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Posted on 02/20/2014 7:30:11 AM PST by Innovative
An Obama administration plan that would get researchers into newsrooms across the country is sparking concern among congressional Republicans and conservative groups.
The purpose of the proposed Federal Communications Commission study is to “identify and understand the critical information needs of the American public, with special emphasis on vulnerable-disadvantaged populations,” according to the agency.
However, one agency commissioner, Ajit Pai, said in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece Wednesday that the May 2013 proposal would allow researchers to “grill reporters, editors and station owners about how they decide which stories to run.”
He also said he feared the study might stifle the freedom of the press.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox43.com ...
How do you like your dear messiah now, LAME STREAM MEDIA?
Revolts aren’t won by votes. It’s coming.
Simply curtail and end the FCC. Sell off the spectrum. Why do we need government to manage private property?
If these new agencies were smart, they would have heavily armed staff to greet said FCC minders.
The FCC actually has no jurisdiction over newspapers, but they are acting, as if they did.
Also, I heard on FoxNews that while they didn’t say it that way, the FCC issues the licenses for TV and radio, which have to be renewed every so many years and they can pull people’s license, if they don’t cooperate.
And the “authorities” who will do the killing are being trained today in local police departments. Very few local cops will be on the side of the people. JMO
So what are you gonna do about it?
That’s right nothing.
Now go pay your taxes. Your country is broke. :)
/sarc(?????????????????)
It’s gonna be bad... I’d rather have the New York Times print liberal drivel every day than have some government minder in there... liberal or conservative telling them what to print.
Hopefully some of the useful idiots in the press will wake up with this one..
The FCC Wades Into the Newsroom
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304680904579366903828260732
It wasn't just that - it was also extremely difficult to find a city as small as Chicago. You know - so much harder than finding some place like Wasilla Alaska...
How would they deal with someone like Matt Drudge or Andrew Breitbart? It might be harder for an FCC operative to monitor a decentralized operation than the old fashioned newsroom
You saw how they dealt with Andrew Breitbart.
New government organization - Fascist Communications Commission or is it:
the “Federal Communist Communications Commission”?
—“identify and understand the critical information needs of the American public, with special emphasis on vulnerable-disadvantaged populations,”
Ummm, do they mean heterosexual white males who have been disadvantaged by state-sanctioned discrimination and non-stop media ridicule?
If they were to infiltrate MSNBC, they would find plenty of dirt on MSNBC. Of course, that won’t happen.
Has the IRS tagged this guy for an audit of epic proportions yet?
Exactly! What would happen if they actually let people know even a small amount of truth about Ben Ghazi? (He's probably safe on that one because they'll still want to protect Her Heinous.)
There are a string of other things though and once the dam springs a leak, the results could look like a tsunami. The IRS story could be nuclear too not to mention about 8 other things. BRING IT!!!
Thank goodness for ONE honest person on that commission. Sadly, the vast majority of the Fourth Estate (actually Fifth Column) will probably LOVE having the “guidance” on what to say. They’re already basically stenographers, but now they’ll be virtually mistake free...
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