Posted on 08/26/2009 7:57:48 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Inspired by Saul Alinsky, FCC 'Diversity' Chief Calls for ‘Confrontational Movement’ to Give Public Broadcasting Dominant Role in Communications Wednesday, August 26, 2009 By Matt Cover
(CNSNews.com) – Mark Lloyd, chief diversity officer of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), called for a “confrontational movement” to combat what he claimed was control of the media by international corporations and to re-establish the regulatory power of government through robust public broadcasting and a more powerful FCC.
Lloyd expressed his regulatory call to arms in his 2006 book, “Prologue to a Farce: Communications and Democracy in America” (University of Illinois Press).
In the book, Lloyd also said that public broadcasting should be funded through new license fees charged to the nation’s private radio and television broadcasters, and that new regulatory fees should be used to fund eight new regional FCC offices.
These offices would be responsible for monitoring political advertising and commentary, children’s educational programs, number of commercials, and content ratings of the programs.
Frequently referencing one of his heroes, left-wing activist Saul Alinsky, Lloyd claims in his book that the history of American communications policy has been one of continued corporate control of every form of communication from the telegraph to the Internet.
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Talk to me folks, will Beck/El-Rushbo be broadcasting from a trawler of the coast of Bermuda?
The Lloyd will use “diversity mandates” to crowd out conservative talk radio programs by means of “diversity mandates” that will force station owners to include shows reflecting “racial balance”, “ethnic balance”, “gender balance”, “gender-identity balance”, or whatever other silliness nobody will listen to.
After conservative space is squeezed down to next to nothing, he will finish the job by by means of “confrontation”, i.e., using local “community leaders and activists” to lean on station owners to get rid of any remaining “offensive” programs.
Perhaps it is time to crank up a pirate radio station. Remember the movie, “Pump Up the Volume”?
Have you checked the price of .38 ammo?
You are right, but for different reasons, IMHO: these radicals will be using the Executive branch to reach their goals first, not Congress...so I'm not sure if the 1st Amendment would apply here, would it? What about the powers that the Constitution gives to the Executive branch in Section II -- would they find some "implied" power in one if the clauses in that part of the Constitution?
This Traitorous Congress is allowing him to totally disregard the Constitution.
Treason is a serious charge.
Very Serious Charge, but their actions indicate this.
Have been a Ham since 1976, know about such things.
Also have a commercial license.
Yes, there is still a place for HF communications.
Libs are all tough in their college bull sessions and coffee shops, but it doesn’t occur to them that they can just as easily be on the business end of a confrontatuonal posture, as soon as they can enjoy being confrontational themselves.
Like my granny used to say, these people have been drinking too much of their bath water.
I appreciate hearing your reply. I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one who is willing to use the “T-word” against either Obama or Congress. After listening to Glen Beck all week, that’s the only honest word that I can think of re: what they / he is doing to US, & I have been meaning to write Beck & ask why he has not yet used that word.
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June 10, 2008
Mark Lloyd for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights talks about media reform and social change at the 2008 National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, MN.
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The coffin will not be sealed on liberty....
Barry is driving the nails as fast as he can...
but I’m thinking Kill Bill II.
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