Censorship
Obama Escalates Feud: Administration Attempts to Exclude Fox News from
October 22nd, 2009 9:09 PM
Just when you thought the White House couldn't possibly do anything to make their bizarre feud with the Fox News Channel an even larger spectacle - the administration manages to take it to another level. Over the past two weeks, three White House officials have publicly criticized the Fox News Channel by denigrating its status as a news outlet - White House Communications Director Anita Dunn,…
Anti-Fairness Doctrine Champ Pence Rips White House for Fox News Feud
October 22nd, 2009 3:16 PM
Over the past two weeks, three prominent White House officials have publicly come out and criticized Fox News by demeaning its status as a news outlet - White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, Senior Advisor David Axelrod and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. And today, the president himself commented on Fox News. However, this hasn't gone unnoticed by members of Congress. Yesterday, Sen.…
CNN Again Cites Liberal Study on Talk Radio, Pushes Localism
October 21st, 2009 11:25 AM
CNN’s Carol Costello again omitted the liberal source of a statistic she touted during a report on Wednesday’s American Morning, that 91% of talk radio is apparently conservative. Costello also pushed the left-wing aim of localism in radio programming, playing three soundbites in favor of the proposal, versus two against it.Near the end of her report, which aired at the bottom of the 7 am Eastern…
Unlike Nixon, Obama's Media Attacks Generate Little Press Anger
October 20th, 2009 4:25 PM
Is Barack Obama turning into Spiro Agnew? The White House's attacks on the Fox News smack of the distaste for media opposition espoused by Nixon's vice president almost 40 years ago but are being met with a decidedly different reaction today by the elite media.Pundits have wondered aloud since last week why the White House would pursue a strategy that seems to be boosting the ratings of a…
Hume Defends Fox Again: Asks How CNN, Others 'Like Being Patted on the
October 20th, 2009 1:07 AM
After another round of attacks from the White House, this time from higher levels of the Obama administration, Brit Hume, a senior political analyst for Fox News, went to bat for his network. On the Oct. 19 broadcast of Fox News Channel's "Special Report with Bret Baier," Hume gave his best effort to rationalize why White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Obama Senior Advisor David Axelrod…
White House Defends Attacks on Fox News: 'They Will Say Anything
October 8th, 2009 5:07 PM
The White House is stepping up its attacks against the Fox News Channel, labeling it a bastion of stilted and opinionated journalism. A top administration communications official has called the Fox "opinion journalism masquerading as news," and vowed to wage a war of ideas against the network.Speaking with Time Magazine, White House Communications Director Anita Dunn said that the administration…
FCC's Genachowski Agreed to Have Diversity Czar Lloyd Appear Before Co
October 6th, 2009 2:14 PM
The news wing of the Media Research Center, CNSNews.com, yesterday reported that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) refused their request for an interview with Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd about his tremendously disturbing First Amendment and communications policy views. (Not to mention his affinity and admiration for Venezuelan dictatorial thug Hugo Chavez and his demand that "…
CNN's Lou Dobbs Program Picks Up on Obama/Humana 'Gag Order' Controver
September 24th, 2009 1:00 PM
CNN’s Kitty Pilgrim followed the lead of ABC News in reporting the Obama administration’s attempt to use regulatory power to suppress criticism of its health care proposal on Wednesday’s Lou Dobbs Tonight. Pilgrim noted how “[health] insurers are angry because...the government Medicaid office instructed them to cease sending what it called misleading...information about the bill to clients.”…
Audio: FCC's Diversity Czar: 'White People' Need to be Forced to 'Step
September 23rd, 2009 8:38 AM
One Giant Censorship Step Down For Personkind Mark Lloyd is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Chief Diversity Officer, a.k.a. the Diversity Czar. And he has in a recently discovered bit of archive audio goodness detailed his rather disturbing perspective on race, power and the American system.(Audio located below the fold, courtesy of…
Albright: Washington Times Makes Her 'Crazy', but Insists Press Must P
August 29th, 2009 7:42 AM
It's no secret the print newspaper industry is struggling. It's become all too common to hear that papers, like the Christian Science Monitor or the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, have ceased publishing a print edition and gone completely online. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright addressed this challenge and its impact on a government at the Aspen Institute's Forum on Communications and…
Bozell to FTC: Keep Your Paws Out of the News Media
August 27th, 2009 2:51 PM
Today Media Research Center (MRC) president and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell denounced the Obama administration for its plans to delve into the private sector for the purposes of researching and regulating the national news media. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced plans for a two-day workshop in December to examine the state of the news industry - which could lead to…
MRC's Motley, FNC's Glenn Beck Inform Viewers About Policy Aims of FCC
August 27th, 2009 12:27 PM
Appearing on his program yesterday, Media Research Center's Seton Motley talked with Glenn Beck about the various regulations the FCC's new diversity czar Mark Lloyd wants to bring upon the terrestrial radio industry, particularly conservative-dominated talk radio.GLENN BECK: When you read the new diversity officer, what is the most disturbing thing that you have seen? What are the things that he…
