I warned you it was coming.
I told you it wasn’t a threat but a promise.
And now legislative efforts by the Democrat-dominated Congress are under way to impose what can only be characterized as censorship on the broadcast media in the form of a so-called “Fairness Doctrine.”
President Obama says he has plans to “review” the “obligations” of broadcasters. What he means is simple: He wants all the media marching in lockstep with his backward, discredited socialist agenda – and he’s willing to ignore constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and freedom of the press to achieve it.
He sees talk radio as a threat – because it represents open debate and because it challenges his tired old ideas of centralized, command-and-control, unlimited government authority.
He tipped his hand when he denounced Rush Limbaugh as an obstacle to “getting things done” in Washington.
Sometimes it’s best not to get things done in Washington – especially when our most precious freedoms are at stake.
The re-introduction of the so-called “Fairness Doctrine” will be disguised in lofty sounding words, such as “encouraging diversity in media ownership” and striving for balance and fairness in the broadcasting content. Don’t be fooled.
This idea is about one thing – empowering government and controlling the flow of vital information required by a truly informed citizenry.
The notion of a so-called “Fairness Doctrine” for the media, mandated by government and policed by a system devised by government, should be anathema to every American who understands liberty and the First Amendment. This is not just a threat to broadcasters. It’s a threat to the Constitution and every American. This should not even be a matter of controversy – but, unfortunately, it is. We’ve lived through shameful period in which government regulated broadcast content. When it ended in 1987, we witnessed an explosion of new voices and lively debate. It’s time for the American people to show we don’t want to go backward.
This is nothing new. We’ve been there and done that as a nation.
If we don’t learn from our mistakes, we’ll be doomed to repeat them.
If we let the camel’s nose back under the tent this time, we may never be able to get that camel out of our tent again.
That’s why I plan to devote a considerable amount of time and energy to killing this threat to our freedom once and for all – this year.
I truly hope you will join me in this effort.
We need hundreds of thousands signing it to be effective.
And this is just the beginning.
WND Books will be publishing next month a scathing exposé on the efforts by Obama and the Democratic Congress to kill free expression. Please watch for it.
In addition, I plan to take the leadership role in a new organization designed to protect free speech and freedom of the press from the imminent threat posed by the power brokers in Washington. This is a very unusual step for me, but I take this personally. If we lose, this is the endgame for the First Amendment in this country.
Why am I so exercised?
After all, I’m not involved in broadcasting.
Some have suggested there are great opportunities for an Internet entrepreneur like me to increase my business if “competitors” are driven from the airwaves.
But I don’t think like that.
Because I love this country and all it stands for.
I hope you see it the same way and will join me in this life-and-death campaign to save free speech in America from the political frauds and robber barons currently in control of Washington.
Sign the petition to kill all efforts to re-impose the so-called “Fairness Doctrine.”
