Federal Election Commission Chairman Lee E. Goodman issued a warning that the federal government will soon impose regulations on conservative Internet sites, like Truth And Action and Drudge Report
“The right has begun to break the left’s media monopoly, particularly through new media outlets like the internet, and I sense that some on the left are starting to rethink the breadth of the media exemption and internet communications,” Goodman stated.
Goodman also states that he will fight this coming regulation.
In the 90’s Bill Clinton actually warned how conservatives could use the Internet to bypass left-media biased TV. Well, the man was right about one thing at least.
This is good news, actually. It means that we are really impinging on the corporate controlled media. Sure, we will have a fight on our hands, probably soon. But fight we will.
Government officials, reacting to the growing voice of conservative news outlets, especially on the internet, are angling to curtail the media’s exemption from federal election laws governing political organizations, a potentially chilling intervention that the chairman of the Federal Election Commission is vowing to fight.
“I think that there are impulses in the government every day to second guess and look into the editorial decisions of conservative publishers,” warned Federal Election Commission Chairman Lee E. Goodman in an interview.
“The right has begun to break the left’s media monopoly, particularly through new media outlets like the internet, and I sense that some on the left are starting to rethink the breadth of the media exemption and internet communications,” he added.
Noting the success of sites like the Drudge Report, Goodman said that protecting conservative media, especially those on the internet, “matters to me because I see the future going to the democratization of media largely through the internet. They can compete with the big boys now, and I have seen storm clouds that the second you start to regulate them, there is at least the possibility or indeed proclivity for selective enforcement, so we need to keep the media free and the internet free.”
All media has long benefited from an exemption from FEC rules, thereby allowing outlets to pick favorites in elections and promote them without any limits or disclosure requirements like political action committees.
But Goodman cited several examples where the FEC has considered regulating conservative media, including Sean Hannity‘s radio show and Citizens United’s movie division. Those efforts to lift the media exemption died in split votes at the politically evenly divided board, often with Democrats seeking regulation.
Liberals over the years have also pushed for a change in the Federal Communications Commission‘s “fairness doctrine” to cut of conservative voices, and retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has delighted Democrats recently with a proposed Constitutional amendment that some say could force the media to stop endorsing candidates or promoting issues.
“The picking and choosing has started to occur,” said Goodman. “There are some in this building that think we can actually regulate” media, added Goodman, a Republican whose chairmanship lasts through December. And if that occurs, he said, “then I am concerned about disparate treatment of conservative media.”
He added, “Truth be told, I want conservative media to have the same exemption as all other media.”
Our FEC officially becomes Obama’s Jack Booted Thugs. Arrest Barrack Obama for Treason, no incumbents.
How is Obama’s and Hillary’s Arab spring doing these days?
You can not support Hillary Clinton or Barrack Obama and support or value Human Life, Human Rights, or Freedom, just as you can not support the Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, or the Al Qaeda and suport or value Human Life, Human Rights, or Freedom.
The Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Al Qaeda are Terrorists.
The Untied States should not support or finance Terror.
Sharia Law is evil and violates the Human Rights and Freedom of women.
In Muslim nations women and children are slaves.
End our stupid wars.
Quit financing Terrorists.
Quit supporting Terrorists Groups.
Our Government should quit using Federal Agencies to harass, intimidate, and invesitgate veterans, patriots, conservatives, and enemies of our traitor in chief.
Shut down the FEMA, EPA, IRS, National Endowment for Democracy, and Bureau of Land Management. Under Joe Biden, Eric Holder, and Barrack Obama, they have become too corrupt to function as they should.
The Citizens of the United States deserve the protection of the Bill of Rights and our Constitution, shred every one of Obama’s Executive Orders which have changed our Law.
Repeal Obamacare, the Cyber Security Bill, the NDAA, and the Monsanto Protection Bill.
The National Endowment for Democracy, the United States State Department, our Administration, and the CIA commit Color Revolutions which are illegal against legal foreign goverments with demostrations, violence, Terrorism, and war.
No Incumbents.
Vote every one of our Senators and Representatives out. They have not been working as well as they could to get rid of the traiter and they have gave us our wars. They allowed the National Endowment for Democracy to create, support, and finance the violence in the Ukraine which caused Russia to reclaim Crimea. They gave us our stupid wars. They issued sanctions against Russia, though the EU and the United States are responsible for the trouble there. they allow Barrack Obama and our CIA to finance Terrorists in Syria. They wanted to start bombing Syria. They allow our stupid covert and Drone war to continue to spread bloodshed, violence, death, Terrorism, and War and to give the Terrorists the Media attention they want. Every one of our Senate and House who has voted for War, petitioned for the destruction of the Second Amendment, voted for the NDAA, Obamacare, the Cyber Security Bill, or Obamacare should be fired, today. They should never be able to hold any local, state, or national office in the Untied States of America, they have proved they can not keep their Oath of Office, just as Joe Biden, Eric Holder, every member of Barrack Obama’s Adminstration, and every one of Obama’s Appointees has proven. FBI should use RICO to investigate FEMA, the IRS, EPA, National Endowment for Democracy, Barrack Obama, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Harry Reid, and the Bureau of Land Management. NSA and Homeland Security should be shut down. NSA’s land, files, buildings, and equipment gave to the FBI. Every thing Homeland Security and FEMA controls should be turned over the the local National Guard or the Military. We can do with out any Senator or Representative in Washington, DC till election in November. The CIA should be stripped of it’s power to act and only be allowed to investigate.
NATO is nothing but a War Machine and should be completely shut down.
The United States and the EU created, financed, and supported the violence and terrorism in the Ukraine with the help of the National Endowment for Democracy and George Soros.
The United States funds the Terrorists in the Civial War in Syria.
The Violence in Syria and Ukraine, like much of the violence against the legal governments and regime changes all over the world are the CIA’s Color Revolutions. If there is violence, Terrorism, or war the CIA is there with the blessing of our current Senate and House spending our Tax Dollars to spread death.
If a nation wants to choose it’s own type of government and it’s own leaders, it needs to kick out the EU, NATO, the United Nations, and the United States and every one of their representatives.
George Soros’s ideas for the world are wrong and evil.
No Incumbents.
We should always have the Freedom of Speech on the sidewalk and on the Internet. Everyone of our current Senators and Representatives should be fired or fired and arrested for passing the Cyber Security Bill, it does nothing to secure the internet or your home computer. It is only about allowing our Government to spy on you. Obama signed this horrible unconstitutional bill.
Obama’s new and improved Patriot Act, Obamacare, and the NDAA are a direct attack on your basic human rights and your freedoms.
The Bill of Rights protects the citizens of the United States and the Constitution is the only thing that makes the United States what it is.
Obama should be arrested for Treason and every one of his executive orders should be shredded. Eric Holder, Joe Biden, John Kerry, and every one of Obama’s Appointees should be fired, today.
The IRS, EPA, and the Bureau of Land Management are too corrupt to operate after working with Eric Holder, Joe Biden, Obama’s Adminstration, Obama’s Appointees, and Obama. Shut them down. Repeal the horrible Obamacare monster. The delays did not fix anything. Obamacare is the largest Bait and Switch Scam ever committed. If you like your plan you can keep your plan. Lies got Obamacare Passed. Obamacare is one of the most horribly unconstitutional bills that have been passed, like the Monanto Can Poison the United States Bill which was also passed by our current liars and parasites of the Senate and House and signed into law by Obama, who should be in GITMO and who should have his property and money seized because he has been supporting and financing Terrorism.
End our stupid wars.
No Incumbents.
Johnny Campbell you can clearly see the shift .. Bill O’Reilly attack other conservatives… last night he shot down Karl Rove ….
Hang em!!!
Lies lies lies. You people are off the chain with all your lies
They already control most of the media at this time. If you watch MSNBC you may as well live in North Korea. Communism coming to a town near you!
hell congress won’t do a dam thing about these commy mother r’s ,so americans what’s next?
Here we go!!! Hello communism
They got to. They’re fixing to get on the move
That would be against the constitution so I am hoping that the sites realize this!
NEVER HAPPEN. IF WE HAVE TO WE WILL SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS.