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The following are all lies by the nasty nazi/fascist neocons. There
have already been enough death threats against Obama and many other
leaders of the Democratic party. If anything happens because of this,
CFIF AND Human Events will be held accountable. THEY HAVE NOW BEEN
PUT ON NOTICE!
Everyone knows that talk radio is dominated by the tinfoil hatted
Neanderthals of the wacko far right! The CFIF is trying to contend,
as those wacko neocon extremists do, that the television and print
political media is controlled by the left. That is a lie! The
fairness doctrine would apply to all political media. That being the
case, and the neocon conspiracy wackos saying that the MSM is
dominated by the left, then they would stand to gain by the passing of
the fairness doctrine.
The tinfoil hatted, nasty nazi/fascist neocon wackos can keep talk
radio. It is just for dittoheads and brainwashed, brain dead
Neanderthal right wing extremists who lost any objectivity they had
years ago by having the heinous pap spoonfed to them.
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Do you believe that liberals already dominate the media?
Do you think biased coverage played a large part in the outcome of the
presidential election?
If you think things were bad in that regard...
IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE ALLOW LIBERALS TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH
THEIR PLANS TO IMPOSE THE SO-CALLED FAIRNESS DOCTRINE AND SUCCEED IN
SILENCING CONSERVATIVE TALK-RADIO HOSTS LIKE RUSH LIMBAUGH AND SEAN
HANNITY AND LAURA INGRAHAM!
Do liberals actually believe that conservative opinions are
pornography?
Are liberals so threatened that they're plotting and planning right
now, at this very minute, to silence conservative thoughts and
opinions from the public airwaves?
You be the judge.
FOX News asked Senator Chuck Schumer if liberals in Congress will try
to implement the so-called Fairness Doctrine - a measure specifically
designed to shut down Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and
conservative talk radio.
Schumer replied indignantly:
"Do you think we should allow people to put pornography on the air?
Absolutely not. Particularly on television or radio."
Huh? No, it's NOT a joke! And he didn't stop there.
Schumer nastily admonished decent Americans for some imagined
hypocrisy:
"The very same people who don't want the Fairness Doctrine want the
FCC [Federal Communications Commission] to limit pornography on the
air.... That's not consistent."
It's almost beyond belief.
We couldn't have made it up!
Is Schumer so unhinged that he's not even capable of understanding the
fundamental difference between smut and political expression?
Craig Parshall, general counsel for the National Religious
Broadcasters said:
"I was stunned by Senator Schumer's suggestion that by keeping filth
off the air, the federal government has somehow become empowered to
take over the control of legitimate programming content of
broadcasters."
But Parshall missed one very important point.
With control of the White House, the Senate and the House of
Representatives, Schumer and his liberal colleagues are twisting the
First Amendment's guarantees of Freedom of Speech and of the Press -
ALL TO SET THE STAGE TO SILENCE RUSH, HANNITY AND OTHERS.
If you're a liberal, you can burn the flag, put four-letter-word
bumper stickers on your car, commit lewd acts on-stage, play profane
rap music loudly on your car radio, produce, rent and distribute the
most disgusting filth in broad daylight and on the Internet in plain
view of minors and even use taxpayer dollars to depict Jesus suspended
in bodily waste.
But when it comes to shutting down conservative thoughts and opinions,
now that they have grabbed the reins of power, liberals are making
control over the content of speech a top priority!
They're plotting and maneuvering behind the scenes to make it
happen RIGHT NOW!
Peter Kirsanow writing in National Review Online tells us why
this fight is URGENT:
"Imposition of some form of the Fairness Doctrine likely will be one
of the Democrats' agenda items for the first 100 days of the new
administration. It's important that conservatives begin working now to
stop it."
Kirsanow went on:
"Waiting until Inauguration Day to get geared up is too late. By that
time the Fairness Doctrine Express will be at full steam- wavering
Democrats will be pressed to support the new Democratic president,
weak-kneed Republicans will want to display comity, the mainstream
media will not be saddened to see talk radio annihilated and much of
the public will be too enraptured by Obama's Camelot inauguration to
notice or care."
Kirsanow is right.
There is not a moment to lose. If we take a stand now, we can defeat
this threat to our civil liberties.
If we wait, it will be too late.
Use the hyperlink below and bombard President George W. Bush and the
Republican Members of the Senate with your Blast Faxes. Demand that
they stand firm against any attempt by liberals in Congress to
effectively outlaw the First Amendment.
We must act now! Liberals in Congress may try to sneak the Fairness
Doctrine into legislation any day now. Liberal pundits inside the
Beltway and members of the elite media are already attempting to sell
conservative Senators on the notion that their only chance for
political survival is to display comity. Unless they hear from you
now, they WILL believe it, as they have in the past.
We can win this fight. It only takes 40 Senators to stand firm . But
if patriotic Americans do not speak up, we will lose this fight for
our liberties.
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"Congress Shall Make No Law..."
You might think it's almost beyond belief, but our Founding Fathers
understood and dreaded the danger we presently face.
They feared the danger to such an extent that they ratified, as the
First Amendment to the United States Constitution, words they thought
would be our primary line of defense against the government evolving
into a tyranny that would trample on the rights of the people.
To them the danger was real:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech...."
It was not a fluke that the above words came first.
Our Founding Fathers knew that all of our rights flow directly from
those fundamental liberties.
And they knew that once the government began eliminating our First
Amendment freedoms, all of our other rights would fall like dominoes.
Despots in the modern era knew it as well.
Gaining control of the media is typically the first act of a
leftist usurper.
When Castro took power in Cuba, he imprisoned journalists en masse and
continued to do so throughout his regime, holding those who opposed
him indefinitely without charges.
When Josef Stalin returned from exile in March of 1917 he immediately
assumed control of an underground publication founded by Leon Trotsky
called Pravda (which, ironically, translates as "Truth") and made it
an official arm of the Soviet Communist Party. Pravda became and
remained the chief propaganda arm of the Soviet Communist Party until
it was shut down in 1991 by Boris Yeltsin. Subscription to Pravda was
MANDATORY.
Immediately after assuming power in 1933, Adolf Hitler placed Joseph
Goebbels in charge of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and
Propaganda. All journalists, writers, and artists were required to
register with the ministry.
But this is the United States where, unfortunately, such strong-arm
tactics are not necessary because liberals already control the media,
EXCEPT for conservative talk radio.
Kirsanow again:
"Talk radio is the most important medium conservatives have. It's the
only medium conservatives dominate. But liberals aren't content to
have only NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, AP, Reuters, Newsweek, Time, the
NY Times, Washington Post, Hollywood, etc. Stray conservative thoughts
might escape into the population, you know."
CNSNews quoting Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland:
"The government 'has the responsibility' to make sure there are a
'variety of opportunities for people to get information,' said Senator
Ben Cardin (D-Md.) when asked about the Fairness Doctrine at the
Democratic Senatorial Committee election night party on Tuesday."
"Variety of Opportunities"... ?
Without conservative talk radio THERE IS NO "VARIETY"... period!
It's simple. No conservative talk radio means there is no voice of
dissent. No voice of dissent means no free speech and no free speech
means that nothing stands in the way of those in government who wish
to oppress the governed.
Use the hyperlink below and bombard President George W. Bush and the
Republican Members of the Senate with your Blast Faxes. Demand that
they stand firm against any attempt by liberals in Congress to
effectively outlaw the First Amendment.
We must act now! Liberals in Congress may try to sneak the Fairness
Doctrine into legislation any day now. Liberal pundits inside the
Beltway and members of the elite media are already attempting to sell
conservative Senators on the notion that their only chance for
political survival is to display comity. Unless they hear from you
now, they WILL believe it, as they have in the past.
We can win this fight. It only takes 40 Senators to stand firm . But
if patriotic Americans do not speak up, we will lose this fight for
our liberties.
SEND MY BLAST FAXES
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How It Works...
The sad truth is that liberal elites in the media and in government
are totally oblivious to concepts like freedom and fairness and
balance.
Their ONLY agenda is to control all debate, opinion and
political discourse.
And the so-called Fairness Doctrine is their means to achieve that
end.
How, you ask?
Years ago the Fairness Doctrine was simply policy at the FCC.
Bill Ruder, John F. Kennedy's Assistant Secretary of
Commerce, spelled it out:
"Our massive strategy was to use the Fairness Doctrine to challenge
and harass right-wing broadcasters and hope the challenges would be so
costly to them that they would be inhibited and decide it was too
expensive to continue."
Former Reagan Budget Director James Miller put it another
way:
"Put yourself in the position of the broadcaster: your very existence
is dependent on the FCC's renewing your license every few years. And
the FCC says you must offer 'balanced' programming. What does this
mean?"
To put it another way, what do you suppose stations would do if they
had to provide "balance" to Rush and Hannity and Ingraham AS DICTATED
BY NANCY PELOSI and Charles Schumer?
Say good-bye to conservative talk-radio.
Make no mistake, the racket you'll soon be hearing in Washington will
be the ker-blam of the wrecking ball, battering down freedom of speech
in America, as Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid use the so-
called Fairness Doctrine to reduce the First Amendment to rubble and
haul it away in dump trucks.
Use the hyperlink below and bombard President George W. Bush and the
Republican Members of the Senate with your Blast Faxes. Demand that
they stand firm against any attempt by liberals in Congress to
effectively outlaw the First Amendment.
We must act now! Liberals in Congress may try to sneak the Fairness
Doctrine into legislation any day now. Liberal pundits inside the
Beltway and members of the elite media are already attempting to sell
conservative Senators on the notion that their only chance for
political survival is to display comity. Unless they hear from you
now, they WILL believe it, as they have in the past.
We can win this fight. It only takes 40 Senators to stand firm . But
if patriotic Americans do not speak up, we will lose this fight for
our liberties.
SEND MY BLAST FAXES
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It Is No Secret.
Liberals in Congress have been trying to shut-down conservative talk-
radio for years.
It's the first item on their agenda!
Here's a quote from Senator James Inhofe recounting a conversation he
claims he heard between Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Hillary
Clinton:
"They said we've got to do something about this. These are nothing but
far right-wing extremists.... There's got to be a legislative fix for
this..."
Here's former Vice-President Al Gore, unable to squelch his contempt
for conservative talk radio in general and Rush Limbaugh in
particular:
"[T]hen immediately afterwards, Rush Limbaugh and other hate-mongers
began to fill the airwaves."
Here's Michael Ortiz, a spokesman with the Obama campaign, explaining
why Barrack Obama believes the so-called Fairness Doctrine does not go
far enough. Pay particular attention to the code words:
"He considers this debate to be a distraction from the conversation we
should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern
communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible, that is why
Senator Obama supports media ownership caps, network neutrality,
public broadcasting, as well as increasing minority ownership of
broadcasting and print outlets."
Here's a quote from Senator Richard Durbin, the man who compared our
brave men and women in uniform to "NAZIs," but had to begrudgingly
apologize after being called on the carpet by conservative talk-radio
hosts:
"It's time to reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine. I have this old-
fashioned attitude that when Americans hear both sides of the story,
they're in a better position to make a decision."
Here's Senator John Kerry attempting to advance the idiotic fantasy
that conservative opinion dominates the media and liberal opinions are
not heard:
"I think the Fairness Doctrine ought to be there... one of the most
profound changes in the balance of the media is when the conservatives
got rid of the equal time requirements and the result is that they
have been able to squeeze down and squeeze out opinion of opposing
views."
And here's Senator Dianne Feinstein equating shutting-down the
opinions of the minority with fairness:
"I believe very strongly that the airwaves are public and people use
these airwaves for profit. But there is a responsibility to see that
both sides and not just one side of the big public questions of debate
of the day are aired and are aired with some modicum of fairness."
Use the hyperlink below and bombard President George W. Bush and the
Republican Members of the Senate with your Blast Faxes. Demand that
they stand firm against any attempt by liberals in Congress to
effectively outlaw the First Amendment.
We must act now! Liberals in Congress may try to sneak the Fairness
Doctrine into legislation any day now. Liberal pundits inside the
Beltway and members of the elite media are already attempting to sell
conservative Senators on the notion that their only chance for
political survival is to display comity. Unless they hear from you
now, they WILL believe it, as they have in the past.
We can win this fight. It only takes 40 Senators to stand firm . But
if patriotic Americans do not speak up, we will lose this fight for
our liberties.
SEND MY BLAST FAXES
AOL Members Use This Hyperlink
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into the address bar of your browser.
Our Side Knows The Score As Well.
Here's President Bush:
"By insisting on so-called balance, [liberals] want to silence those
they don't agree with. They know they cannot prevail in the public
debate of ideas."
Here's Martha Zoller, writing for the Business & Media Institute
recounting a quick Q and A with Nancy Pelosi a few months ago:
"The do-nothing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said last
week that she supports reviving the Fairness Doctrine... When pressed
further on whether she would allow the Broadcaster Freedom Act to
repeal the Fairness Doctrine permanently, Pelosi said, ' No... The
interest in my caucus is the reverse.'"
Here's Cliff Kincaid with Accuracy in Media quoting the Democratic
Platform; as with the statement from the Obama campaign, pay
particular attention to the liberal code words:
"'We will encourage diversity in the ownership of broadcast media,
promote the development of new media outlets for expression of diverse
viewpoints, and clarify the public interest obligations of
broadcasters who occupy the nation's spectrum,' the Democratic
platform says."
And finally, David Limbaugh sums it all up:
"The left supports campaign finance reform, the Fairness Doctrine and
other policies allegedly aimed at ensuring that both sides of the
political argument be aired. But it's a colossal fraud. Can you
imagine what would be in store for political speech in this country if
liberals resumed regulatory control of the airways? I can and am
horrified at the prospect; and you should be, too."
The time to act is now.
Pelosi, Schumer, Reid and other extreme-liberals in Congress will move
quickly... possibly any day now.
When they're done, the First Amendment might as well read:
Congress shall endeavor to make laws disrespecting establishments of
religion, prohibiting the free exercise thereof; abridging the freedom
of speech, and the right of the people peaceably to assemble...
Use the hyperlink below and bombard President George W. Bush and the
Republican Members of the Senate with your Blast Faxes. Demand that
they stand firm against any attempt by liberals in Congress to
effectively outlaw the First Amendment.
We must act now! Liberals in Congress may try to sneak the Fairness
Doctrine into legislation any day now. Liberal pundits inside the
Beltway and members of the elite media are already attempting to sell
conservative Senators on the notion that their only chance for
political survival is to display comity. Unless they hear from you
now, they WILL believe it, as they have in the past.
We can win this fight. It only takes 40 Senators to stand firm . But
if patriotic Americans do not speak up, we will lose this fight for
our liberties.
If the hyperlink above does not function, please copy and paste it
into the address bar of your browser.
Yours In Freedom,
Jeff Mazzella
President
cfif.org
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