Hit Fox in the OTHER place it hurts: FCC Approvals.

[Maximilian American]

I urge you to place my comment in the FCC Public File:

NewsCorp is acting against the public interest of this country by excluding Ron Paul from their upcoming presidential forum on January 6th 2008 in New Hamphire. This is a disgrace upon the "democratic elections" in our country to exclude a powerful and influential candidate such as Ron Paul because of difference of opinion on American policy, for a true democratic forum should be precisely about discussing each of the proposed policies by all the influential candidates . What is your response to this exclusion?

Maximilian Irving

 

[ecliptic]

^^^^^^

Up with Ron Paul!!!! Down with Rupert Murdoch!!!!

 

[azam]

FCC Is part of the regime.. check this out...

The FCC is part of the Regime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVjNkYcpZ1E

 

[azam]

Check this out re: FCC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVjNkYcpZ1E

 

[ecliptic]

watch the FCC chair sell you out to big business

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVjNkYcpZ1E

That is one sickening 6 minute example of fascism. Required viewing.

 

[Jimmy]

Bump

 

[Bruehound]

Dr, Paul is promoting an agenda of liberty and does not believe in regulation. Please know his message.

 

[BobSmith]

bump

 

[free.alive]

Yes, yes, yes, yes!

 

[Crickett]

THIS is the deal. On the spot or not the FCC says

"Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall be construed as relieving
broadcasters, in connection with the presentation of newscasts, news interviews,
news documentaries, and on-the-spot coverage of news events, from the obligationimposed upon them under this Act to operate in the public interest and to affordreasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on issues of publicimportance".

RP is the ONLY non-member of CFR. By definition he should get equal time. Not only is it that simple, but the public file MUST be mailed, in its entirety, to anyone who asks. We could sure raise their shipping costs and force them to se up a new dept to mail them out. Also, the license issues must be addressed 30 days before they expire. So if it is 12/31 we are too late for this year. Each station may have a different expiration date, however. C-Span keeps covering all of Hucks Iowa speeches in full. They owe Ron A LOT of time.

 

[fightfortruth]

bump

 

[Ron LOL]

Only read the OP so far, but this seems like a great idea. I'll read the rest of the thread later and draft a letter.

 

[Crickett]

PLEASE read this last paragrah. WE GOT THEM!!

Section 315 [47 U.S.C. §315] Facilities for candidates for public office.
(a) If any licensee shall permit any person who is a legally qualified candidate for any public office to use a broadcasting station, he shall afford equal opportunities to all other such candidates for that office in the use of such broadcasting station: Provided, That such licensee shall have no power of censorship over the material broadcast under the provision of this section. No obligation is hereby imposed under this subsection upon any licensee to allow the use of its station by any such candidate. Appearance by a legally qualified candidate on any –

(1) bona fide newscast,

(2) bona fide news interview,

(3) bona fide news documentary (if the appearance of the candidate is incidental to the presentation of the subject or subjects covered by the news documentary), or

(4) on-the-spot coverage of bona fide news events (including but not limited to political conventions and activities incidental thereto),

shall not be deemed to be use of a broadcasting station within the meaning of this subsection. Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall be construed as relieving broadcasters, in connection with the presentation of newscasts, news interviews, news documentaries, and on-the-spot coverage of news events, from the obligation imposed upon them under this Act to operate in the public interest and to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views of issues of public importance.

 

[Crickett]

bump

 

[ecliptic]

up top where this belongs

bump ^^^^

Sticky this thread!

 

[tbarnett17]

Please don't forget about blowback, becuase there will be! -Tyler

 

[Bruehound]

Ron Paul does NOT believe in regulation.

 

[robofx]

Do you believe that the government should have the power to remove a TV stations broadcast license because of words they speak?

Do you really?

Absolutely. As long as statist trash like the FCC exists, use it against its minions! As soon as we take power, get RID of the FCC and all the other illegal criminal organizations like it.

Fight fire with fire.

 

[Knightskye]

2) Modern "debates" are VERY different from the original exception 30+ years ago. Originally, media was just reporting "on the spot news" for an event organized by an independent third party, such as the League of Women Voters.

So, if it was hosted entirely by the N.H. GOP, it'd have to follow the equal time law, but because it's being hosted by FOX News, it doesn't? That bites.

The R3volution will be televised!

 

[JSutter]

Being as that FoxNews is a cable channel I don't think targeting the local affiliates will work. If the debate/roundtable is carried solely on the cable channel then the local affiliates bear no responsibility. I would however ding the hell out of FoxNews file and put several tens of thousands of complaints in there.