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 ...
>>I am all for Fairness Doctrine
Equal air time on the major news nets, CNN, MSNBC, CNBS, etc
Equal space in the newspapers seeing as how they use public networks and the streets to deliver their product<<
I think they realize that would backfire on them to a degree so now they are pushing for “Subsidized Minority Ownership” Because they know it will turn every Conservative talk station into a mini-NPR/Air America station.
I changed second amendment to 2nd.
uh, uh, um, what a maroon.
Excellent idea....but it’s still short a few letters =(. I did it anyway!
You’re talking about barry and not me, right? Please say yes, lol.
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other." John Adams
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other." John Adams
roger that!
Rush recently had that one. Such few words speak volumes. Our Founding Fathers had so much insight that I can think of no other conclusion..... our country was God given, a blessing to them and to us.
Whew!!!! =)
I used to have that on my page, but, alas, my page has been downsized. I’ll redo my homepage in a minute so you can see what I used to have..... give me a couple minutes.
Yay!
So true...
It may mean ultimately and literally leading your multi-million-man/woman audience on to the steps of Congress and the SCOTUS to demand that Right be honored.
Thank you for the link!!!
I think the tack they will use will be to label opponents as mentally ill. Come up with some appropriate anti-social diagnosis from DSM-IV-TR.
I say this because, in some circuits, a judge might defend a conservative's right to be vile. But once a person is declared mentally ill and has a competency hearing (in front of a government-picked libtard judge), the conservative will lose all of his rights (...he's craaazzzy, dontcha know...)
Think I'm wrong? Google on the terms "homophobia" and "DSM-V" -- they're looking to give that it's own designation when the new DSM comes out!
Exactly! We all knew the Liberal Messiah and His apostles would attempt to crush our right to Free Speech. This is simply a meeting for planning purposes.
If they think we will allow them to silence us, they are insane. We must make it clear to the Democrats/Liberals/Progressives/Socialists/Communists that we will resist, by any means necessary, any attempt on their part to silence us!
Here it comes....
Just wait...coming to a country near you.
Sweden, pastor arrested for preaching about homosexuality (2004)
UK, Christian layperson arrested for passing out anti-gay pamphlets (2006)
USA (Il), Pastor investigated by FBI for controversial sermons (incl., abortion)
And plenty more, but I'm too lazy to look any more up.
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