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Posted on 12/04/2010 11:43:36 AM PST by jazusamo
Keeping with President Obama’s big government ambitions, the Federal Communications Commission has announced a plan to control the internet and a proposal to sustain “traditional media” by requiring broadcasters to reflect ethnic diversity and a commitment to public affairs programming to keep their license.
Both agendas were revealed this week by two separate FCC commissioners, Michael Copps and Julius Genachowski, who was crowned agency chairman by Obama. The FCC’s five commissioners are political appointees assigned by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate for five-year terms. Their job is to regulate interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
Now the agency wants to control cyberspace with yet-to-be-disclosed rules that will “preserve the freedom and openness of the internet.” Genachowski announced that a draft of the secret rules is complete, but the proposed regulations are being kept from the public until commissioners vote on them later this month. In fact, a newspaper report reveals that Genachowski’s draft document is stamped “non-public, for internal use only” to ensure nobody outside the agency sees it until the rules are approved.
Also this week, Copps threatened free speech and enterprise with an outrageous proposal that’s clearly aimed at conservative stations viewed as a threat to the administration’s liberal agenda. To “help media help democracy” the FCC should conduct a “public value test” of every commercial broadcaster before renewing their license and the process should occur every four years instead of the current eight, according to the plan (pdf).
If a station doesn’t pass the public value test it goes on probation for a year and eventually loses its broadcasting rights if it doesn’t demonstrate “measurable progress” to serve the public interest. The so-called public value test features seven parts, including how well stations reflect ethnic diversity, a meaningful commitment to news and public affairs programming and political advertising disclosure.
What does it matter what race someone is on the radio.. you can’t see them!
I doubt this is just about skin color.
I’m sorry, but I’m just not going to listen to a station that speaks in a different language. What’s the point?
Morons.
Just another part of the plan to erase any dissent from the airwaves
Just another bureau using their powers to get around the legislature. An illegal move and one that the Supremes should scotch immediately but most likely won’t.
They want more diversity in broadcasting?
Does this mean they are going to start putting some white people back in TV shows and commercials?
already, on TV here in Austin, the local stations are changing more and more to Spanish... didn’t used to be like this until Cable took over... disgusting.
(raising hand in the back of the room)
Excuse me? But isn’t this supposed to be a government OF, BY, and FOR the people?? Shouldn’t the people decide if we want freedom, or if we want politically correct liberals telling us what we can eat, hear, and see?? Just wondering...
Just another in the “long march through the institutions” as Gramsci described. Such rules should have to pass the House of Representatives and the Senate before going into place.
The FCC is another of the Alphabet soup that needs to go away.
AND...for even MORE diversity, they'll speak English, believe in God, have a two-parent family, attend church, own some guns, be proponents of individual liberty and freedom, and speak out against murdering defenseless little babies. To top it off, they won't even treat Dad like a hopeless doofus who can't tie his own shoelaces. Now THAT would be diversity!
The word “diversity” is just code for liberal tyranny.
There guys ever hear of BET.
Well said...There should be some big changes made for the FCC by Congress. The FCC, EPA, etc. need to go or be harnessed.
USA has more Spanish radio stations than all of Mexico
Half the stations I listen too are playing that rap cr@p. There’s plenty of “ethnic diversity.”
and Canadians
to substitute for Rush Limbaugh.
Somehow I don't think that this is the diversity the left wants the FCC to enforce.
Three of my favorite men. Good taste!
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