It is as when we realize that a loved is terminal or we have cancer. We feel that way because we do. We are now being stalked by a cancerous, totalitarian big government that thinks it has the power to control our press and thoughts. It is, in part, the result of a compliant press that has refused to criticize this administration. It enable the government into thinking it now has the right to dictate what the press reports. The administration became so accustomed to its favorable treatment, that now there are some minor rumbling form places once friendly, the administration feels it has a right to intimate. Don't be mistaken, this is the 'Stalinization' of the First Amendment1 m/r
Ajit Pai: The FCC Wades Into the Newsroom - WSJ.com
Why is the agency studying
'perceived station bias' and asking about coverage choices?
'perceived station bias' and asking about coverage choices?
By AJIT PAI
Feb. 10, 2014
News organizations often disagree about what Americans need to know. MSNBC, for example, apparently believes that traffic in Fort Lee, N.J., is the crisis of our time. Fox News, on the other hand, chooses to cover the September 2012 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi more heavily than other networks. The American people, for their part, disagree about what they want to watch.
But everyone should agree on this: The government has no place pressuring media organizations into covering certain stories.
Unfortunately, the Federal Communications Commission, where I am a commissioner, does not agree. Last May the FCC proposed an initiative to thrust the federal government into newsrooms across the country. With its "Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs," or CIN, the agency plans to send researchers to grill reporters, editors and station owners about how they decide which stories to run. A field test in Columbia, S.C., is scheduled to begin this spring.
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."
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."
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