[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, June 5, 2003

Quote of the Day by Senator Pardek

[weegee]

Many taxpayers do not realize that they also support Left Wing Hate Radio in the form of Pacifica Network stations.

Additionally since they are 5013c they should not even hold a political party viewpoint or campaign for/against parties/candidates.

The left can always be counted on getting their message out on someone else's dollar.

[weegee]

It should come as no surprise that Pacifica radio instituted a "new" rule that all 1/2 hour broadcasts needed to air the BBC (state owned) radio news updates.

[DoctorMichael]

While I appreciate these editorialists bringing this up from time to time, I seem to remember that this issue was one that was really big in 1994 too (and since).

Unfortunately, nothing ever gets done. I would love to see a bill defunding this organization get introduced..............

..........How about this afternoon's session of Congress?

[Drango]

There would be nothing wrong with the NPR broadcasting its views, provided those who disagree were not forced to financially support it.

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." --Thomas Jefferson: Statute of Religious Freedom, 1779

[theFIRMbss]

> The idea of a free society and liberty is fundamentally undermined if the government can force you to pay for propaganda that supports ideas contrary to your own beliefs.

There is a profound,
incomplete truth here. If we
had real government

controlled media,
then by it's nature we'd have
public disclosure

of all the "inputs"
to the operation. Yes,
there would be "dangers,"

but consider what
we have now! When CNN
is always biased,

how can we fix it?
If a deep-pocket owner
can route profits from

good business to bad,
then they can keep broadcasting
endlessly, and we

have no real input.
Real government media --
within an open

government -- provides
vastly more interaction
with us citizens

than a "free market"
where media businesses
can build their content

around any kind
of "business arrangements" they
can put together.