The FCC will hold a panel discussion entitled media diversity that will consist of 31 media and liberal grievance groups.  The not so surprising thing to all of us will be the lack of representative of conservative outlets and radio programs.  Not one conservative group will be represented in this commission; (media diversity?)

The gathering will take play next week, Thursday, May 7, 2009.

Chairing the meeting is Henry Rivera, a former FCC Commissioner who was (and presumably still is) a strong proponent of the Censorship Doctrine, also mis-known as the “Fairness” Doctrine.

Many, many liberals in Washington have over the last several years called for a reinstatement of the Doctrine. But push-back from people who have read and actually understand the First Amendment led the Left to realize that the political price to bring it back was too high, so they MovedOn.org.

Of course, their desire to silence the lone voices of their opposition had not lessened in the slightest. They’re still just as dictatorial, just pragmatically so.

Take a look at the Commission:

Henry Rivera (Chair); Emma Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media
Barbara Kreisman (Designated Federal Officer); Federal Communications Commission
Jamila Bess Johnson (Deputy Federal Officer); Federal Communications Commission
Carolyn Fleming Williams (Deputy Federal Officer); Federal Communications Commission
Raúl Alarcon, Jr.; Spanish Broadcasting System
Jenny Alonzo; Mio.TV
James M. Assey, Jr.; National Cable and Telecommunications Association
Geoffrey C. Blackwell; Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc.
Matthew Blank; Showtime Networks
Maria E. Brennan; American Women in Radio and Television
Kathy Brown; Verizon
Toni Cook Bush; Virgin Mobile
Alan B. Davidson; Google, Inc.
Ralph de la Vega; AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets
Steve Hillard; Council Tree Communications
David Honig; Minority Media and Telecommunications Council
Rodney Hood; National Credit Union Administration
Ronald Johnson; Ronson Network Services
Debra Lee; BET Holdings, Inc.
Jane Mago; National Association of Broadcasters
Robert Mendez; ABC Television Network
Marc H. Morial; National Urban League
Karen K. Narasaki; Asian American Justice Center
Melissa Newman; Qwest
Jake Oliver; Afro-American Newspapers
Susan K. Patrick; Patrick Communications
Lisa Pickrum; The RLJ Companies
Rey Ramsey; One Economy Corporation
Michael V. Roberts; Roberts Broadcasting Companies LLC
Andrew Schwartzman; Media Access Project
Anita Stephens; Graham Opportunity Capital Partners
Diane Sutter; Shooting Star Broadcasting
Charles Warfield; Inner City Broadcasting
James Winston; National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters

For those that might want to call and express outrage:

http://www.fcc.gov/

Phone: 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322)
TTY: 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-835-5322)
Fax: 1-866-418-0232
E-mail: fccinfo@fcc.gov

And it’s not just our imagination – it’s also our lying eyes. The Center for American Progress is a left-wing hack outfit headed by former Clinton Administration and Obama Transition Team adviser John Podesta. And they released on January 22, 2007 a report entitled “Local Media Diversity Matters – Measure Media Diversity According to Democratic Values, Not Market Values.”

I have warned previously that liberals will pass legislation that sounds Utopian and wonderful because of its clever language, but it means something else entirely.

I am all for diversity and equality, so let’s make it real easy and put the same amount of air time on for each opinion on all radio stations and media outlets… This FCC rule would force one side off the air – how constitutional/sarc!

The broadcast license is of course a station’s lifeblood; take it away, or make it impossible to meet the regulatory obligations to keep it, and they are literally out of business.  The Left, no longer comfortable with trying the top-down, all-out assault that is the “Fairness” Doctrine, intends instead to silence conservative and Christian talk via this broadcast license manipulation.

If they can succeed in making it impossible for talk radio to operate as a business, talk radio will cease to operate.  Leftist problem solved.

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