Posted by Jack
A follow up to FCC article
“President Barack Obama came into office pledging open government, but he has fallen short of his promise. Journalists and transparency advocates say the White House curbs routine disclosure of information and deploys its own media to evade scrutiny by the press. Aggressive prosecution of leakers of classified information and broad electronic surveillance programs deter government sources from speaking to journalists.” A CPJ special report by Leonard Downie Jr. with reporting by Sara Rafsky
“…damning report from the Committee to Protect Journalists, “The Obama Administration and the Press,” which focuses on leak investigations and surveillance and how they have made too many government officials nervous.
“In the Obama administration’s Washington, government officials are increasingly afraid to talk to the press,” it begins .
“Those suspected of discussing with reporters anything that the government has classified as secret are subject to investigation, including lie-detector tests and scrutiny of their telephone and email records.”
Further, a little-publicized “Insider Threat Program” in every department mandates workers to monitor colleagues to prevent unauthorized disclosures. New York Daily news
Incredibly, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to roll out something called the Critical Information Needs study, which will embed government “researchers” into media organizations around the nation to make sure they are doing their job properly.
No this isn’t “conspiracy theory.” It is so real, and represents such a threat to the First Amendment, that a current FCC commissioner, Ajit Pai, recently wrote an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal, warning Americans of this scheme.
Other than Fox did any of the other news media cover it? Since I don’t watch them I wouldn’t know, but suspect not. The fear factor has their tongue already.
Watch: Greta Van Susteren Answers Proposed FCC Questionnaire for Newsrooms – and Nails It:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/21/watch-greta-van-susteren-answers-proposed-fcc-questionnaire-for-newsrooms-and-nails-it/
The Prez certainly seems to have a problem with telling ANY truth other than promising to “fundamentally change the country.”
Calling him the Liar-in-Chief used to be limited to really, really right wing bloggers. Unfortunately for the country, it’s become fact.
Breitbart:
Must reading, as is the CNS News article.
Recall too, Obama’s involvement in the Annenberg Challenge with Bill Ayers.
Off Topic: This just appeared in The Blaze.
Proposal to Split California Into Six States Clears Major Hurdle — Here Are the Proposed New States:
“A seemingly long-shot proposal to split California into six smaller U.S. states cleared a major hurdle this week, with the golden state’s secretary of state’s office saying that proponents “may begin collecting petition signatures.”
The initiative is sponsored by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper, according to the AFP, and contends that ”political representation of California’s diverse population and economies has rendered the state nearly ungovernable.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/22/proposal-to-split-california-into-six-states-clears-major-hurdle-here-are-the-proposed-new-states/