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Obama’s New FCC “Diversity” Chief Believes Government Should Control All Media
Flopping Aces ^ | 08-26-09 | Curt

Posted on 08/26/2009 9:07:06 PM PDT by Starman417

Have you met our newly appointed, Obama stamp approved, "Diversity" Czar for the FCC?

No?

Well...check him out.

Mark Lloyd, chief diversity officer of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), called for a “confrontational movement” to combat what he claimed was control of the media by international corporations and to re-establish the regulatory power of government through robust public broadcasting and a more powerful FCC.

Lloyd expressed his regulatory call to arms in his 2006 book, “Prologue to a Farce: Communications and Democracy in America” (University of Illinois Press).

In the book, Lloyd also said that public broadcasting should be funded through new license fees charged to the nation’s private radio and television broadcasters, and that new regulatory fees should be used to fund eight new regional FCC offices.

These offices would be responsible for monitoring political advertising and commentary, children’s educational programs, number of commercials, and content ratings of the programs.

Frequently referencing one of his heroes, left-wing activist Saul Alinsky, Lloyd claims in his book that the history of American communications policy has been one of continued corporate control of every form of communication from the telegraph to the Internet.

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For those who think any or all of these recommendations might infringe on the free speech rights of broadcasters, Lloyd says his concern is not the “exaggerated” concerns over the First Amendment.

“It should be clear by now that my focus here is not freedom of speech or the press,” he said. “This freedom is all too often an exaggeration.

And just today Glenn Beck aired some footage of Lloyd speaking about the great change that happened in Venezuela with the dictator Chavez coming to power:

In Venezuela, with Chavez, really a incredible revolution. A dramatic revolution. To begin to put into place saying that we're going to have impact on the people of Venezuela.

The property owners and the folks who were then controlling the media rebelled, work frankly with folks here in the US government, worked to oust him and came back and had another revolution and Chavez started to take the media very seriously in this country.

Get that? The "property owners" didn't want a dictator, didn't want Communism, and that's bad. Our government even helped them fight against Communism but Chavez, Lloyd's hero, came back fighting and took over the media.....which is a good thing to our new FCC czar.

He is completely opposed to any privately owned communications.

Read that again.

He want's a government takeover of our media!

Here's Glenn with Seton Motley:

[VIDEO'S AT SITE]

(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agenda; alinsky; bho44; bhofcc; fcc; lloyd; marklloyd; obama
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1 posted on 08/26/2009 9:07:07 PM PDT by Starman417
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To: Starman417

Dear God, he has found ALL of the Marxists to “serve” in his politburo, hasn’t he?

GET THEM ALL DUMPED OUT ON THE STREET!


2 posted on 08/26/2009 9:09:06 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt (Obama's Deathcare ---- many will suffer and/or die unnecessarily.)
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To: Starman417

Beck featured this screwhead today. This is part of what Obama brought with him, a bunch of radicals. Obama knows them just like he knew Rev. Wright.


3 posted on 08/26/2009 9:10:22 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Starman417

Of course he does.

They all do. They all think everything would be better if government controlled everything.

Time to send the entire bunch packing one way or the other. One way tickets over to Russia or China - plenty of commie totalitarian buddies they can hook up with over there.


4 posted on 08/26/2009 9:12:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Starman417

Don’t forget to mention the rehearing of the Citizens United vs FEC case at the SCOTUS. This admin is claiming power to ban books, films, internet postings and everything else. And who gets to decide what is “corporate” funding??

Is MoveOn and OFA and SEIU and Big Pharma running tens of millions on TV ads FOR ObamaCare going to be banned. Of course not. They will only ban conservative speech, of course.


5 posted on 08/26/2009 9:12:33 PM PDT by GeronL (Ted is dead, sir- begins train ride to hell .. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: Starman417

Beck has been running some serious stuff this week and it all connects. Try to watch all of it if you can or look for video clips online. Beck is shining a light on all these marxist cockroaches, who now have positions within our government.


6 posted on 08/26/2009 9:14:42 PM PDT by two23 (czars are for commies)
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To: Starman417

Saw this on Beck tonight. As I mentioned in another thread this is freakin’ scary stuff.


7 posted on 08/26/2009 9:15:19 PM PDT by RedCell (Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi / Declaration of Independence - 5th sentence)
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To: Starman417

Good Lord!

I can’t believe what has happened in my country.


8 posted on 08/26/2009 9:15:33 PM PDT by chris37
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To: Starman417

The only way to ensure diversity is to make sure that everyone expresses the same point of view.


9 posted on 08/26/2009 9:18:42 PM PDT by VisualizeSmallerGovernment (This Little Piggie Gets Wee Wee'd Up All The Way Home)
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To: chris37
If these fools have their way, we'll have to catch Rush on Radio Free America.
10 posted on 08/26/2009 9:20:33 PM PDT by Razz Barry (Round'em up, send'em home.)
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To: RedCell

The only one who has tried to be coy about his beliefs is Obama - and just because he wouldn’t have been elected if he’d been honest.

But the rest of these guys have laid out their beliefs and goals for people to find.

If the media weren’t going along with this it would be stopped so easily. What on earth do they think they’ll gain if we end up like Venezuela?


11 posted on 08/26/2009 9:21:10 PM PDT by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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To: Anti-Bubba182; All
This is part of what Obama brought with him, a bunch of radicals. Obama knows them just like he knew Rev. Wright.

Exactly. Has anyone put together a collection of all the radicals appointed and their statements and beliefs? I'd like to see how valuminous this list is becoming.

12 posted on 08/26/2009 9:27:00 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt

Another czar?

We are in deeeeep shit!

Time to face up to the facts! They are already running a parallel government. Next step is a crisis and they shift the power of the military from the senate to the czars. Then the people are S*C*R*E*W*E*D!

They will collect the guns and its over.
Tyranny is well under way. So is poverty. Everyone will have an equal nothing.


13 posted on 08/26/2009 9:27:04 PM PDT by himno hero
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To: Starman417
It should be clear by now that my focus here is not freedom of speech or the press,” he said. “This freedom is all too often an exaggeration.

An exaggeration, except when he's running his mouth, apparently.

14 posted on 08/26/2009 9:27:22 PM PDT by FlyVet
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To: Zack Attack

spell check above

valuminous = voluminous


15 posted on 08/26/2009 9:27:51 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Aria

I think that’s one of the things Glenn had asked tonight. For someone to please call and convince him why this is good. He said the only people that will gain from ANY of this BS that’s going down is those in the inner power circle. The rest of the fools pumping and pimping think they’ll be rewarded but they’ll be just as screwed as the rest of us when the darkness completely falls.


16 posted on 08/26/2009 9:27:58 PM PDT by RedCell (Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi / Declaration of Independence - 5th sentence)
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To: himno hero

It’s certainly unlike anything ever in this country before!

We should have EVERY voice possible out there saying what Obama is doing is UNAMERICAN, way out Marxist and must be stopped - NOW!


17 posted on 08/26/2009 9:32:35 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt (Obama's Deathcare ---- many will suffer and/or die unnecessarily.)
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To: chris37

“Good Lord!
I can’t believe what has happened in my country.”

Read my tag line.
A few years ago, I had even some snotty nosed Freepers come back with,
“Don’t let the door hit your ass”.

Interesting, I no longer hear that, and I reaffirm that
I am now VERY happy that I no longer HAVE to live there.
I have had private mails from other FReepers wanting to join me.
I have made friends with other expats that just got out, and they are also quite happy.


18 posted on 08/26/2009 9:35:31 PM PDT by AlexW (Now in the Philippines . Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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To: Starman417

To those who are paying attention, Obama is not secretive about his intentions. It’s all there for anyone to read and see in black and white. Obama is hellbent on converting America to his marxist dream state. He intends to achieve his goals by any means necessary. He is in your face, and he doesn’t care one iota what you think as he goes about seeding and cultivating his marxist garden. He is totally uneffected by the few irrevelent final gasps of freedom moans he must contend with on occasion here and there.


19 posted on 08/26/2009 9:40:26 PM PDT by takenoprisoner (Freedom Watch: fight for freedom with everything you have.)
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To: Aria
What on earth do they think they’ll gain if we end up like Venezuela?

They(everybody who thinks communism is a good idea) think that they will be some how invited to be part of the ruling party.

And most of these people don't work and think they are entitled to things they didn't earn.

It's the liberal way, don'tcha know.

20 posted on 08/26/2009 9:40:30 PM PDT by SantosLHalper (I am the World that hides the Universal secret of All time.)
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