And so it begins
Well,
Haven’t ranted in a while…here’s a short one. There was a doctrine put in place decades ago, then thankfully abolished in Regan’s administration, that stated something along the lines of the following:
In an effort to be fair to everyone, any broadcast media that discusses important public information must use multiple viewpoints, ergo…if you have a conservative…you must have a liberal.
That’s all fine and well, that ‘sounds’ fair. Generally speaking, every broadcast organization followed those rules by……not discussing anything controversial. So, while they were indeed following the law, American’s were left uninformed of things. Regan did away with the doctrine, which spawned news shows, talk radio, etc.
Now here comes the bad news. Obama is considering enacting a similar bill. It’s not the fairness doctrine, as that would definitely cause an uproar across this country. What this bill would do is extend the power of the FCC to pull licenses for broadcast companies that aren’t operating under a vague rule called localism. Localism states that a broadcast company must serve the interests of their local communities.
That in itself, sounds ok…but the repercussions can be huge. The FIRST ever case of localism being used by the FCC was under the direction of the lovely REVEREND Jeremiah Wrights congregation. Rev. Wright’s church SUCCESSFULLY stripped the license from a Southern station that they felt wasn’t adequately covering a civil rights movement. This means that under the theory of localism, a church said a radio station could not broadcast because they weren’t liberal enough.
Obama’s plan is to REDEFINE localism to give community activists the power to demand more local, liberal content. If the station owner does not comply, licenses will be revoked and given to minority owners. This means the station will now be owned by an inherently liberal owner. This breeds more liberal shows, less conservative shows, and there will be no fairness doctrine around to REQUIRE equal time from both sides. This could even lead so far as christian radio stations being forced to broadcast muslim programs. I said it prior to the election, I’ll say it again. Obama is not giving us the change we need.
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