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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic


From the link Domken was so helpful as to supply, we can happily confirm that the proposal which sparked this conversation has been killed by those who care about a free press, and the obligation to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

The FCC Chair has come forward to say the questions were out of bounds, the study outline will be rewritten, and the FCC will not be conducting questionings of media owners, editors, or journalists

G'nite, Ken, and thanks again for the accidentally providing the nail in the coffin.

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ORIGINAL: BamaD
Those people come from all parts of the political spectrum.

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

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ORIGINAL: DomKen
The FCC is required by long existing law to produce a report every 3 years. This study was to be part of that report.

Which is exactly what I said in post 115, Ken. Only the most tenuous shred of veracity to make such a claim.

Since you provided the link though, let's have a look at what the FCC had to say for themselves, shall we?

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– FCC Spokesperson Shannon Gilson issued the following statement today:

“By law, the FCC must report to Congress every three years on the barriers that may prevent
entrepreneurs and small business from competing in the media marketplace, and pursue policies to
eliminate those barriers. To fulfill that obligation in a meaningful way, the FCC's Office of
Communications Business Opportunities consulted with academic researchers in 2012 and selected a
contractor to design a study which would inform the FCC’s report to Congress. Last summer, the
proposed study was put out for public comment and one pilot to test the study design in a single
marketplace – Columbia, S.C. – was planned.

“However, in the course of FCC review and public comment, concerns were raised that some of the
questions may not have been appropriate. Chairman Wheeler agreed that survey questions in the study
directed toward media outlet managers, news directors, and reporters overstepped the bounds of what is
required. Last week, Chairman Wheeler informed lawmakers that that Commission has no intention of
regulating political or other speech of journalists or broadcasters and would be modifying the draft study.

Yesterday, the Chairman directed that those questions be removed entirely.

“To be clear, media owners and journalists will no longer be asked to participate in the Columbia, S.C.
pilot study. The pilot will not be undertaken until a new study design is final. Any subsequent market
studies conducted by the FCC, if determined necessary, will not seek participation from or include
questions for media owners, news directors or reporters.

“Any suggestion that the FCC intends to regulate the speech of news media or plans to put monitors in
America's newsrooms is false. The FCC looks forward to fulfilling its obligation to Congress to report on
barriers to entry into the communications marketplace, and is currently revising its proposed study to
achieve that goal.”

Now, what was it you were saying?

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

Far less gullible than the nutsackers, as experience and history proves.

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ORIGINAL: papassion


How gullible can Liberals be? Do you think the FCC is going to say, "We are going to intimidate the stations that don't agree with the Administrations' way of thinking by placing "watchdogs" in their stations." Do you think Hitler was dumb enough to tell the truth, and say, "One of our plans is to kill Jews and anybody else we don't like!"

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

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ORIGINAL: BamaD
Those people come from all parts of the political spectrum.

Not all, I'm sad to say.

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ORIGINAL: Tkman117

The right wing thrives off of lies, misinformation, and hate. Thats what the whole issue is about. They see the truth as something which isn't real, and will fight to continue spewing said mistruth, claiming it's their right. Here in canada, we have laws in place which prevent news sources from promoting untrue news, which is one reason why we don't have a Canadian fox news, as they realized they wouldn't be able to do what they do in the states.

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ORIGINAL: kdsub

You can watch Fox.... where you will get true stories about how Obama funded a Muslim Museum and how to fight those corrupt bureaucrats in Congress.

Butch

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ORIGINAL: kdsub

WHAT!!!!! you mean its not true!!!!

That can't be so...American media is self regulating and the most honest and unbiased anywhere in the world... just ask anyone for southern Missouri... or Alabama.

Butch

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ORIGINAL: kdsub

WHAT!!!!! you mean its not true!!!!

That can't be so...American media is self regulating and the most honest and unbiased anywhere in the world... just ask anyone for southern Missouri... or Alabama.

Butch