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FCC Agency study could stifle freedom of the press, says FCC official
Fox 43 ^ | Feb 20, 2014 | FoxNews

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 ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: demagogicparty; fairnessdoctrine; fcc; freedom; freedomofpress; government; impeachnow; media; msm; obama; press; singlepartystate
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To: Innovative

How do you like your dear messiah now, LAME STREAM MEDIA?

Revolts aren’t won by votes. It’s coming.


41 posted on 02/20/2014 10:52:34 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Innovative

Simply curtail and end the FCC. Sell off the spectrum. Why do we need government to manage private property?


42 posted on 02/20/2014 11:04:00 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Innovative

If these new agencies were smart, they would have heavily armed staff to greet said FCC minders.


43 posted on 02/20/2014 12:02:16 PM PST by matt04
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To: 1010RD

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.


44 posted on 02/20/2014 1:16:08 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Lazamataz

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


45 posted on 02/20/2014 1:24:45 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: Innovative

So what are you gonna do about it?

That’s right nothing.

Now go pay your taxes. Your country is broke. :)

/sarc(?????????????????)


46 posted on 02/20/2014 2:46:31 PM PST by Tzimisce
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To: Innovative

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


47 posted on 02/20/2014 3:49:53 PM PST by GOPJ ( America's drifting into totalitarianism because the left's exploitation of social failures.Greenfi)
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To: concerned about politics
This is what happens when the media refuses to thoroughly vet a candidate simply because of his skin color.

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...

48 posted on 02/20/2014 3:58:10 PM PST by GOPJ ( America's drifting into totalitarianism because the left's exploitation of social failures.Greenfi)
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49 posted on 02/20/2014 4:34:52 PM PST by RedMDer
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To: Innovative

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


50 posted on 02/20/2014 4:56:09 PM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: jmcenanly
How would they deal with someone like Matt Drudge or Andrew Breitbart?

You saw how they dealt with Andrew Breitbart.

51 posted on 02/20/2014 4:57:51 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Innovative

New government organization - Fascist Communications Commission or is it:
the “Federal Communist Communications Commission”?


52 posted on 02/20/2014 5:14:36 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Innovative

—“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.


53 posted on 02/20/2014 8:28:30 PM PST by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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To: Innovative

Has the IRS tagged this guy for an audit of epic proportions yet?


54 posted on 02/20/2014 9:56:13 PM PST by madison10
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To: NCC-1701
This sounds like a pre-emotive strike by Obama. His internals may be showing the media is about to slowly turn on him so he is doing this to keep the cattle from stampeding.

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!!!

55 posted on 02/21/2014 8:39:51 AM PST by Sal (The scandals are real. The "president" is a phony.)
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To: Innovative

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...


56 posted on 02/21/2014 9:00:13 AM PST by Sal (The scandals are real. The "president" is a phony.)
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To: Publius
The man is dead, but his legacy survives.
57 posted on 02/23/2014 6:43:28 AM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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