the current administration is making a mockery of the country.

This is nothing more than a way to work on reigning in our first amendment rights. Which makes me want to exercise my second amendment rights to prevent it.

I think this is being taken the wrong way. As far as I can see it isn't about telling news networks what to run and what not to run; it's about asking them why they run what they run. It's a study. I'm not saying I support it. I'm just saying that it's not what FOX is making it out to be.

The individuals who pass and try to enforce unjust and anti-Constitutional laws should be put on trial and let them explain the origins of their thought process in relation to liberty and the Constitution.

Jail should be a possible when their excuses and explanations are found to be against the best interests of the American public.

Government tends to work in its' own self interest NOT the peoples.

Are you nuts? The FCC is NOT interested at this time in LIBERAL outlets. This is all about the Federal Gov'ts hatred of Fox News. Once the curtain is pulled back the little man behind the FCC will be dictating to TV and Radio what the government will ALLOW and what wiil put their license at risk.

This is so un-Constitutional that even suggesting it should get the FCC disbanded or re-organized removing the political operatives and control freaks from the payroll.

Hahaha. That’s great.

Thank you dherik. "An unjust law is a law that should be broken after all."

I am making the same point about immigration law punishing children of immigrants who live here their entire life.

But I digress. this is the kind of story now I am at a loss to understand why it isn't being broadcast all over the place. a couple of weeks ago I accepted about 30 or 40 pending friend request on facebook, so I re broadcast such posts from galtsgulch to a wider audience, trying to give an explanation accessible to people who have been mushrooms their entire life.

Most people don't watch/listen to the news. This doesn't affect them, as long as the FCC doesn't interfere with the REAL news, Jon Stewart.
Half this country believes that Obama has the authority to circumvent the Congress using Executive Orders.
We have a population of mouth-breathers that don't understand what's going on around them and don't really care. The one's that do care, lack the numbers or resources to do anything.
Find a State that refuses to accept Federal Dollars and move the Producers into it, and maybe you can gain leverage. But, every State is addicted to Fed money.

Ah, but that is a statement of heresy toward "Our Dear Leader"!

Beware of IRS auditors at your door any day now...

I'm all for it, especially for FOX. Then Megan Kelly can open her show with, "The FCC handlers have approved these topics for this evening's show. Our FCC handler is named Joe Anderson, he lives at 555 Rosewood in NYC, his wife's name is Brandi, with an "i", he has three kids and, because he is a liberal, he has no guns in his home."

Then proceed to report the truth.

The first amendment protects speech and the press. The Bill of Rights recognizes our rights, rather than creating them.

The principle of freedom of the press (and presumably of speech, in opposing charges of sedition and of seditious libel) goes back to John Peter Zenger in New York in 1734.

Here is a brief article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peter_...

They key to maintaining our rights is the jury trial.

Zenger was arrested on orders of the Royal governor after a grand jury had refused to indict him. At his trial (after eight months in prison) his lawyer stopped trying to convince the judge and spoke instead to the jury. The jury returned a verdict of innocent in ten minutes.

There is no authority under the Constitution for Federal control over newspapers, and by extension over material published on the internet. The FCC (which is possibly un-Constitutional) has no authority whatever over newspapers.

Just in case some Federal person wants to turn off parts of the internet, does anyone remember what a BBS is? It's a dial-up bulletin board.

Computers were part of the downfall of the Soviet Union. Previously, a police raid on the publisher of a samizdat (illegal newsletter) consisted of the publisher trying to hold off the cops at the door while his friends ATE the incriminating pieces of paper. With computers, when everything was on 8-inch or 5-inch floppy disks, bending the disks destroyed the evidence.

The "Free Press" has been dead for ages. Modern news isn't spread by newspapers and television anymore.

The modern investigative journalist is the blogger. Bloggers break far more news and in depth investigations than newspapers. The citizen reporter is what will keep the press free.

No all administrations are heinous.

Also if you think it's just the current administration that's doing these things look into the lawsuits brought against bloggers by the previous administration also.

I am all for resisting. And if arresting me for blogging the truth makes someone feel special more power to them.

There is absolutely no need for the FCC to be in the news rooms of any newspaper. Ever. They have no authority there and should be refused admission when they show up.
If they are allowed in the data collected will fall into so many interpretations that any future administration will be free to pick and choose which set of data to follow and misshape policy with. (I hope that is understandable).
Read more at http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts/48...
Don't want credit twice for the same post. Someone please -1 this comment. Thank you

Note this is the same comment I made on another post about this subject.
There is absolutely no need for the FCC to be in the news rooms of any newspaper. Ever. They have no authority there and should be refused admission when they show up.
If they are allowed in the data collected will fall into so many interpretations that any future administration will be free to pick and choose which set of data to follow and misshape policy with. (I hope that is understandable).
Read more at http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts/48...

Don't want credit twice. Would someone do a -1 on this. Thank you.

Just because the administration says something doesn't mean we shouldn't keep doing it..

An unjust law is a law that should be broken after all.

Here's the link to sign the Petition to stop FCC monitors in Newsrooms !
http://aclj.org/free-speech-2/no-governm...