MRC

"We’ve sounded the alarm before about the Left’s intention to use “media diversity” and “localsim” to silence talk radio in “Fairness” Doctrine-esque fashion. These are the new “Fairness” Doctrines.

Well the time is near, and the process has begun.

Last week the Obama Administration announced it’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) “Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age.”

This Commission is made up of a laundry list of left-wing organizations, with a smattering of radio and television companies included to break up the monotony. Not a single conservative organization is taking part in this Commission - more than a dozen Leftist groups are.

Obama’s unbalanced “media diversity” Committee meets on May 7 – which is next Thursday!

Patrick, this meeting moves us closer to a ”Fairness” Doctrine-esque silencing of talk radio. Obama’s FCC seeks to regulate out of existence Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and the other First Amendment champions we count on and enjoy every day.

The Chairman of Obama’s FCC “Media Diversity” Commission is Henry Rivera. Back in 1985, President Ronald Reagan replaced Rivera on the FCC because Rivera was a virulent supporter of the “Fairness” Doctrine, and Reagan was seeking to end the unConstitutional regulatory lock on free speech. Two years later, Reagan did and the rest is broadcast history.

Ever since, the Left has yearned to re-censor talk radio. And this is how Obama’s FCC now plans on doing it. The “Fairness” Doctrine is dead – long live the new “Fairness” Doctrines. "