Posted on 11/17/2008 3:47:17 PM PST by John Semmens
An opening salvo in the upcoming bid to silence talk radio criticism of left-wing government programs and officials was fired by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Citing regulations that penalize lewd language, Schumer suggested that the “rude” language of commentators like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity merited similar government oversight and control.
“The lewd language of pornography disrespects the body, but the rude language of Limbaugh, Hannity and their ilk disrespects the mind,” Schumer contended. “Limbaugh alone pollutes the thoughts of 20 million listeners a day. If the government can crackdown on the purveyors of pornographic filth it has to have the power to crackdown on the purveyors of ideological filth.”
The vehicle for the anticipated crackdown on ideological filth is the reimplementation of the so-called “Fairness Doctrine.” The Fairness Doctrine is the term given to government regulation of the content of TV and radio broadcasts that began in 1949. The regulation was suspended by the Federal Communications Commission in 1987 on the grounds that the original scarcity of frequencies argument for the regulation was no longer valid.
As Schumer sees it, “the FCC needs to monitor these broadcasts for ‘ideological decency.’ If there are perceived indecencies, the broadcasts will have to be banned or be accompanied by an ‘antidote’ of equal time for ideologically acceptable speech. The right-wing assault on decency cannot go on unchecked.”
(Excerpt) Read more at azconservative.org ...
Dammit, I know better and ya caused 20 point rise in my blood pressure!
Spoken by world-class turd Schmucky Schumer.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..............
You are evil!!! HEH HEH.
Watch em come a swarmin.
"Congress shall make no law..., abridging the freedom of speech..."
Whoever said that must have been really dumb.
First McCain Feingold. A Republican's name on the statute. Go figure.
Now the Fairness Doctrine.
When do we march on D.C.?
I mean with pitchforks and war wagons.
ML/NJ
oh crap
How do I get satellite radio so I can listen to Sean!!!
Talk radio is the first target of the left and silencing dissent on the net will be next. Guaranteed.
If I hadn’t seen Post 2...Darn it John...you would have got me...
Satire so close to the truth, you’ll believe it is real.
check his site out. Funny stuff!
This reads like some sort of sick joke. It just goes to show that if the Democrats get their way, we will have the same sort of disgraceful anti-free speech laws here that infects most of Western Europe.
Could this be rationalization of something? Ie., porn is harmless since it’s less dangerous than conservative(real American) radio. It’s unlikely he actually listens to these radio shows, but the porn, well...
How does the left successfully blame Reagan, both Bushes, and all conservatives for the end of all of A.M. radio? This is the definitive question that seriously needs to be asked. I seriously don’t see how the leftists don’t take the complete blame for the eventual death of all of A.M. radio.
“Governmental sloth and inertia will continue to preserve our way of life.”
You may be on to something there. Inertia will prevent a lot of what obamalamadingdong will try to do. Corruption will also slow it down.
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But wait! Government DOES NOT crackdown on ‘pornographic filth’ at all. In fact it is everywhere. Cable TV, the internet, the library and the newsstand. There is not even the semblance of any artistic merit to any of it.
So his argument is fatuous.
Hey Chuckie, wanna hear some “rude” language? Give me a call
Yes but Schumer actually wants to do exactly what John has presented in his satire. What is despicable and unbelievable is that this guy and others of his ilk keep getting reelected!
Yeah but I can see schumer saying just that.......:o)
I will send ya a FReep mail of a long satire I go this AM !
Stand by !
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