With the news of the proposed FCC "study" of news organization, Obama continues his Marxist methods of silencing his critics. As if using the IRS to target conservative non profit groups wasn't bad enough, now he wants to use the FCC to bully news organizations. This "study" wouldn't be so offensive if anyone believed that it would actually challenge the Obama media, aka the mainstream media. However, it's really a guise to get into newsrooms and ensure coverage is favorable to Obama and the democrats. Remember how Obama whined to O'Reilly about Fox News actually covering all the scandals in his administration? This study will do absolutely nothing to change the overt liberal bias of most TV, radio, and print news outlets. Rather it will allow Obama cover to silence his critics on Fox News and conservative radio.
One of the FCC commissioners is absolutely right when he said that "the government has no place pressuring media organizations into covering certain stories". What I find so ironic is the absolute silence from the mainstream media on this story. The media rightfully got upset when they learned that Obama was spying on the Associated Press. They were outraged for awhile, but just like on the rest of the Obama scandals, they quickly stopped talking about it and went back to their usual favorable coverage. Why didn't they demand an investigation? Why didn't they keep pressuring Obama and Holder until they got answers as to why they were targeted? Why are they not worried that they are still being spied on by the government? Why do they continue to ignore Obama's frightening power grabs even when it has reached their doorstep? Why did they constantly challenge Bush on executive power and yet stay silent when Obama's overuse of executive power gets more and more intrusive and egregious?
While I certainly don't like most of the content that is covered on networks like MSNBC, NBC, CNN, and ABC, I definitely do not want the government, whether democrat or republican led, determining what and how stories get covered in the news. If that happens, we are no better than countries like Iran and North Korea with their state owned media outlets. At least now, there are print and TV news outlets that do attempt to hold Obama and other elected officials accountable. There are reporters who will ask the tough questions and demand answers when leaders in our government find themselves embroiled in scandal and make questionable decisions.
Thankfully there has been enough outcry from republicans that the FCC has backed off...for now. Make no mistake, though, this won't be the last of Obama's attempts to censor his critics in the media. We should all be worried that he will just revert back to spying on news outlets. This will not stop his never ending efforts to undermine and ignore the Constitution.
