Obama's Censorship Czar

Robert Snow · Aug 31, 2009

just-want-peace said: ↑

(I'll bet ole R.S. is just-a grinning...
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("that big old southern grin" Lynyrd Skynyrd, Workin' for MCA)

Revmitchell · Aug 31, 2009

OldRegular said: ↑

FCC’s Chief Diversity Officer Wants Private Broadcasters to Pay a Sum Equal to Their Total Operating Costs to Fund Public Broadcasting

Thursday, August 13, 2009
By Matt Cover

From: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/52435

(CNSNews.com) - Mark Lloyd, newly appointed Chief Diversity Officer of the Federal Communications Commission, has called for making private broadcasting companies pay licensing fees equal to their total operating costs to allow public broadcasting outlets to spend the same on their operations as the private companies do.
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Lloyd presented the idea in his 2006 book, Prologue to a Farce: Communications and Democracy in America, published by the University of Illinois Press.
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Lloyd’s hope is to dramatically upgrade and revamp the Corporation for Public Broadcasting through new funding drawn from private broadcasters.
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The CPB is a non-profit entity that was created by Congress and that currently receives hundreds of millions of dollars in federal subsidies each year. In fiscal 2009, it is receiving an appropriation of $400 million.
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“The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) must be reformed along democratic lines and funded on a substantial level,” Lloyd wrote in his book.
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“Federal and regional broadcast operations and local stations should be funded at levels commensurate with or above those spending levels at which commercial operations are funded,” Lloyd wrote. “This funding should come from license fees charged to commercial broadcasters. Funding should not come from congressional appropriations. Sponsorship should be prohibited at all public broadcasters.”
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Along with this money, Lloyd would regulate much of the programming on these stations to make sure they focused on “diverse views” and government activities.
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“Local public broadcasters and regional and national communications operations should be required to encourage and broadcast diverse views and programs,” wrote Lloyd. “These programs should include coverage of all local, state and federal government meetings, as well as daily news and public issues programming.
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“In addition, educational programs for children and adults, and diverse, independent personal and cultural expression should be encouraged,” he wrote.
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Dennis Wharton, Executive Vice President of Media Relations at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) told CNSNews.com that his organization, which represents radio and television broadcasters, supports public broadcasting, but that that support should come from the public in general not broadcasters alone.
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“NAB supports federal funding for public broadcasting,” said Wharton. “However, we would oppose efforts to fund public broadcasting through fees assessed against free and local broadcasters who are*experiencing the worst advertising recession in 50 years.”
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Lloyd wrote Prologue to a Farce while a senior fellow at the liberal Center for American Progress. In that capacity, he co-authored the 2007 report The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio, which concluded that 91% of talk radio programming is conservative and 9% is “progressive.”
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The report argued that large corporate broadcasting networks had driven liberals off the radio, and that diversity of ownership would increase diversity of broadcasting voices.
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This is a temper tantrum and nothing more. Liberal ideas cannot make it on the open market so libbies have to create a victim to stop what the American people want.

rbell · Aug 31, 2009

Robert Snow said: ↑

We need to return the airwaves back to the people and take it out of the hands of corporate interest. This, I hope, would remove the likes of Limbaugh, Hannity, and such from the airwaves entirely.
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Based upon your visceral hatred of the First Amendment, and your disdain for freedom, I cannot for the life of me figure out why you are still in this great country.

NiteShift · Aug 31, 2009

I guess it's only free speeh if it applies to the left. The rest must be shut up.
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Robert Snow said:

Sound's good to me! :tongue3:
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Robert's cool rules:
#1 Misuse of authority is fine if it helps your side.

OldRegular · Aug 31, 2009

Robert Snow said: ↑

I see someone gave you a dictionary.
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No! I am not a liberal! I bought mine! I know that seems strange to you!

OldRegular · Aug 31, 2009

rbell said: ↑

Based upon your visceral hatred of the First Amendment, and your disdain for freedom, I cannot for the life of me figure out why you are still in this great country.
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Being a typical liberal he is waiting for someone to give him airfare then he will blow it on something else and wait a while longer.

Robert Snow · Aug 31, 2009

OldRegular said: ↑

Being a typical liberal he is waiting for someone to give him airfare then he will blow it on something else and wait a while longer.
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Nah, I would trade the ticket in for one to South Carolina and come and visit you! :laugh:

You do have airports in South Carolina, right? :tongue3:

just-want-peace · Aug 31, 2009

Robert Snow said: ↑

Nah, I would trade the ticket in for one to South Carolina and come and visit you! :laugh:

You do have airports in South Carolina, right? :tongue3:
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NO!! Er-r-r-r, what's airports???

Robert Snow · Aug 31, 2009

just-want-peace said: ↑

NO!! Er-r-r-r, what's airports???
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:laugh: :laugh:

sag38 · Sep 1, 2009

Never heard of an airport!!!!

OldRegular · Sep 1, 2009

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Never heard of an airport!!!!
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I hear they got some in the cracker state!:wavey:

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