Posted by Tina
The American Spectator has an idea for those who might want to get involved in the fight for free speech as Democrats in Congress take steps to silence your favorite talk shows:
The Fight for the Survival of Free Speech, by Peter Ferrara The American Spectator
** Local taxpayer activists, gun owners, pro-life advocates, veterans, Christian leaders, small businessmen, pro-family activists, libertarians, those who advocate traditional values, free market advocates, call and write your local talk radio stations and demand to become a member of the station’s local advisory board. You should not limit this to conservative talk radio. Call your local NPR affiliate and demand representation on its advisory board as well. If they don’t have an advisory board, complain loudly to the FCC about it, and renew those complaints during their license renewals. **
Some of you are well known in the community…this would be a perfect way for you to use that considerable weight to do something positive about preserving free speech rights. You can bet that ACORN and a miriad of left-wing activist groups will be represented. And read the entire article it’s full of information and ideas.. The new law applies to local TV stations as well…the internet is next. One Democrat member of Henry Waxman’s House Energy and Commerce Committee, was quoted from an earlier Spectator article:
** “The FCC and state and local governments also have oversight over the Internet lines and the cable and telecom companies that operate from them. We want to get alternative views on radio and TV, but we also want to make sure those alternative views are read, heard and seen online.Thanks to the stimulus package, we’ve established that networks — the Internet — are critical, national infrastructure. We think that gives us an opening to look at what runs over that critical infrastructure.” **
And another Democrat staffer from the same Committee reportedly said,
** “Internet radio is becoming a big deal, and we’re seeing that some websites are able to control traffic and information, while other sites that may be of interest or use to citizens get limited traffic because of the way people search and look for information. We’re at very early stages on this, but the Chairman has made it clear that oversight of the Internet is one of his top priorities.” **