Thread: Obama Takes Control Of ‘Free’ Media!!! (Video)

Obama Takes Control Of ‘Free’ Media!!! (Video)


Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:22


Before It's News) By Susan Duclos

Americans are poised to lose even the pretense of a free media as the Obama administration proposes placing “government monitors” in newsrooms across the country” to grill reporters, editors and station owners about how they decide which stories to run.”

According to Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai, “The purpose of the CIN, according to the FCC, is to ferret out information from television and radio broadcasters about “the process by which stories are selected” and how often stations cover “critical information needs,” along with “perceived station bias” and “perceived responsiveness to underserved populations.”

There is so much wrong with that one paragraph I don’t even know where to start…. who determines what information is “critical” for the purpose of the Obama administration’s proposal? Who determines bias? Isn’t that percieved by what side of the political aisle you are on? Also, how dare them attempt to decide who is deserving and who is not?

Via Mr. Pai’s WSJ op-ed:

How does the FCC plan to dig up all that information? First, the agency selected eight categories of “critical information” such as the “environment” and “economic opportunities,” that it believes local newscasters should cover. It 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 FCC also wants to wade into office politics. One question for reporters is: “Have you ever suggested coverage of what you consider a story with critical information for your customers that was rejected by management?” Follow-up questions ask for specifics about how editorial discretion is exercised, as well as the reasoning behind the decisions.
Participation in the Critical Information Needs study is voluntary—in theory. Unlike the opinion surveys that Americans see on a daily basis and either answer or not, as they wish, the FCC’s queries may be hard for the broadcasters to ignore. They would be out of business without an FCC license, which must be renewed every eight years.

There is much more in the op-ed, go read it.

For those that think this is just a proposal, the first feild test starts this spring in Columbia, SC.

In the video below I go over this in more depth and Obama’s prior attempts at controlling the media in the video below.

Alternative Media is the wave of the future folks, putting everything out there, trusting readers to decide for themselves what to pay heed to, research more, or even discard rather than the government controlling what is brought to their attention.

US State Run Media Begins - FCC To Monitor Newsrooms






Cross posted at Wake up America


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Jay Leno Dumped For Political Reasons? What Kind Of Regime Do We Live In?

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Mark Horne

Some may believe the report while others may doubt it. But the fact that the story can be told credibly tells us something undeniably true and undeniably evil about our current regime.

The headline at Infowars.com is “Johnny Carson’s Head Writer Hints Leno Was Ditched Over Obama Jokes.” They are basing the claim on this editorial on Breitbart.com written by Raymond Siller, who is introduced as a longtime writer for the Johnny Carson show.

The New York Times makes it clear that Leno was moved out of his show against his will:
In a pointed shot at his network bosses last year, Mr. Leno told a joke about a man with a knife in his back for three years: “He must’ve worked at NBC, too.”

Paul Joseph Watson of Infowars asks:
Was it a mere coincidence that Leno was off the air within a year of Comcast Corporation’s 2013 buyout of General Electric’s 49% stake in NBC? Comcast donated over $300,000 dollars to Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign.

According to Siller:
Once again NBC ditched Jay Leno for a trophy comic. This despite Jay’s consistent ratings dominance. NBC hopes Fallon will hold Leno’s audience and not become Conan 2. The current late night landscape is populated by 19 comedy/talk shows. Leno was the Everyman, the flyover fave. He was middle of the road, less ironic than David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel. The Caesar salad to their kale. And the only one willing to launch comedic drones over the current West Wing.

His competitors haven’t exactly hammered President Barack Obama, hardly a smidgen. The paucity of Obama jokes is the dog that didn’t bark. Like their news anchor counterparts, our hosts go gentle into that late night, despite the target-rich environment of this administration. With his pen and phone, our selfie-absorbed president is one whacked uncle away from appointing himself Supreme Leader.
It isn’t that they’ve abstained from attacking Democrats. Bill Clinton got savaged during his eight-year run and we can expect torrential yuks if and when Hillary declares. But they’re tongue-tied when it comes to roughing up the present POTUS.

The only plausible explanation for their timidity is a fear of being labeled racist. That’s unfortunate. What rankles some Obama critics isn’t the color of his skin. It’s the thinness.

Is Infowars.com correct on this? (By the way, that is a different question than whether they are right on anything else. I’m not trying to endorse a company here; I just want to discuss an idea that intrigues me.) Even if Siller is indeed hinting that Jay Leno was let go because he offended the President, that doesn’t mean he is right. The other question is whether or not he has access to inside information that leads him to believe that there was a political motive for Leno’s stepping down. Or is he just speculating? Perhaps he is guessing on the basis of the Comcast buyout that Watson mentions.

I don’t know. But I think it is worth asking another question. Why is it plausible that Leno’s career might be hurt by his refusal to treat the President like the untouchable princess that the other comedians treat him as? We know the regime has ways of influencing “private” organizations (WebMD was a straightforward example). We know they recruit everyone they can to try to propagandize. We also know the Federal Government, including the Executive branch, has many ways it can hurt a private company and many ways it can help.

The bottom line is that an environment dominated by Big Government is, by necessity, burdened by suspicion and fear. Yes, there might be some completely apolitical reason for what happened to Leno, but who can know? With all the money and all the various regulatory bodies that can hurt or help a business, it is almost impossible to rule out government involvement.

Look at what these people will do to a woman who no one had ever heard of before. Now try to find a way to believe they would never take action against the nation’s most popular late night television show.

Read more at http://politicaloutcast.com/2014/02/jay-leno-dumped-political-reasons-kind-regime-live/#wIxbYIekSjTep5mz.99

Doesn't this happen all the time with these TV programs the actors, talks show hosts, etc, are treated like ping pong balls depending on what the show depicts, of the actors say, and or do!!!!!! Freedom in America, where??? It appears we are going to be labeled friend or foe, you know "your with us or against us", type of thinking!!! Maybe it is time we the veiwers all say you are either with us or againsts media puppets!!!!