Obama's FCC: Time To Regulate News Via A "Public Value Test"

Clear Demorat FCC Commissioner Michael Joseph Copps (04-13-1940), another ancient and withered GOWP (Guilty Overeducated White Person) indicated radio licenses could be continued only but if they "demonstrate measurable progress. If the station fails again, give the license to someone who will use it to serve the public interest."

Copps outlined a plan for a "Public Value Test" every four years that would make the license renewal of broadcasters contingent upon meeting federal criteria such as the delivery of news, diversity, the conducting of community input meetings and local programming requirements.



If radio and television is on Mr Copps' radar, then so must be blogs, necessarily so.

They are a means of communication, are they not?

Mr Copps, of course, envisions not only "race quotas" but in his purple-planet skies, "gender quotas" and "income quotas."

As some have said: "Fox -- meet hen-house."

So to speak.

Mr Copps also said:

Arguments rage over the right to secretly manage and prioritize content and to favor the affluent saw it as an affront to free speech. Barton also asked whether "five commissioners can do a better job of ensuring that Americans have access to a wide diversity of content and viewpoints than Americans can themselves by expressing their preferences ... in the vigorously competitive marketplace."

Bloggers and Conservatives beware: your First Amendment existence may be on the table -- once again.

And -- imagine this -- at the behest of Demorat/Progressive/Leftist elements.

BZ