Here is the WSJ article they are referring to:
The FCC Wades Into the Newsroom.
Why is the agency studying ‘perceived station bias’ and asking about coverage choices?
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304680904579366903828260732
“But everyone should agree on this: The government has no place pressuring media organizations into covering certain stories.
Unfortunately, the Federal Communications Commission, where I am a commissioner, does not agree. Last May the FCC proposed an initiative to thrust the federal government into newsrooms across the country. With its “Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs,” or CIN, the agency plans to send researchers to grill reporters, editors and station owners about how they decide which stories to run. A field test in Columbia, S.C., is scheduled to begin this spring. “
By that same token's other side:
“But everyone should agree on this: The government has no place pressuring media organizations into NOT covering certain stories............
Herr Reichminister Goebbels is in full agreement with this development.
He understands the amount of damage to the STATE from a press that is free to do as it wills.
There will be “Guardians of the State” in newsrooms, radio stations, and the studios of television networks.
It is to be pointed out that the article mentions that Republicans and conservatives are “concerned”. There is not a mention of DEMOCRATs expressing any outrage. HMMMMM.
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...