In a controversial move, the Obama administration is looking to send the FCC in to investigate how the media chooses stories. Shannon Bream reported this morning on the plan, which is quickly drawing criticism as a possible infringement on the freedom of the press.

 

This comes on the heels of Reporters Without Borders ranking the United States 46th in its World Press Freedom Index.

 

Gov't Monitors in Newsrooms? FCC to Look Into Media Decision-Making | Fox News Insider

What good can come out of this practice?

What good can come out of this practice?

 

None. This is an awful idea.

 

What on Earth are they thinking about?

 

Yes, much of the mass media isn't very good at its job, but this isn't a solution I'm looking for.

What country do I live in again? :ohbrother:

What country do I live in again? :ohbrother:

 

According to the article Country #46.

None. This is an awful idea.

 

What on Earth are they thinking about?

 

Agreed. It smacks of censorship or the ever present threat of it.

Stalin must smiling....or laughing....if they allow that down there.

 

(Hey, at least its not a comparison to Hitler or more specifically Goebbels.)

This comes on the heels of Reporters Without Borders ranking the United States 46th in its World Press Freedom Index.

 

Gov't Monitors in Newsrooms? FCC to Look Into Media Decision-Making | Fox News Insider

 

For the interested:

 

The rankings report blame the U.S.'s drop on its wide-ranging crackdown on whistleblowers, particularly Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning (who got a 35-year sentence for leaking documents), and the attempted 105-year sentence for Barrett Brown. To the American government, "The whistleblower is the enemy," the report writes. Similarly, the subpoena of Associated Press phone records contributed to that drastic drop.

 

The best place for press freedom? That would be most of Western Europe and Scandinavia in particular. Finland took the top spot on the rankings for the third consecutive year, followed by top 10 mainstays The Netherlands and Norway. Even the United Kingdom, downgraded for a "worrying" year that was lowlighted by the crackdown on The Guardian for its Snowden-aided exposés on British GCHQ surveillance, only fell four spots to 33rd place. They finished ahead of the U.S. despite an arguably more aggressive approach to Snowden's press friends.

 

U.S. Takes a Sharp Drop in World Press Freedom Rankings - The Wire

Thanks Habib.

MSNBC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and ABC get a three year waiver from the program.

MSNBC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and ABC get a three year waiver from the program.

 

No waiver needed the White House already tells them what to report :lol2:

I'm waitin for someone, Cough cough, to tell us that this deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.....

Stalin must smiling....or laughing....if they allow that down there.

 

(Hey, at least its not a comparison to Hitler or more specifically Goebbels.)

 

Watch it, some on here will be upset of any comparison to communism, nazism or anything that has 'ism' on the end of it.

Participation in the program is voluntary, said GOP FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai. I agree with the majority that an arm of the federal government should not be engaged in this type of activity. Far better to contract with a grad school of communications to gather data.

Is George Orwell around?