Posted on 05/01/2009 11:17:34 AM PDT by UnalienablyRight
Behold one of the new "Fairness" Doctrines - "media diversity" - coming soon to a radio station near you.
President Barack Obama's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released the names of the thirty-one members of their Advisory Committee On Diversity For Communications In The Digital Age. This May 7 gathering is made up of a laundry list of left-wing grievance groups, with a smattering of radio and television companies included to break up the monotony.
Not a single conservative organization is taking part in this Commission - more than a dozen Leftist groups are. A little ironic for a "diversity" panel, is it not?
Chairing the meeting is Henry Rivera, a former FCC Commissioner who was (and presumably still is) a strong proponent of the Censorship Doctrine, also mis-known as the "Fairness" Doctrine.
Many, many liberals in Washington have over the last several years called for a reinstatement of the Doctrine. But push-back from people who have read and actually understand the First Amendment led the Left to realize that the political price to bring it back was too high, so they MovedOn.org.
Of course, their desire to silence the lone voices of their opposition had not lessened in the slightest. They're still just as dictatorial, just pragmatically so.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
You can be sure if this happens, the MSM will just sign up as many morning Joe`s as they can find to represent the right.
......how could they with a straight face not also apply the same thing to television?......
the same is true for newspapers and magazines. They are transported on public roads just as radio and tv are transported over public airways.
The same is true of cable tv that is delivered to homes after being transported on public rights of way.
That’s what I said Sept 18, 2008. From sundown to socialism in 45 minutes. TARP
is this a joke...are you kidding me I would expect this in The Onion...
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