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Groups want FCC to police hate speech on talk radio, cable news networks
the hill ^ | 6/1/10 | Gautham Nagesh

Posted on 06/01/2010 4:59:19 PM PDT by Nachum

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is being urged to monitor "hate speech" on talk radio and cable broadcast networks.

A coalition of more than 30 organizations argue in a letter to the FCC that the Internet has made it harder for the public to separate the facts from bigotry masquerading as news.

The groups also charge that syndicated radio and cable television programs "masquerading as news" use hate as a profit model.

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To: Nachum
A coalition of more than 30 organizations argue in a letter to the FCC that the Internet has made it harder for the public to separate the facts from bigotry masquerading as news

the Internet has made it harder for the public Obama Administration to separate the facts from bigotry promote lies masquerading as news

81 posted on 06/02/2010 11:54:18 AM PDT by justsaynomore (The Hermantor - 2012 - www.hermancain.com)
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To: Nachum
Here it comes. I thought the attempt at censorship would have come earlier. The left and the MSM will do everything in their power to shut down the voices on the right. We must be vigilant and fight them.
82 posted on 06/02/2010 12:09:53 PM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: Nachum

which 30?

I bet they are all racist and hate groups in their own right.


83 posted on 06/02/2010 12:22:23 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: DHSMostWanted

every single post on fr, = “crimethink”


84 posted on 06/02/2010 12:30:50 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Mr. Wright

Racism can only exist for the majority. Therefore, only whitey is prejudiced. Did you learn nothing in public screwel??

/sarc


85 posted on 06/02/2010 12:38:14 PM PDT by DesertConservative
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To: Mr. Wright

freedom=crimethink
liberty=crimethink

government too big = crimethink.

This is about isolating individuals. The left wants people to believe they are alone, nobody thinks like free men.

Divide and conquer.


86 posted on 06/02/2010 12:53:45 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: a fool in paradise

Surely you jest...Rather hates all things named Bush.


87 posted on 06/02/2010 12:54:32 PM PDT by lonestar (Better Obama picks his nose than our pockets!)
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To: Nachum; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ALlRightAllTheTime; ..

PING!

Obey the rules. /s


88 posted on 06/02/2010 3:04:40 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (70 mph shouldn't be a speed limit; it shoud be a mandate!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Just A Nobody

As I said ad nauseum, watch any shenanigans with the Internet, talk radio and conservative publications.

When this starts, simultaneously, martial law caused by a Reichstag Fire incident ain’t far behind.

The goal shall be disarming the population for “public and State safety” before completing the subjugation of all Americans.

Communists always did that, which is much easier in countries with already disarmed populations. Luckily, we’ll be a tough nut to crack and we’ll persevere.

Prayers up for all of us.


89 posted on 06/02/2010 3:46:47 PM PDT by melancholy
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To: lonestar

Does anyone have a list of these 30 signers and can we find out who they are and who funds them?


90 posted on 06/02/2010 4:38:24 PM PDT by Chickensoup (The Acting President....is an incompetent puppet of Soros.)
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To: Chickensoup

Beats me....but I bet they are all libs.


91 posted on 06/02/2010 4:41:23 PM PDT by lonestar (Better Obama picks his nose than our pockets!)
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To: longtermmemmory

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7020450549

Here is the document.

I do not see thirty organizations in my cursory scan.


92 posted on 06/02/2010 4:45:38 PM PDT by Chickensoup (The Acting President....is an incompetent puppet of Soros.)
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To: lonestar

Found them: here they are...

I think I will start another thread with this infomation and see if we can split up the list and research all of them and who funds them. Good idea?

1 NATIONAL HISPANIC MEDIA COALITION (“NHMC”)

2 BENTON FOUNDATION,

3 CENTER FOR MEDIA JUSTICE,

4 CENTER FOR RURAL STRATEGIES,

5 CENTER ON LATINO AND LATINA RIGHTS AND EQUALITY OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SCHOOL OF LAW,

6 COMMON CAUSE,

7 ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER, FREE PRESS,

8 HISPANIC / LATINO, ANTI-DEFAMATION COALITION SF,

9 INDUSTRY EARS,

10 JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES,

11 LA ASAMBLEA DE DERECHOS CIVILES,

12 LEAGUE OF RURAL VOTERS,

13 LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS (“LULAC”),

14 MAIN STREET PROJECT,

15 MEDIA ACTION GRASSROOTS NETWORK (“MAG-NET”),

16 MEDIA ALLIANCE,

17 MEDIA JUSTICE LEAGUE, MEDIA LITERACY PROJECT,

16 MEDIA MOBILIZING PROJECT,

19 MOUNTAIN AREA INFORMATION NETWORK,

20 NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MEDIA ARTS AND CULTURE,

21 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS (“NALIP”),

22 NOSOTROS, OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION,

23 UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, INC.,

24 PEOPLES PRODUCTION HOUSE,

25 PRAXIS PROJECT,

26 PROMETHEUS RADIO PROJECT,

27 RAINBOW PUSH COALITION,

28 RECLAIM THE MEDIA,

29 TRANSMISSION PROJECT,

30 UNITED STATES HISPANIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE


93 posted on 06/02/2010 4:52:37 PM PDT by Chickensoup (The Acting President....is an incompetent puppet of Soros.)
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To: Gene Eric

I think it’s way past time to start ‘policing’ the “groups” with their generic commie names like:

Center for Media Justice, Media Alliance, and the National Hispanic Media Coalition.

Oh, the courage and grant soliciting abilities of these fighters for truth, justice and the uh, uh, American Way (well, maybe they don’t claim to do that - it wouldn’t be global enough).


94 posted on 06/02/2010 4:53:14 PM PDT by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their federal funding!)
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To: Nachum

Here’s the thing about “net neutrality” as far as I can see. The posters who say it pertains to bits, bytes and packets and not to types of speech are only partially correct.

Net neutrality is a lot like health care reform and the Internet Service Providers are a lot like Health Insurance companies. In both cases, the private entities have invested their capital and in their ideal world (silly them) they would get to set their rates for their products and govern how their products are used.

To cite a couple of simple examples a health insurer would like to exclude pre-existing conditions, or an internet service provider would like to prevent some customer from downloading pirated movies all day long insofar as it consumes bandwidth for others.

But in both cases, the govt wants to say “No Health Insurance Company, we get to say who you can insure and who you can’t insure” and “No ISP, we get to say what bytes you can regulated i.e. none”.

The end result, if taken out to infinity is that both industries become non-viable which is precisely the endgame. The Health Insurance industry goes broke because they are forced to violate sound actuarial practices. The ISP goes broke because a few mega-users consume all the bandwidth for more normal users and slapping higher fees on everyone, just to cover the few abusers, is not economically sound.

So carry this one step further and the govt is forced to step in and on the one hand be the health insurance provider of last resort and on the other hand be the ISP of last resort.

Then of course, once that happens, the govt can do what they please, which was always the intent. Up to and including regulating types of speech.


95 posted on 06/02/2010 4:57:09 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Chickensoup

Yes...great idea.


96 posted on 06/02/2010 5:00:43 PM PDT by lonestar (Better Obama picks his nose than our pockets!)
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To: Chickensoup
From Leaugue of Rural Voters...

"Begrudging the unemployed"

Nearly one-half of Senate Republicans voted no on what should have been easy and obvious support for workers during such bleak economic times. Cynthia Moothart writes in the April 1 issue of Progressive Populist.

BINGO!

97 posted on 06/02/2010 5:57:30 PM PDT by lonestar (Better Obama picks his nose than our pockets!)
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To: lonestar

It is going to be interesting to ferret these clowns out.


98 posted on 06/02/2010 6:02:41 PM PDT by Chickensoup (The Acting President....is an incompetent puppet of Soros.)
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To: lonestar

Here is the List of Thirty Groups that are Petitioning the FCC to Remove Your Freedom of Speech

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2526455/posts?page=19

Here is the research project on who are these people and why do they want to shut you up.


99 posted on 06/02/2010 6:06:05 PM PDT by Chickensoup (The Acting President....is an incompetent puppet of Soros.)
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To: lewislynn; Star Traveler
You need to get up to speed on what "net neutrality" really means, but I fear you do know.

What do you think it means lewis?

100 posted on 06/02/2010 11:24:22 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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