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The Federal Communications Commission is an “independent government agency” and was born when Congress signed the Communications Act of 1934. Its purpose, as reported by AllGov.com, was to prevent a monopoly of the airwaves: “Concerned over the growing power of large corporations and conglomerates…President Franklin Roosevelt wanted the FCC to make sure the country’s budding mass communications systems did not fall into the hands of a select few.” Today’s interpretation would add the caveat “unless that monopoly is the government.” Thursday, news broke that the FCC plans to plant “researchers” (read “agents”) in every print newsroom, internet news outlet, television...

City workers can't write letters to newspapers, call stations September 4, 2002 McMINNVILLE, Tenn.- The city administrator has told public employees they can't write a letter to the editor or call radio stations without his permission. City Administrator Herb Llewellyn informed workers of the policy in an Aug. 27 memo. The memo, which was obtained by The Southern Standard newspaper, was written after two McMinnville employees wrote letters responding to a sports column that criticized food at the city ball fields. "There are two rules in life that you all should know and follow: do not pick a fight with...