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To: GBA; butterdezillion; maggief; hoosiermama; LucyT

Butterdezillion, maggief, hoosiermama, LucyT

Ping to #46.

Explains the intimidation done to the media.

Also can explain why individuals don’t unload on 0; they don’t want to get mercilessly audited.

Many thanks, GBA!


47 posted on 02/20/2014 8:27:31 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000))
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3125061/posts

Why is the Obama Administration Putting Government Monitors in Newsrooms?
ACLJ.org ^ | Feb 19, 2014 | Matthew Clark

Why is the Obama Administration Putting Government Monitors in Newsrooms?

The Obama Administration’s Federal Communication Commission (FCC) is poised to place government monitors in newsrooms across the country in an absurdly draconian attempt to intimidate and control the media.

Before you dismiss this assertion as utterly preposterous (we all know how that turned out when the Tea Party complained that it was being targeted by the IRS), this bombshell of an accusation comes from an actual FCC Commissioner.

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai reveals a brand new Obama Administration program that he fears could be used in “pressuring media organizations into covering certain stories.”

As Commissioner Pai explains in the Wall Street Journal:


49 posted on 02/20/2014 9:02:35 AM PST by maggief
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