http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/freepress/ en-us Wed, 15 May 2013 18:41:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019880/posts "Imagine the story on Fox if that were to happen..." breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019880/posts#comment Wed, 15 May 2013 18:41:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2982723/posts In an explosive exchange outside the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington, D.C., security guards for billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg accosted senior Talk Radio Network investigative reporter Jason Mattera when he asked the mayor about his strong support for gun control. Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2982723/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2980950/posts Leveson: EU wants power to sack journalists A European Union report has urged tight press regulation and demanded that Brussels officials are given control of national media supervisors with new powers to enforce fines or the sacking of journalists. The “high level” recommendations that will be used to draft future EU legislation also attack David Cameron for failing to automatically implement proposals by the Lord Justice Leveson inquiry for a state regulation of British press. A "high level" EU panel, that includes Latvia’s former president and a former German justice minister, was ordered by Neelie Kroes, European Commission vice-president, last... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2980950/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:55:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2965354/posts One of the most chilling realities of the contemporary age in the United States and other Western nations is the demise of the Fourth Estate. The death of a vigorous and free press came when mainstream media and other vital components of the information establishment became propaganda organs for the government. "If it were left to me to decide whether we should have a government without a free press or a free press without a government, I would prefer the latter," said Thomas Jefferson. Edmund Burke, an 18th century British political philosopher, seeded the concept of the Fourth Estate. The... The Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2965354/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2012 03:35:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2939056/posts President Barack Obama appointed Cheryl Saban, wife of the owner of Univision, as U.S. representative to the United Nations, according to reports from various news blogs. According to the Politico blog, Haim Saban, owner of the television network, backed Hillary Clinton in 2008, but during the summer donated $1 million to groups supporting the campaigns of Democrats. And according to another blog in Spanish of Yahoo, the appointment of Cheryl Saban to the diplomatic post was made last Wednesday, the day before Obama appeared at a forum at the University of Miami hosted by Univision. The Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2939056/posts#comment Tue, 2 Oct 2012 14:24:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2919546/posts The controversy surrounding Vice President Joe Biden’s offensive claim that Republicans want to enslave black Americans has become such a concern to the Obama White House that the veep’s staff have resorted to trying to directly censor the news coverage about him. In what is widely believed to be an unprecedented move, the Biden press shop has severely restricted access to vice president and begun telling journalists what they should write about his activities as they write them up. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2919546/posts#comment Fri, 17 Aug 2012 03:46:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2919423/posts On Thursday, Chuck Todd, NBC News’ White House Correspondent and Political Director, called a Politico report which revealed that Vice President Joe Biden’s staff actively attempted to edit pool reports, which are used to inform reporters about events on the campaign trail, an “outrage.” He said that the system of distributing pool reports through political staffers may have to change as a result of Biden’s staffer’s behavior. RELATED: Biden’s Staff Tried To Influence Reporting On His Virginia Trip, According To Report Politico reporter Jonathan Martin, who originally reported the infraction by Biden’s staffers, said the attempted influencing of pool reports... Mediaite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2919423/posts#comment Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2910194/posts Vice President Joe Biden will take questions from reporters on a White House press call today, and as has been the case in the past, the on-the-record conversation will be embargoed until the end of the call. The curious caveat -- who would write an article during the middle of the call? -- is a product of the post-Twitter presidential campaign, barring reporters from the beloved habit of tweeting remarks in real-time. But it begs the question: If it's going to be in an article 20 minutes later, why can't it be on Twitter right now? Politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2910194/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:51:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2899023/posts The relationship between governments and the press has always been recognized as a matter of large importance. Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. Where ever the cause of liberty is making its way, one of its highest accomplishments is the guarantee of the freedom of the press. It has always been realized, sometimes instinctively, oftentimes expressly, that truth and freedom are inseparable. An absolutism could never rest upon any thing save a perverted and distorted view of human relationships and upon false standards set up and maintained by force.... calvincoolidge.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2899023/posts#comment Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2897413/posts NBC News' Thomas Roberts accuses Rep. John Mica (R-FL) of "sour grapes" and having "an axe to grind" for requesting Fast and Furious documents that, according to Roberts, Congress is "not entitled to." s Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2897413/posts#comment Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:20:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2875078/posts The basic credo of the New Age Movement, which looks to usher in a New World Order, is that a person creates their own reality according to what feels right for them. For example, a person may choose to be homosexual, bisexual, monogamous or polygamous and it's "okay" as long as it's "right for me." A person may choose whether or not to have an abortion. And so on. Of course, this is nonsense. For, as Dr. Dietrich von Hildebrand reminds us, "The truth of a proposition is essentially objective; a truth which as such would be valid for one... La Salette Journey http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2875078/posts#comment Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:41:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2872581/posts The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. In an interview with the Guardian, Brin warned there were "very powerful forces that have lined up against the open internet on all sides and around the world". "I am more worried than I have been in the past," he said. "It's scary." The threat to the freedom of the internet comes, he claims, from a combination of governments increasingly trying to control access and communication by their citizens, the entertainment... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2872581/posts#comment Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:21:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2861375/posts After it was reported Monday that Malia Obama was going to Mexico for spring break with 25 Secret Service agents, people began to notice that such reports were being scrubbed from the Internet. Politico's Dylan Byers reported Tuesday this was done at the request of the White House: The AFP page for the story now links to a story titled "Senegal music star Youssou Ndour hits campaign trail," as does the Yahoo page. The Huffington Post page now links directly back to the Huffington Post homepage. The Daily Mail, Telegraph, and Australian stories now lead to 404 error pages,... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2861375/posts#comment Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:37:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2786433/posts Since Obama’s inauguration in January 2009 there have been several major scandals in which his Administration has been involved, principally, Operation Fast and Furious the government sponsored sale of guns to small time gun sellers along our border with Mexico; the failed ‘Stimulus’ loan of multi-millions to Solyndra and LightSquared, two small businesses that were Obama preferred for loans. All three of these Obama Administration ventures were major failures involving scandalous behavior. ...Is the entire communications arm of our country becoming beholden to Obama and his scandal ridden administration peopled by socialist, communists who break our laws with impunity and... Canada Freepress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2786433/posts#comment Sat, 1 Oct 2011 16:37:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2785098/posts Late last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took what is being called "the final step" towards implementing their illegal Net Neutrality regulations. You may recall, that back on December 21, the FCC bypassed government regulations and seized control of the Internet -- delivering what many believe is a knockout blow to one of the last, great free-market frontiers our nation and the world has ever seen. According to the organization Less Government, regardless of a multiple lawsuits, a move by the House of Representatives and a D.C. Circuit Court unanimously ruling that the FCC had no authority to take... Grassfire Nation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2785098/posts#comment Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:06:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2729438/posts Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has uncovered documents from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that indicate officials at the FCC colluded with the leftist Free Press organization to publicly push a new plan to regulate the Internet under the FCC’s so-called “net neutrality” program. Judicial Watch obtained the documents pursuant to a December 27, 2010, Freedom of Information Act request... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2729438/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jun 2011 19:30:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2784841/posts LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Federal Communication Commission's net neutrality rules were made official on Friday morning, with their publication in the Federal Register. As already announced, they will go into effect on November 20. .... Consumer advocates were on the whole more positive. The non-partisan group Free Press, which champions universal access to communications, supported the rules while also voicing reservations about loopholes. " don't do enough to stop the phone and cable companies from dividing the internet into fast and slow lanes, and they fail to protect wireless users from discrimination that is already occurring in the marketplace... Abu Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2784841/posts#comment Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:27:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2784171/posts Miller asked Obama to consider the plight of a hypothetical young, African-American in Chicago's South Side: Father gone, mother working 10 hours a day for "peanuts," there are no jobs and, "You won't even say, 'Look, I am going to help you,'" Miller said. "Emmett, that is not -- first of all, that is not what people are saying," Obama said, bristling. "What people are saying all across the country is we are hurting and we've been hurting for a long time. And the question is how can we make sure the economy is working for every single person." Obama... Politico44 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2784171/posts#comment Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:34:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2781282/posts U.S. prosecutors have sent News Corp. a letter seeking information about possible payments made by its U.K. tabloid newspapers to British policemen, according to people familiar with the matter. The letter of request, sent last week, is part of a Justice Department investigation, these people said, into whether the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a U.S. law t hat prohibits companies from bribing foreign officials. The fact the Justice Department chose to issue a "letter of request" rather than a criminal subpoena suggests the department has opted for a less confrontational approach to the matter, legal experts say.... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2781282/posts#comment Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:05:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2777169/posts FULL TITLE: O'Reilly Tells Ingraham NBC's Todd Worked for Lib Senator, 'His Wife Makes Living Working for Democratic Party' The story broken by NewsBusters last week involving Chuck Todd saying NBC's pollsters were "concerned" about President Obama's poll numbers has brought some scrutiny on the Peacock Network's chief White House correspondent. After radio's Laura Ingraham questioned Todd about this issue Thursday, Fox News's Bill O'Reilly brought her on his program Friday saying, "We did a little research on Mr. Todd...His wife makes a living working for the Democratic Party. There is a report that Chuck Todd actually worked for Senator... newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2777169/posts#comment Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:42:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2766101/posts On April 8, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi headlined a Boston conference on ''media reform.'' She was joined by four other congressmen, a senator, two FCC commissioners, a Nobel laureate and numerous liberal journalists. The 2,500-person event was sponsored by a group called Free Press, one of more than 180 different media-related organizations that receives money from liberal billionaire George Soros. Soros, who first made a name for himself in investing and currency trading, now makes his name in politics and policy. Since the 2004 election, the controversial financier has used his influence and billions to push a laundry list... Media Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2766101/posts#comment Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:23:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2765759/posts As reported by the Blaze earlier today, CBS News's online store is selling seven different Obama-related items, but complementary Republican merchandise is suspiciously absent. The online store includes paperback and hardback copies of Obama's memoir, "Dreams From My Father," and five memorabilia books and DVDs of his campaign and election. When the Blaze looked into the matter, CBS News had even dedicated an entire tab of its store to the president. The category has since been removed, but searching "Obama" in the online store still returns all the merchandise. When the items are clicked on, though, shoppers are redirected to... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2765759/posts#comment Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:07:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2763069/posts Chicago, August 11, 2011 – This week U.S. Senator Dick Durbin held a press conference with members of the mainstream media to talk about the downgrade crisis. But the Senator’s scripted storyline veered off-course when a conservative reporter – me – showed up to ask an embarrassing question. Namely, “Senator, you’ve blamed the tea party…but do you bear any responsibility for this downgrade crisis?” What, you didn’t hear about this incident in the media? For those of you that need more proof that journalism is dead, read on. … I went to Durbin’s press conference to set the record straight.... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2763069/posts#comment Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:12:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2751663/posts Former MSNBC host Cenk Uygur’s departure from the network earlier today was fairly quiet for a close-to-primetime host, and the network made it clear it was his choice to leave. It didn’t take long for the newly liberated Uygur to address his fans. In the end, he explained, it boils down to this: Cenk Uygur is a tiger, and MSNBC tried to cage him. “They offered, honestly, a lot of money,” Uygur explains in his message, where he also says the role would have been a smaller one– “contributor, etc.”– instead of the alternate program the MSNBC statement suggested. He... Medialite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2751663/posts#comment Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:47:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2749757/posts Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has been arrested in connection with an investigation into phone hacking and bribery. The 43-year-old was arrested by appointment by Operation Weeting police at a London police station. Met Police said she is currently still in custody. This is the 10th arrest made by police investigating hacking allegations by the News of the World newspaper. She was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and on suspicion of corruption allegations. The Operation Weeting team is conducting the current investigation into phone hacking. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2749757/posts#comment Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:10:02 GMT