http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fairnessdoctrine/ en-us Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:27:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408072/posts (CNSNews.com) – Mark Lloyd, the chief diversity officer and associate counsel at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), says he is not carrying out a “secret plot funded by George Soros” aimed at getting rid of conservative talk-show hosts Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. Lloyd, the keynote speaker at a Monday forum sponsored by the Media Access Project (MAP), also said that there was a “right-wing smear campaign” against him. "I am not a Czar appointed by President Obama," said Lloyd. "I am not at the FCC to restore the Fairness Doctrine through the front door or the back door, or... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408072/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:27:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397107/posts Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 46% who are Very Angry. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 27% are not angry about the government's policies, including 10% who are Not at All Angry........ The data suggests that the level of anger is growing. The 71% who are angry at federal government policies today is up five percentage points since September. Even more stunning, the 46% who are Very Angry is up 10 percentage points from September. Rasmussen Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397107/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:02:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399131/posts The newspaper industry is suffering "market failure" and the government will need to help preserve serious journalism essential to democracy, an influential US congressman said Wednesday. "The newspapers my generation has taken for granted are facing a structural threat to the business model that has sustained them," said Representative Henry Waxman, a Democrat from California. BREITBART http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399131/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:54:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395142/posts FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski appeared to have visited executive branch offices 47 times between January 20 and August 31, according the the White House visitors log released today. By comparison, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made only five appearances. Genachowski has had plenty to discuss with White House officials. Future disclosures will likely show a good number of more recent visits to talk about telecom issues--namely, his net neutrality proposals that reportedly caught some top technology and economic officials off-guard. The visitors log includes visits to the Executive Office Buidling, the Office of Management and Budget, and other White House-affliated offices. The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395142/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:55:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383078/posts OF ALL the Big Lies told by the pooh-bahs of talk radio - that our biracial president hates white people, that global warming is a hoax, that a public health care plan to compete with private insurers equals socialism - the most desperate and deluded is this: that the so-called Fairness Doctrine would squash free speech. Nonsense. The Fairness Doctrine would not stop talk radio hosts from spewing the invective that has made them so fabulously wealthy. All it would do is subject their invective to a real-time reality check. If you don’t believe me, consult the historical evidence. The... Boston Globe-Democrat http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383078/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:02:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372868/posts The war on conservative speech has moved from the White House to your neighborhood pews. Left-wing church leaders want the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on "hate speech" over cable TV and right-leaning talk-radio airwaves. President Obama's speech-stifling bureaucrats seem all too happy to oblige. Over the last week, an outfit called "So We Might See" has conducted a nationwide fast to protest "media violence" -- specifically, "anti-immigrant hate speech, which employs flawed arguments to appeal to fears rather than facts." Their ire is currently aimed at Fox News and conservative talk-show giants. But how long before they target... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372868/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:20:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367986/posts First Amendment: Diversity czar Mark Lloyd's FCC votes Thursday on the issue of net neutrality. Advertised as providing access to all, it will do to the information superhighway what Lloyd proposed for talk radio. Not much was said when $7.2 billion was included in the stimulus bill "to accelerate broadband deployment in unserved and underserved areas and to strategic institutions that are likely to create jobs or provide significant public benefits." The administration has big plans for the Internet — like controlling it. Susan Crawford, the so-called Internet czar, told the Wall Street Journal in April that the broadband billions... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367986/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:43:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366892/posts House Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee member Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., on Tuesday took a swipe at an ongoing push by the Obama administration and high-tech companies to beef up so-called network neutrality rules at the FCC, describing effort as "the fairness doctrine for the Internet." The Commission rescinded that doctrine, which required TV and radio broadcasters to air opposing political viewpoints, in 1987. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in September that he does not intend to revive the fairness doctrine amid concerns raised by Republicans and conservative talk radio hosts. He is, however, championing a controversial plan to consider new... National Journal/Tech Daily Dose http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366892/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:51:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2366094/posts Hugo Chavez has a history of criticizing the Venezuelan media that didn't overtly praise the dictator: As politicians in the U.S. discuss bringing back the so-called Fairness Doctrine, which would compel radio and TV stations to present both sides of any controversial issue, the question in Venezuela is far more serious: whether there can be more than one side -- Hugo Chavez's side -- that gets aired about anything. Addressing the nation on his weekly television show on Sunday, the Venezuelan president laid out plans for his next crusade, ordering his governors and mayors to draw up a "map of... Wizbang http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2366094/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:35:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364157/posts During the 3:00PM ET hour of live coverage on MSNBC Friday, co-host David Shuster admitted that racially charged quotes he and other hosts attributed to Rush Limbaugh had not been verified: “MSNBC attributed that quote to a football player who was opposed to Limbaugh’s NFL bid. However, we have been unable to verify that quote independently. So, just to clarify.” Shuster did not formally retract the quote or apologize. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364157/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:53:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361655/posts CHRIS MATTHEWS: You guys see Live and Let Die, the great Bond film with Yaphet Kotto as the bad guy, Mr. Big? In the end they jam a big CO2 pellet in his face and he blew up. I have to tell you, Rush Limbaugh is looking more and more like Mr. Big, and at some point somebodys going to jam a CO2 pellet into his head and hes going to explode like a giant blimp. That day may come. Not yet. But well be there to watch. I think hes Mr. Big, I think Yaphet Kotto. Are you... NumberOneLevinFan/YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361655/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:50:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348513/posts Politics: In yet another vote against transparency, the Senate killed an amendment imposing legislative oversight on unconfirmed White House officials. Shouldn't we know who they are and what they're doing? Green czar Van Jones is gone, forced to leave the administration after Fox News and the conservative blogosphere revealed his past as a self-avowed communist. Jones had issues that some argue should have been discussed in confirmation hearings that never occurred before he assumed his position. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, would have liked to have learned of Jones' communist links and more before this man, who believes that white America... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348513/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:13:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340658/posts President Obama's newly confirmed regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein, drew up a "First Amendment New Deal," a new "fairness doctrine" that would include the establishment of a panel of "nonpartisan experts" to ensure "diversity of view" on the airwaves, WND has learned. Sunstein compared the need for the government to regulate broadcasting to the moral obligation of the U.S. to impose new rules that outlawed segregation. Until now, Sunstein's radical proposal, set forth in his 1993 book "The Partial Constitution," received no news media attention and scant scrutiny. In the book – obtained and reviewed by WND – Sunstein outwardly favors... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340658/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:36:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2334071/posts In yesterday's More czars on conservative hit list, the Politico's Lisa Lerer states "conservatives have accused (Mark) Lloyd, appointed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as the agency’s Chief Diversity officer in late July, of secretly wanting to reinstate the controversial Fairness Doctrine." This is not at all accurate. We at the Media Research Center broke the news of Lloyd’s FCC gig (created just for him just the way the “green jobs czar” slot was for the recently dispatched conspiracy-addled Truther-Communist Van Jones). And we specifically stated that he had "no need for the mis-named 'Fairness' Doctrine." From that essay: NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2334071/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:24:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334063/posts PDF so I can't cut/paste. Grassley letter to Chairman of FCC about problems with Mark Lloyd. Now's the time to take out another czar. http://grassley.senate.gov/upload/Letter-to-FCC-Chairman.pdf grassley.senate.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334063/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:14:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333261/posts Chavez minister vows more Venezuela radio closings * Radio stations to be pulled after 34 closed in August * Critics say hits free speech, government says democratic * Anti-Chavez TV network in the spotlight over coup rumor CARACAS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Venezuela will pull the plug on 29 more radio stations, a top official in President Hugo Chavez's government said on Saturday, just weeks after dozens of other outlets were closed in a media clampdown. Infrastructure Minister Diosdado Cabello closed 34 radio stations in July, saying the government was "democratizing" media ownership..... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333261/posts#comment Sun, 6 Sep 2009 10:10:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2332894/posts Here is video of Glenn Beck yesterday tracing the history of the so-called, "Fairness Doctrine," and the work of the Franklin Roosevelt created Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC was formed in 1934, and Roosevelt used radio to push his New Deal programs. Roosevelt would deny certain programs to go on the air, and the FCC required stations to put New Deal spokesman on the air two and three times a week. In 1949, the FCC instated a policy that came to be known as the "Fairness Doctrine." Stations were required to give equal time to opposing opinions of controversial... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2332894/posts#comment Sat, 5 Sep 2009 16:19:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331226/posts http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=108700 Worldnet Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331226/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:40:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329045/posts 1st Amendment: Mark Lloyd, a disciple of Saul Alinsky and fan of Hugo Chavez, wants to destroy talk radio and says free speech is a distraction. The new FCC diversity "czar" says Venezuela is an example we should follow.When Mark Lloyd was appointed July 29 as the chief diversity officer at the Federal Communications Commission, a nation focused on ObamaCare and a deteriorating economy took little notice. But as angry constituents flood town hall meetings and call in to talk radio, a man dedicated to silencing them sits at the right hand of the president. They share a common hero... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329045/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:49:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329438/posts The president’s approval ratings are going down. The economy is stagnant, and the president’s efforts at jump-starting it have met with little success. After rushing through a series of bailouts and company takeovers, the president's Marxist advisors recommended a slew of vast, draconian “reform” policies. But the public has grown increasingly skeptical. Consumer confidence is at an all-time low. The president’s detractors on the airwaves have become more numerous and more vocal than ever before. And it’s no longer just the conservatives. The mainstream media have also begun to criticize the president's policies. Something must be done, and quickly. The... NewsReal Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329438/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:24:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329298/posts A revision to the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, the proposed Rockefeller-Snowe legislation in Congress, has drawn criticism because of concerns that it would give the president power to shut down the internet. The proposed law, introduced in April by Sen. John (Jay) Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, originally contained a controversial clause that said: “The president may declare a cybersecurity emergency and order the limitation or shutdown of internet traffic to and from any compromised federal government or critical infrastructure information system or network.” The bill recently was revised, and the new language now reads: “The president... SC Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329298/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:19:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329191/posts The threat to free speech on radio will not come through the "fairness doctrine." The threat comes from Mark Lloyd, newly appointed Chief Diversity Officer of the FCC.Lloyd, a disciple of Saul Alinsky and fan of Hugo Chavez, wants to destroy talk radio and says free speech is a distraction. The new FCC diversity "czar" says Venezuela is an example we should follow. Loyd has called for making private broadcasting companies pay licensing fees up to an amount equal to their total operating costs to fund Public Broadcasting. Lloyd wants to upgrade and revamp the Corporation for Public Broadcasting through... IBD/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329191/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 05:04:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325991/posts Democrats continually tell America the Fairness Doctrine is dead. But if the threat of the return of government broadcast censorship was truly dead, there would be no need to keep reminding us. The latest reminder that the threat of the Fairness Doctrine survives, or more accurately its intended result – the destruction of conservative and Christian talk radio—is the appointment of Mark Lloyd as the FCC's new Associate General Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer. Prior to his appointment, Lloyd was a Senior Fellow with the Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal think tank funded by far-left billionaire George Soros... The US Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325991/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:11:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325306/posts They warned back in 2008 what might happen if Barack Obama was elected president, and according to conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh and Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck, a lot of bad stuff is unfolding right before our eyes. Limbaugh appeared on Beck's Aug. 26 program to discuss the threat of the federal government attempting to regulate the media. He explained the president's policy maneuvers were evidence that this can happen - with very limited opposition in the media. ...more (w/video)... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325306/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:32:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325219/posts Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin issued an invitation that should please Fox News's Glenn Beck as well as his fans. Of course, it won't make Obama lovers and Palin haters in the media very happy. That's probably just an ancillary benefit to her Wednesday morning posting on Facebook (h/t NBer philipjames): FOX News' Glenn Beck is doing an extraordinary job this week walking America behind the scenes of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and outlining who is actually running the White House. Monday night he asked us to invite one friend to watch; tonight I invite all my friends to watch. -Sarah... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325219/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:46:10 GMT