The FCC Wades Into the Newsroom

[Sailor]

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.

More here:
online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304680904579366903828260732

Please note, the author of this opinion piece is one of the Commissioners of the FCC. If he has issues with this program I would recommend paying attention as this has the appearance of conflicting with the First Amendment's Freedom of the Press.

[101ABN]

Appearance, my ass.

This is straight-up intimidation.

Imagine how the libs would howl if Dubya had come up with this turd sandwich.

[Sailor]

What I find most interesting is that much of the media had little to say about this move outside of print media like the WSJ and FOX News. For example, I looked, CNN hadn't mentioned it as of last night.

However, it appears the FCC has backed off of this for now though I suspect Limbaugh is correct ... this WILL happen.

And I also suspect that Mr Pai's FCC career is about to end.