 12/04/2010 7:49:04 PM PST by Diogenesis ('Freedom is the light of all sentient beings.' - Optimus Prime)
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To: T.L.Sink

There is way too much ethnic diversity now!!


5 posted on 12/04/2010 7:50:27 PM PST by dalereed
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To: T.L.Sink
requiring broadcasters to reflect ethnic diversity and public affairs programming to keep their license

Even if no one listens to these programs. The idiots at FCC don't get the fact that no one listens to liberal talk radio. There may be a few wacko stations in New York and San Francisco and a few other places but by and large there isn't an audience for this crap. Air America failed miserably. A number of other liberals failed on talk radio. Of course none of this means anything to the Obama people. They are nothing but idiot bean counters. They are dangerous people.
6 posted on 12/04/2010 7:50:36 PM PST by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough.)
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To: T.L.Sink

Remember these from the FCC’s “Diversity CZAR” Marcus Lloyd:

Video: FCC ‘Diversity’ Czar on Chavez’s Venezuela: ‘Incredible...Democratic Revolution’

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/seton-motley/2009/08/28/video-fcc-diversity-czar-chavezs-venezuela-incredible-democratic-revol#ixzz17Clk284q

Audio: FCC’s Diversity Czar: ‘White People’ Need to be Forced to ‘Step Down’ ‘So Someone Else Can Have Power’

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/seton-motley/2009/09/23/fccs-diversity-czar-white-people-need-be-forced-step-down-so-someone-0#ixzz17Clo6Ts8


7 posted on 12/04/2010 7:50:47 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction
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To: truthguy

People do listen to liberal talk radio—it’s called NPR
and it’s taxpayer funded...that’s why Air America failed,
because there already was a crappy liberal network on...

And even bring up the subject of balance on NPR, or
de-funding them, and the libs are outraged at the very notion.


8 posted on 12/04/2010 7:52:52 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: al baby

This is crap. If I wanted to live in Venezuela I’d move there.


9 posted on 12/04/2010 7:52:56 PM PST by JPG (Sarah dedicated her new book to Trig: "I'm glad you're here.")
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10 posted on 12/04/2010 7:55:51 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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You mean they want to close down some of those Mexican only radio stations.
11 posted on 12/04/2010 7:57:36 PM PST by org.whodat
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To: T.L.Sink

Yeah, well then...I demand Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Bobby Jindal and others on the major news network airwaves now!

I’m sick and tired of “the man” holding them down.


12 posted on 12/04/2010 7:58:31 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month)
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To: T.L.Sink

Ok, let’s try to get back Ken Hamblin back on the radio. Will they stop complaining after that?


13 posted on 12/04/2010 7:59:04 PM PST by NorthStarStateConservative (I'm just another disabled naturalized minority vegan pro life conservative.)
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To: al baby

Need the New Black Panther or the Iman Obummer radio show.


14 posted on 12/04/2010 7:59:31 PM PST by ncfool (The new USSA - United Socialst States of AmeriKa. Welcome to Obummers world or Obamaville USSA.)
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To: T.L.Sink

The racists are coming!!! The racists are coming!!!


15 posted on 12/04/2010 8:05:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (DEFCON I ALERT: The federal cancer has metastasized. All personnel report to their battle stations.)
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To: T.L.Sink

The old Radio Moscow comes to AmeriKa, or even worse, Radio Albania.
We will also have NBC (Nairobi Broadcast Company) ABC (African Broadcast Company), and of course, CBS (Communist Broadcast System), also known today as SEE BS.


16 posted on 12/04/2010 8:07:29 PM PST by AlexW
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To: T.L.Sink

Genachowski is Jewish and I simply do not understand why any Jew would support the openly anti-semitic agenda of the left in this country as championed by the current administration and lame duck Congress who have proven themselves to be pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli time and time again.


17 posted on 12/04/2010 8:07:55 PM PST by caper gal 1
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To: T.L.Sink

Our local conservative talk radio actually attempted this. (Owned by Clear Channel who really DO know how to balance a spreadsheet and MAKE money. They were the first to drop ‘Air Amerika’ in our area...)

They gave a local black guy his own show from 6-7pm during the week.

Then it was two days a week. Then it was one...they lost money all along the way with this PC experiment...

No one, not even the local liberal blacks wanted to tune in to listen to his black panther-ish rantings. *Rolleyes*

The DJ was in his glory this time last year when Tiger Woods was actin’ up. I could not BELIEVE how this guy justified everything Tiger did because he was a brother. Yeesh!


18 posted on 12/04/2010 8:08:13 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: NorthStarStateConservative

The Black Avenger was great


19 posted on 12/04/2010 8:12:52 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
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To: T.L.Sink

time to pull out something from Reagan.... Nancy Reagan.

JUST SAY NO

we’re going to have to start saying no to these people and disregard whatever they dictate

it’s time for civil disobedience


20 posted on 12/04/2010 8:13:38 PM PST by sten
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