The Unfairness Doctrine and Censorship
Dec 3, 2010 22:01:40 GMT -5
Post by jimbravo on Dec 3, 2010 22:01:40 GMT -5
It's coming soon. Gather intel while you can, because the internet and airwaves may not be free much longer.
By John Galt
December 3, 2010
I, among many others, have been warning at length that this administration and its minions would seek control of the airwaves and the flow of information on the internet to insure that the various points of view within the greater debate and discussion in our society are limited within a framework which is satisfactory to the two political parties in power. When this idea is expanded to the current administration it means the pure unadulterated naked censorship and rationing of the disbursement of government actions, legislation, and regulation so the bureaucrats can move in silence and surprise the public only when their evil deeds are complete. The “Unfairness Doctrine” was something that I warned about back during the Bush administration when the Democrats in Congress first grumbled that they wished to restore the Federal Communications Commission powers to regulate the debate on the airwaves and the tools that would be proposed would indeed restrict political debate in addition to religious speech that a bureaucrat deemed offensive.
The next step in this ideal they seek to re-impose can be found in this morning’s print edition of the New York Times within this story by Brian Stelter:
A New Test Is Proposed in Licensing Radio and TV
This should not come as a shock to my readers or listeners, but what should scare everyone is the proposal as discussed by FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps within the story:
Michael J. Copps, one of the five commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission, said Thursday that a “public value test” should replace the current licensing system for television and radio stations.
The test, he said, “would get us back to the original licensing bargain between broadcasters and the people: in return for free use of airwaves that belong exclusively to the people, licensees agree to serve the public interest as good stewards of a precious national resource.”
Mr. Copps, a Democratic commissioner who has long wanted to reform the license system, made the proposal in an address at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism on Thursday. It is his latest effort to draw attention to the public interest requirements of local stations at a time when he believes American journalism is in “grave peril.”
Wake up and smell the coffee America because as I have warned for years now, the slide into 1923 Italy is not very far for our society as Americans indeed would trade freedom for security, economic guarantees for your rights, and a willingness to silence your voice for a predefined notion of “civil discourse.” This is your test period my fellow citizens as if they succeed in this plan, which knowing how this administration functions, they will, the entire spectrum of debate on the news of the day and actions by our political and economic elites will be controlled and rationed only after they mold the information into a palatable form acceptable to whatever regime is in power.
Pray for our Republic as the moment of truth is approaching.
www.johngaltfla.com/
By John Galt
December 3, 2010
I, among many others, have been warning at length that this administration and its minions would seek control of the airwaves and the flow of information on the internet to insure that the various points of view within the greater debate and discussion in our society are limited within a framework which is satisfactory to the two political parties in power. When this idea is expanded to the current administration it means the pure unadulterated naked censorship and rationing of the disbursement of government actions, legislation, and regulation so the bureaucrats can move in silence and surprise the public only when their evil deeds are complete. The “Unfairness Doctrine” was something that I warned about back during the Bush administration when the Democrats in Congress first grumbled that they wished to restore the Federal Communications Commission powers to regulate the debate on the airwaves and the tools that would be proposed would indeed restrict political debate in addition to religious speech that a bureaucrat deemed offensive.
The next step in this ideal they seek to re-impose can be found in this morning’s print edition of the New York Times within this story by Brian Stelter:
A New Test Is Proposed in Licensing Radio and TV
This should not come as a shock to my readers or listeners, but what should scare everyone is the proposal as discussed by FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps within the story:
Michael J. Copps, one of the five commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission, said Thursday that a “public value test” should replace the current licensing system for television and radio stations.
The test, he said, “would get us back to the original licensing bargain between broadcasters and the people: in return for free use of airwaves that belong exclusively to the people, licensees agree to serve the public interest as good stewards of a precious national resource.”
Mr. Copps, a Democratic commissioner who has long wanted to reform the license system, made the proposal in an address at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism on Thursday. It is his latest effort to draw attention to the public interest requirements of local stations at a time when he believes American journalism is in “grave peril.”
Wake up and smell the coffee America because as I have warned for years now, the slide into 1923 Italy is not very far for our society as Americans indeed would trade freedom for security, economic guarantees for your rights, and a willingness to silence your voice for a predefined notion of “civil discourse.” This is your test period my fellow citizens as if they succeed in this plan, which knowing how this administration functions, they will, the entire spectrum of debate on the news of the day and actions by our political and economic elites will be controlled and rationed only after they mold the information into a palatable form acceptable to whatever regime is in power.
Pray for our Republic as the moment of truth is approaching.
www.johngaltfla.com/