Barack Obama has spent virtually all of his Presidency whining about Fox News.
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He’s decided that he’s mad as hell and he’s not going to take it any more. So he apparently has directed the FCC to install “monitors” in newsrooms across the country. And it’s not just TV. Watch:
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They’ll be on the lookout for “perceived station bias.” Howard Kurtz:
What on earth is the FCC thinking?
The last thing we need is the government mucking around with news content.
The title of this Big Brother-ish effort by the Federal Communications Commission sounds innocuous enough: “Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs.” But it’s a Trojan horse that puts federal officials in the newsroom, precisely where they shouldn’t be.
Don’t take my word for it. The FCC says it wants to examine “the process by which stories are selected,” as well as “perceived station bias” and “perceived responsiveness to underserved populations.”
Perceived station bias? Are you kidding me? Government bureaucrats are going to decide whether a newsroom is being fair?
Keep in mind that the commission has the power to renew or reject broadcast television licenses. During Watergate, Richard Nixon’s FCC challenged two TV licenses of stations owned by the Washington Post. So mere information gathering can become a little more serious, given that enormous clout.
As FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai notes in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, the commission “plans to ask station managers, news directors, journalists, television anchors and on-air reporters to tell the government about their ‘news philosophy’ and how the station ensures that the community gets critical information.” The first test is slated for this spring in Columbia, S.C.
This is not going over well with conservative politicians:
Cavender was unsparing in his criticism of what he called an “ill-conceived study.” He said that regardless of the agency’s motives, “even the concept of a study like this is enough to chill every journalist and every station which prides itself on journalistic independence.
“Why does the FCC need this information and what possible use can it be to the regulatory body that impacts every broadcast station in this country? We think it’s clearly an overreach by the Commission,” he said. “… The FCC should scrap the entire idea and leave any concerns about news coverage to the professionals in the newsroom — not the regulators in Washington.”
At least one Progressive Congressional candidate has asked the FCC to regulate Fox News specifically:
On Monday, Mike Dickinson, a progressive Democrat running against Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., claimed on Twitter that Fox News lies and suggested the FCC monitor and regulate the cable network, Twitchy reported.
“Fox News does nothing but tell lies and mistruths. They have unqualified political analysts. We need FCC to monitor and regulate them,” he said.
“Fox News is basically a opinion channel. It’s there (sic) view of events. It’s not news. They lie and distort everything to fit their opinion,” he added.
Dickinson vented about Fox News for some time, attacking Sean Hannity and claiming the network lies. As usual, he did not provide any examples when challenged on the subject, nor did he say how, specifically, the FCC should monitor or regulate the speech on the network.
The FCC Chairman denies that they are trying to muzzle the media:
In a letter released Thursday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee his commission “has no intention of regulating political or other speech of journalists or broadcasters.”
but then he added:
Wheeler defended new FCC research as the first step toward pinpointing “market barriers” that might affect the “diversity of media voices.”
And you know immediately that he’s lying. DrJohn’s Law applies not only to Obama, but to his entire wretched regime.
They roll off the tongue:
You can keep your plan no matter what.
You can keep your doctor no matter what.
You will save $2500 per family.
I am against the personal mandate.
The stimulus will be shovel ready.
My administration will the most transparent in history.
No more spying on innocent Americans.
You can file this assurance in the same bucket of bullshit. This is the first step in shutting down Fox News.
DrJohn has been a health care professional for more than 30 years. In addition to clinical practice he has done extensive research and has published widely with over 70 original articles and abstracts in the peer-reviewed literature. DrJohn is well known in his field and has lectured on every continent except for Antarctica. He has been married to the same wonderful lady for over 30 years and has three kids- two sons, both of whom are attorneys and one daughter on her way into the field of education.
DrJohn was brought up with the concept that one can do well if one is prepared to work hard but nothing in life is guaranteed.
Except for liberals being foolish.
Shut down Fox or force Fox to spend millions to protect their FCC license, that’s how you do it. Then every other media outlet will make sure that no story that doesn’t reflect glowingly on The One is never produced or printed.
I wondered, with the abolishment of the 4, 5th and 10th Amendments, and the attacks on the 2nd Amendment, how long it would take the Marxist in Chief to get around to the First Amendment.
Tyrants and despots have always tried to control the flow of information. Claiming that Fox News lies and spreads half truths is absolute projection on the part of the left.
This move by the FCC is utterly unconstitutional. Anyone who still thinks the despicable tyrant in tbe Oval Office cares one whit about upholding tbe Constitution better not be surprised when they find the rest of their rights stripped from them by the return of jackbooted leftist thugs.
IMPEACHMENT
How so very communist of this regime….