We knew this was coming. We told you it would happen as far back as last year during the campaign.
It is now official. Barack Obama has launched a full, frontal attack on conservative talk radio, and he is doing it without re-implementing 'the Fairness Doctrine.'
But first, a bit of background.
Back in the days when radio was young and there were only a few stations, the Fairness Doctrine insured that listeners received a full array of political opinion in the interest of balance. As the years went by and as radio grew, so did other forms of media. Eventually there was television and then the Internet. And let's not forget that this was the era when newspapers dominated the media.
During Ronald Reagan's Presidency it was determined that 'the Fairness Doctrine' was no longer needed. Thus, the FCC dropped it. Shortly thereafter came conservative talk radio that gave citizens something they had been missing in most newspapers and in ALL of the 3 network news broadcasts--a conservative point of view in the media.
As conservative talk radio grew and began to dominate radio airwaves, the TV networks took a decidedly Leftward turn--much more so than they had already been. For example, anyone who watches MSNBC knows that the network is decidedly liberal in its bias and serves as a cheerleading squad for Barack Obama.
Newspapers, or at least the ones that have managed to stay in business, also turned decidedly Leftward, as we see in the New York Times, which can no longer be considered a reliable source of unbiased news.
This has served to make conservative talk radio even stronger, much to the chagrin of Democrats and liberals who wish to completely dominate ALL of the media. In spite of the fact that their point of view is given preference on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, Huffington Post, Daily Kos, etc., it grates on their nerves that Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, and Glenn Beck dominate radio.
Thus, the liberal have stated that if they ever retake Congress and the White House a top priority would be to bring back 'the Fairness Doctrine' in order to reign in conservative talk radio and marginalize the voices of Limbaugh and Beck.
However, with this President, bringing back the Fairness Doctrine is totally unnecessary. Obama can accomplish his goals by simply appointing a czar that isn't accountable to anyone but him.
He has done exactly that with the radio issue.
Obama recently appointed to the FCC an officer that we have never had before in America. It is called the 'Chief Diversity Officer,' the goal of which is to make sure that on radio there is a broad diversity of opinion. Nevermind that there is no such diversity in the mainstream media, i.e., TV and newspapers.
The man that Obama appointed to be the 'content czar' for talk radio is Mark Loyd. Loyd wrote a book in 2006, published by the University of Illinois Press, entitled, Prologue to a Farce: Communications and Democracy in America, in which he proposes, among other things, that private radio broadcasters be required to pay a sum equal to their total operating costs in order to benefit public radio broadcasting.
Forget for a moment that no business can survive by paying some other entity a sum equal to their total operating expenses. This, of course, would drive private broadcasters out of business. But look at what he is proposing. He wants public broadcasting to be funded totally on the backs of private broadcasters, many of whom operate in the red.
Such idiotic, mutton-headed notions would be laughable were they not dead serious.
And that's not all.
Loyd stated in a report he authored in 2007 called 'The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio' that 91% of talk radio is conservative and 9% is 'progressive.' Further, he contended that large private broadcast corporations had driven liberals off the air and that there was a dire need for 'diversity of ownership.'
Of course, Loyd conveniently ignores the fact that of the 3 major television broadcast news organizations, 100% are 'progressive' and 0% are conservative. Among the major cable news networks, 75% are progressive while only 25% (Fox News) is conservative. This is the percentage one gets when considering CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and Fox News.
But let's get back to the primary issue at hand. Loyd's appointment to the FCC is ominous proof that Barack Obama has declared open war on conservative talk radio. It is clear he wants all of radio to be just like ABC News, which set up its operation inside the White House so that Obama could push his government takeover of healthcare. ABC is his lapdog as are the other major networks.
Why would government officials want to launch such an assault on conservative talk radio when they practically have all of the rest of the media in their hip pocket?
The answer is chilling. Only tyrannical governments wish to silence the voices of dissent and totally dominate communications and media.
Make no mistake about this, my friends. This is an open assault on free speech, the First Amendment, and private enterprise.
Source: CNS NEWS
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Comments
Constitutionally ignorant US citizens deserve to tremble in their boots at the thought of Obama's "Chief Diversity Officer" czar. This is because US citizens have foolishly not been teaching the federal Constitution and its history to their children for many generations. Consequently, citizens do not understand that the federal government has no constitutional authority to regulate free speech, no matter who misguided Obama appoints as czars. So citizens are slaves, not to Obama's czars, but to their inexcusable ignorance of the law.
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B.Johnson:
the federal Constitution is so trite. Why be concerned about what a bunch of dead white men wrote, when over at Huff Po, there's a great article about Madonna giving advise regarding those unsightly times when one needs to pass gas while at a cocktail party.
Christ Martin, can you get any fatter? How do you have the time to conjure up fairy tales about Obama 'prosecuting' poor Fox News while ingesting enough calories in one meal to sustain a small country in Africa? Have things started to orbit around you yet? The only thing that exceeds your girth is your stupidity. And you get paid for this? Man...what a country!!
On second thought, when do you put down the fork long enough to write the crappy articles you come up with? I'm sure you oppose healthcare reform, which is hilarious, because when your arteries harden or your left ventricle explodes from all the lard sandwiches you consume, you'll find yourself at the mercy of the healthcare system, just like the two faced liar Glenn Beck did, who now loves all things US healthcare after deriding it 16 months ago. You ideologues with no core values are hilarious (except for your personal core value that you never met a meal you didn't like, and couldn't wolf down in short order).
BTW Martin, please realize that when you do ultimately succumb to the inevitable consequence of your obesity, nary a ripple will be felt as you are, after all is said and done, a sadly stupid, and tragically fat man of little import or consequence. So if you choose to leave the stage before then, please know you will not be missed.
Hey, Otards. Do you hear that thunder? It's the sound of a FRAUD cannon balling! LMAO Barky the Joker is at a staggeringly low 47% approval. Some of the neo-liberals are still following their Messiah and will follow him all the way to the slaughterhouse. Incredible just how incredibly dumb you all are. He is spitting in the faces of the very people who put him in office, and the bong smoking libertards are to DUMB to even know they have a gob of the Joker-faces flem in their eye. Bye bye one term Barky to stupid to have a speech w/o a TelePrompter and so HISTORICALLY DUMB he thinks there are 57 states in the U.S. He has the be the most embarrassingly dumb president we've ever had. Not even W was as stupid as this filthy dog-feces of a face, race baiting pig and his buffoon of a wife with a butt the size of a truck. Barky's deathcare is NEVER going to happen. Sorry dopes!
Excellent post TOTUS-POTUS. The pot-heads are drunk with temporary power. This is why liberals are never in any position of power for any extended period of time bc they are pigs and behave accordingly. The like pigs they act, the more sympathy the protesters are getting. I think my grandmother is worth just as much as any suicidal pill-popping emo teenager. Hey, dumb ass libertards, why don't you put the bong and pills down for a minute and actually read the Obamacare's Deathcare. I know it's much more fun to get drunk but before you open your ignant moufs maybe you should stop embarrassing yourself and digging your Messiah's grave. It is YOUR behavior that has landed him lower than a 47% approval rating, lower than ANY PRESIDENT AT THIS STAGE of their presidency. The wind in his ears must be deafening at how fast he is flying downward. MSNBS's rating are turds. CNN & MSNBS together do not have the same ratings as FOX, and that says it all. I don't want any of it.
Funny isn't it that when people like Dan have nothing of substance to contribute to a debate they attack the messenger.
Nex ut Tyrannus!
With the people finally appearing to wake up, I was considering selling off some of the stockpiles of ammo I've accumulated but, on second thought, I think I better hold onto it. I think "we the people" are going to need it after all.
At least it will be an opportunity to get rid of significant portions of Anti-Freedom DNA in America.
Long live FREEDOM and Goless America.
Correction: That should've been "God Bless America" NOT "Goless America." I think the FBI is monitoring my keystrokes because lately after a few lines of text and even with 630+ chracters left, the text box stops expanding so I have to type with only brief flashes of the line I'm on. It's weird. It will be an honor to die fighting for America's Freedoms to be preserved for my grandchildren. That's really the only thing I want out of life anymore - to insure FREEDOM is preserved in America! Thank You.
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Under these diversity requirements, National Public Radio will be forced to broadcast Rush Limbaugh. ABC and NBC will be forced to fire their staff and hire diverse conservitives. MSNBC will go private and follow Howard Stern as they have nothing to offer except leftist propaganda.
This goes both ways folks. Barry Soetoro better be carful what he wishes for, he could lose his MSM editorial support.
Who cares? Conservatives are about as worthless a group of clowns as there is. What issue have they ever won? Racist affirmative action policies? No. Forced busing? No. Quotas? No. Abortion debate? No. Death penality? No. The Republica Party is good for sucking up to the wealthy to try and protect their money and Wall Street. That's about it. Middle class Americans are invisible to them. The sooner they go out of business as a political party, the better. We need a party that will fight, with all of their strength, the Democrats lunacy.
The problem with your story is that you propose that Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity and the others are conservative in nature. They are actually ultra right wing fanatics that twist facts and at times outright fabricate items to further their agenda. If the major networks are so liberal why do you see interviews with both parties on the networks? Why did I just here an interview with Newt Gingrich on public broadcasting the other day. Right wing talk radio is nothing more than a propaganda machine for corporate America that puts out misinformation so people vote against their own best interests. The fairness doctrine can only help the intelligence of the population of this country. I welcome it. Hopefully it will get rid of all of the spin doctors, Air America included.
John and Bobby, give some examples that prove your points. Or are we just going to call names and offer no justification for it? Oh wait, you already did.
Well, how's this "My dad can whip your dad" or "You're grandma wears combat boots" or "Oh yeah?" or......... well you two little prima donnas get the idea, oh wait, you didn't show any ideas, just denigrated those who have them.
In closing, my car is prettier than yours. Take that!
There has been an FCC “chief diversity officer” since the 1970s. And the last “chief diversity officer” was Lisa M. Fowlkes, appointed in 2006 by George W. Bush.
The position has to do with EMPLOYMENT diversity, nothing to do with program content, which the FCC cannot regulate by law.
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straigtarrow, what are you requiring.I stated myself clearly. The Republican Party has lost every major social issue that eve came down the track in America. We have an almost completely Democratic,leftist controled nation. Can't you see that?????
straigtarrow, what are you requiring.I stated myself clearly. The Republican Party has lost every major social issue that eve came down the track in America. We have an almost completely Democratic,leftist controled nation. Can't you see that?????
The truth is I couldn't agree more with John about Hannity, Limbaugh,O'Reilly and other so-called "conservatives". They are one and all a joke and never challenge the far left on anything, because they are cowardly. Illegal immigration? Nope. Affirmative Action?(a clearly racist concept when applied to anyone but african americans) Nope. They have never won a single issue against the left. Clowns, all of them. In case anyone is wondering, I am a conservative, and the truth is, so is the majority of people in the United States, making it all the more obvious what clowns the above personalities are.
The truth is I couldn't agree more with John about Hannity, Limbaugh,O'Reilly and other so-called "conservatives". They are one and all a joke and never challenge the far left on anything, because they are cowardly. Illegal immigration? Nope. Affirmative Action?(a clearly racist concept when applied to anyone but african americans) Nope. They have never won a single issue against the left. Clowns, all of them. In case anyone is wondering, I am a conservative, and the truth is, so is the majority of people in the United States, making it all the more obvious what clowns the above personalities are.
The truth is I couldn't agree more with John about Hannity, Limbaugh,O'Reilly and other so-called "conservatives". They are one and all a joke and never challenge the far left on anything, because they are cowardly. Illegal immigration? Nope. Affirmative Action?(a clearly racist concept when applied to anyone but african americans) Nope. They have never won a single issue against the left. Clowns, all of them. In case anyone is wondering, I am a conservative, and the truth is, so is the majority of people in the United States, making it all the more obvious what clowns the above personalities are.
The truth is I couldn't agree more with John about Hannity, Limbaugh,O'Reilly and other so-called "conservatives". They are one and all a joke and never challenge the far left on anything, because they are cowardly. Illegal immigration? Nope. Affirmative Action?(a clearly racist concept when applied to anyone but african americans) Nope. They have never won a single issue against the left. Clowns, all of them. In case anyone is wondering, I am a conservative, and the truth is, so is the majority of people in the United States, making it all the more obvious what clowns the above personalities are.
Sorry about the multiple postings.
That's ok, Bobby, re the multiple postings. We know you lefties love screaming.
So your position is that because YOU think right wing radio hosts twists facts, they shouldn't be allowed to speak. Do you apply the same standard to left wing hacks or are you are a garden variety hypocrite?
What is wrong with lefties who wants business men to fail. Who do you think creates jobs? Don't jobs make the economy grow? Hello? Economy 101? Democrats look out for middle class? Are you kidding me? Numbers are showing they are getting whipped out!I hope you guys get your wish, because even if democrats idea's fail they will never take blame for their stupid ideas. Why don't they move to Europe.
As an American and a Vietnam era Marine Corps veteran, I am deeply concerned about the alarming lack of patriotism that exists in the name of so called conservative talk radio. I actually agree with some of the points made daily by people like Rushbo, O’Reilly and (rarely) Beck. Yet, I cringe at the reckless way in which they pander to the irrational fears and hatred of some within their fan base; the way they fan the flames in the interest of ratings (and the increased advertising revenue they bring) and personal gain; and their willingness to consistently promote the potential for negative outcomes while distorting what they know are the facts. People who behave in this utterly destructive way are enemies of the state. I believe that while we may differ in our socio-political ideology, at the end of the day, we are all Americans. Merchants of deception—foreign or domestic—are never the friend of America. I volunteered to serve my country to defend our rights and our way of life. It p
I say Bobby is a lying sackOsheet. Everything you say, Bobbyboy, flies in the face of truth and reality. It's not unusual for liberals like you, bobbyboy, to pose as a conservative, but it is all too easy for me to spot you're lying assses miles away. Have fun Bobbyboy, but it is obvious who you are, so have fun pretending no one knows but you.
The core of Liberalism - Lies,deceit,sarcasm,narcissism,jealousy,
insults,fabricate,desecrate,under educate,insult,desire to possess without having to achieve. Liberalism is truly a mental disorder.
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