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FCC 'Diversity' Chief Calls for 'Confrontational Movement' to Give Public Broadcasting Dominant Role in Communications

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Posted by Fred 2009-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Harrison Bergeron, where are you?

Posted by Destro_in_Panama 2009-08-27 00:24|| 2009-08-27 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Lloyd claims in his book that the history of American communications policy has been one of continued corporate control of every form of communication from the telegraph to the Internet.

Yeah! private enterprise developed all the above technologies. What right do they have to use them as they see fit!

"Citizen access to popular information has been undermined by bad political decisions," Lloyd wrote.

The latest iteration just happens to be the book the above excerpt came from

Posted by badanov 2009-08-27 01:07|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2009-08-27 01:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Wow! I mean wow!

This is nothing short of the creation of the Ministry of Truth.
(Or minitrue in ~~obamaspeak~~ newspeak.

Posted by CrazyFool in Newport, OR 2009-08-27 02:12|| 2009-08-27 02:12|| Front Page Top

#4 everyone has an equal ability to communicate
It's called the internet, you idiot, and it has passed you by. The FCC is an organization whose time is gone. Where do they dig up these twits?

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-08-27 06:44|| 2009-08-27 06:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Used to be, British radio was 100% government owned & operated. The marketplace found that unacceptable and 'pirate' radio stations arose, broadcasting from ships offshore. Ship market is really depressed right now - if you have spare cash you might want to get yourself a fleet and set them up as new pirate broadcasting stations. Might need to buy yourself a nation (Nauru could use the revenue) to give you some laws to operate under.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-08-27 08:26|| 2009-08-27 08:26|| Front Page Top

#6 You know this is so the dhimocrats can stifle their opponents before the '10 elections and they get trounced.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-08-27 08:30|| 2009-08-27 08:30|| Front Page Top

#7 The Federal Communications Commissar has spoken. HIS be will done.

Posted by ed 2009-08-27 08:45|| 2009-08-27 08:45|| Front Page Top

#8 HIS will be done. Argh.

Posted by ed 2009-08-27 08:49|| 2009-08-27 08:49|| Front Page Top

#9 According to Mark Lloyd "landowners" are part of the problem. Nothing new here. More liberation theology verbage. Move along please.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-08-27 09:35|| 2009-08-27 09:35|| Front Page Top

#10 Good to see our government apply best practices from around the world. In this case, the media policies from North Korea.

Posted by DMFD 2009-08-27 20:27|| 2009-08-27 20:27|| Front Page Top

#11 Public TV is even worse than Network TV.
Don't watch either.

Posted by 3dc 2009-08-27 23:15|| 2009-08-27 23:15|| Front Page Top

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