“No matter how paranoid I get, it’s never enough to keep up.” -Anon
Here is yet another attempt in this bloggers opinion, to destroy any conservative side to an argument, and get FOX off of the air.
From The Hill.com
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is being urged to monitor “hate speech” on talk radio and cable broadcast networks.
A coalition of more than 30 organizations argue in a letter to the FCC that the Internet has made it harder for the public to separate the facts from bigotry masquerading as news.
The groups also charge that syndicated radio and cable television programs “masquerading as news” use hate as a profit model.
“As traditional media have become less diverse and less competitive, they have also grown less responsible and less responsive to the communities that they are supposed to serve,” the organizations wrote to the FCC. “In this same atmosphere hate speech thrives, as hate has developed as a profit-model for syndicated radio and cable television program masquerading as ‘news.'”
The organizations, which include Free Press, the Center for Media Justice, the Benton Foundation and Media Alliance, also argue that the anonymity of the Web gives ammunition to those that would spread hate.
The groups did not mention any specific programming on the right or the left in their letter, which supports a petition filed by the National Hispanic Media Coalition last year requesting a probe of the relationship between hate speech and hate crimes.
The groups argue the Internet has made it harder for the public to separate the facts from bigotry masquerading as news.
“The Internet gives the illusion that news sources have increased, but in fact there are fewer journalists employed now than ever before. Moreover, on the Internet, speakers can hide in the cloak of anonymity, emboldened to say things that they may not say in the public eye.”
“For these reasons, as the Commission deliberates how the public interest will be served in the digital age, it should consider the extent of hate speech in media, and its effects.”
It sure looks like’ Big Brother”s Censorship Police’ are getting ready to act. First they are starting with television news and talk radio. What is to stop them from allowing only ‘approved ‘internet sites, movies, newspapers, books, and magazines? After that it may even be difficult to hand out literature for a candidate at the polls or to carry a poster at a non approved rally. This is the first step of many to trash the First Amendment and freedom of speech. Whats the big deal? If you don’t like Fox News or a particular news site, you have the freedom to simply not watch it. The First Amendment was not designed for polite speech it was made for bold and contentious speech, one example is the type of debates one sees in the houses of government.
“A coalition of more than 30 organizations argue in a letter to the FCC that the Internet has made it harder for the public to separate the facts from bigotry masquerading as news.” For the intelligent onlooker it’s quite the reverse actually. It has made it much more easier to assess the true worth of the bigoted (islam) whores slash collaborators of the mainstream, politically correct media.