Posted on 10/30/2013 9:36:55 AM PDT by Nachum
The FCC was created by FDR as a club to cow or suppress his radio critics like Father Coughlin, Fr. James Gillis in Chicago, and the Yankee Radio Network. Obama’s just following in the footsteps of the Big Fascist.
LONG LIVE the internet!
Your own filth will swallow you up whole
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The Last Trump is coming!
“The FCC has a duty to make sure that the industries it regulates serve the needs of the American public no matter where they live or what financial resources they have,”
The questions also apply to newspapers and ‘social media websites’. I guess I failed to notice when the FCC gained the authority regulate newspapers and websites.
There is a truly principled argument to be made for the Founders' Constitution's protection of free speech and freedom of the press.
When one dimension of liberty is threatened, then all are at risk, and the blatant example of unconstitutional use of government power provided by this kind of coercive government action through the FCC deserves a competent argument by any "conservative" organizations which may take up the debate, or by any news organizations that claim objectivity as their brand, such as FOX.
It's time for a long overdue history and civics lessons, especially for the young! Tell them about why Thomas Jefferson, who was criticized by the press of his day, was so outspoken on the idea of a free press! Bet they've never heard it in school.
Claim a larger battleground--a battle of ideas. Contrast those ideas with those of dictatorships and totalitarian governments which have oppressed their citizens and controlled the marketplace of ideas by restricting the press!
Stop playing in the Administration's playpen. Force it onto an unfamiliar battleground where the ideas of liberty are presented versus the ideas of tyranny. Contrast the 200-year history of America with that of every totalitatian regime, and future generations will mark this as a turning point for freedom.
"Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that be limited without danger of losing it." --Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 1786.
"No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth. Our first object should therefore be, to leave open to him all the avenues to truth. The most effectual hitherto found, is the freedom of the press. It is, therefore, the first shut up by those who fear the investigation of their actions."(Underlining added for emphasis) --Thomas Jefferson to John Tyler, 1804. ME 11:33
"The press [is] the only tocsin of a nation. [When it] is completely silenced... all means of a general effort [are] taken away." --Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Cooper, Nov 29, 1802. (*) ME 10:341
"Since truth and reason have maintained their ground against false opinions in league with false facts, the press confined to truth needs no other legal restraint. The public judgment will correct false reasonings and opinions on a full hearing of all parties, and no other definite line can be drawn between the inestimable liberty of the press and its demoralizing licentiousness. If there be still improprieties which this rule would not restrain, its supplement must be sought in the censorship of public opinion." --Thomas Jefferson: 2nd Inaugural Address, 1805. ME 3:381
"The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves, nor can they be safe with them without information. Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe." --Thomas Jefferson to Charles Yancey, 1816. ME 14:384
"Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that be limited without danger of losing it." --Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 1786.
Ping!
This is just a back door attempt to reintroduce the “fairness doctrine” by using subtle threats and intimidation.
This is an outrageous violation of the First Amendment that should have news organizations up in arms and in court but will likely be meekly accepted by the MSM as they know what the real goal is. Apathetic Americans will yawn, as usual, right up until they realize - too late - that their taken-for-granted personal liberties have disappeared while they watched ESPN, American Idol or some silly sit-com.
This administration eats “outrageous” for breakfast, sucks on “blatant” for lunch, snacks on American Apathy, and eats ‘disappearing personal liberties” for dinner.
Refuse. Reject. Defund. Impeach. Revolution is in the air.
WTF... 99.99999% positive press is not enough for the fag and wookie?
You hit the nail on the head. Use the FCC to threaten licenses.
“LONG LIVE the internet!”
Yes, everything said here will live long in the NSA datacenters.
Aren’t Obama and his goons already doing this?
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May 29, 2013
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The Fairness Doctrine is coming. Again.
How many stalking-horse investigations does he have going on now, anyway?
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