THE WAR ON WORDS....SILENCING CRITICS

In the October 2009 Mindszenty Report, a very disturbing discussion was revealed regarding the right to freedom of speech in the United States of America. The Fairness Doctrine has been attacked from many different directions. Congress sent President Ronald Reagan the Fairness in Broadcasting Act of 1987, which would have codified the doctrine into federal law. President Reagan vetoed the bill because he believed history has shown that the dangers of an overly timid or biased press cannot be averted through bureaucratic regulation, but only through the freedom and competition that the First Amendment sought to guarantee. Prior to the presidency of President Ronald Reagan, an FCC regulation called the Fairness Doctrine ruled the airwaves. In the early 1940s President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal had come under a lot of criticism. To STIFLE his critics he pushed the Federal Communications Commission for a rule that would bar radio, and later, television news commentators from slanting the news that might have a negative impact on the war effort.

"Like most liberals, President Barack Obama has been waging his own WAR ON WORDS since 2007 when he lobbied the FCC for more diversity in talk radio. President Obama knows that the easiest way for liberals to rectify the imbalance in the popular ratings of conservative TV and radio talk shows is to force them out of business through aggressive legislation."

"The Obama Administrations adds a new tactic called localism. Localism would require broadcasters to seek the input of community organizations in programming their stations. Such community boards would decide which talk show host was acceptable to the community and which ones offended the local standards. Stations must recruit leaders in the civic, religious, and non-profit sectors that regularly serve the needs of the community, particularly the needs of minority groups that are typically poorly served by the broadcasting industry as a whole." If this Hush Rush Bill plan becomes law, it will impose draconian fines of up to 100 percent of operating costs that will effectively silence liberals' most vociferous critics on radio and cable television. The FCC can pull the licenses of radio stations they deem as failing to meeting these public interest standards, which coincide with the goals of the Obama Administration. If that happens, the silence of conservative talk radio will be deafening. Christian radio stations and their programming will not be immune to localism regulations. The FCC will begin applying these regulations to their licenses as well."

"From a war OF words to a war On words, President Barack Obama plans to silence his critics by whatever means necessary to advance his socialist agenda." For the complete October 2009 Mindszenty Report go to www.mindszenty.org. "By their fruits you shall know them, and the TRUTH will set you FREE."