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CNSNews.com - FCC?s Chief Diversity Officer Wants Private Broadcasters to Pay a Sum Equal to Their Total Operating Costs to Fund Public Broadcasting

Mark Lloyd, newly appointed Chief Diversity Officer of the Federal Communications Commission, has called for making private broadcasting companies pay licensing fees equal to their total operating costs to allow public broadcasting outlets to spend the same on their operations as the private companies do.

Lloyd wrote Prologue to a Farce while a senior fellow at the liberal Center for American Progress. In that capacity, he co-authored the 2007 report The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio, which concluded that 91% of talk radio programming is conservative and 9% is “progressive.”

The report argued that large corporate broadcasting networks had driven liberals off the radio, and that diversity of ownership would increase diversity of broadcasting voices.

Somehow this does not suprise me. Doesn't it seem Obamas new communications "Czar" wants to cripple conservative talk radio by imposing a unpayable fee to finance liberal radio.
 
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This is something he promoted in his 2006 book. No word if that is what he will call for in his new role. I do not think it would be a good idea if he does call for it.
 
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This is something he promoted in his 2006 book. No word if that is what he will call for in his new role. I do not think it would be a good idea if he does call for it.

Agreed there is no proof he is calling for it at this time. However him wanting to charge fees of current radio broadcasters equal to operating costs is in action. Even if his motives are pure its a ridiculous idea.
 
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Agreed there is no proof he is calling for it at this time. However him wanting to charge fees of current radio broadcasters equal to operating costs is in action. Even if his motives are pure its a ridiculous idea.

In action how? Is that the current policy, or a proposed policy? If not, then there is nothing to complain about yet. I am also leery of articles talking about quotes from peoples books after the whole Ezekiel Emanuel thing, where some quotes where taken out of context to condemn Obama.
 
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Hmmmm....rather than continuing to fund PBS in this depression, shouldn't the government eliminate the easily deleted items like PBS, saving billions annually, forever?
 
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Would we vote for a congress member that promoted this kind of government regulation?
 
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That would never happen. The guy may want that sort of arrangment, but it doesn't pass the laugh test. Any attempt to actually implement it would be dead in the water
 
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That would never happen. The guy may want that sort of arrangment, but it doesn't pass the laugh test. Any attempt to actually implement it would be dead in the water

Then why is someone, who believes this is the right thing to do, a part of our government? Especially a part of our government who doesn't answer to anyone.
 
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PBS has outlived its usefulness. Everything it does, a commercial channel does at least as well, if not better. It should be ended.

NPR is different in that respect. But NPR does fine as-is.

This cockeyed proposal, of course, comes from the worst totalitarian impulses of liberalism.
 
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Then why is someone, who believes this is the right thing to do, a part of our government?

I don't know why this guy was appointed Chief Diversity Officer of the FCC (or even what chief diversity officer means, for that matter). I'd guess it's because he's proficient at diversity stuff, and that one single weird idea that he doesn't have the authority to implement and cannot possibly get support for really factored into the decision, though

Especially a part of our government who doesn't answer to anyone.

Keep an eye on the FCC's power - it may get interesting. Comcast has challenged their authority to enforce net neutrality in court, and they have a decent case. The FCC has vastly outgrown its charter and I doubt there is legislative basis for half the things it does. I'm guessing a legislative patch job would be forthcoming if they lose, but updating and enumerating the FCC's powers and responsibilities would be far from a bad thing.

Also, the FCC does answer to congress. I don't know what formal mechanisms are in place, but the FCC is fairly receptive to Congress' wishes. The heads have also been dragged in front of the house or the senate every once in a while for overstepping their bounds/other such activities
 
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Let me ask everyone that thinks this is no big deal. Would you stand still for a member of our government who proposed ethnic cleansing? Or, would you all just blow it off as you're doing now?
 
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Of course not. Ethnic cleansing is inhuman. This is just a stupid idea for an unreasonable fee.
 
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Let me ask everyone that thinks this is no big deal. Would you stand still for a member of our government who proposed ethnic cleansing? Or, would you all just blow it off as you're doing now?

Good thing no one is suggesting anything like that. We still don't have real details on what this guy actually said in his book. Was he musing over possible ways to handle a tough question, was he talking about things that should not be done, was this his ideal solution? We don't know since none of us has read the book, and misrepresenting people's words is a tried and true part of politics. We just had the Ezekiel Emanuel thing, where certain right wingers made a big deal about some things in his writings that turned out to be totally out of context.

Until we get actual plans to change PBS, complaining about this guy is a bit premature.
 
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I have lived among some highly educated people much of my life, and it is clear to me that many of them are so focused on their specialties that what should be common knowledge and good judgement escapes them completely.

Just let it pass as long as all he does is propose it. If he pushes it, then we have a problem.
 
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I have lived among some highly educated people much of my life, and it is clear to me that many of them are so focused on their specialties that what should be common knowledge and good judgement escapes them completely.

Just let it pass as long as all he does is propose it. If he pushes it, then we have a problem.

Funny; that's was the attitude in Germany back in 1933.
 
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Funny; that's was the attitude in Germany back in 1933.

Nazi reference on page 2 of the thread! Not a record, but still pretty darn good. It's nice we have a few people who can always be counted on to make idiotic over the top comments that have nothing to do with the topic of discussion.
 
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Nazi reference on page 2 of the thread! Not a record, but still pretty darn good. It's nice we have a few people who can always be counted on to make idiotic over the top comments that have nothing to do with the topic of discussion.

Just giving you an historic example. What's that old saying? You should know it. It was coined by one of the original Libbos.
 
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Just giving you an historic example. What's that old saying? You should know it. It was coined by one of the original Libbos.

There is a saying about comparing funding of public radio to nazi Germany?
 
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There is a saying about comparing funding of public radio to nazi Germany?

You're smarter than that. C'mon.
 
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You're smarter than that. C'mon.

but you aren't....:2wave:
 
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PBS has outlived its usefulness. Everything it does, a commercial channel does at least as well, if not better. It should be ended.

NPR is different in that respect. But NPR does fine as-is.

This cockeyed proposal, of course, comes from the worst totalitarian impulses of liberalism.

Do you even watch PBS? After watching the complete degradation in quality in channels such as Discovery, TLC, History, A&E, among others we need PBS even more. Frontline has been some of the most insightful and informative television this past decade. Their special America at the Crossroads is incomparable anywhere else. Do you think that any of Ken Burn's excellent documentary series could be made anywhere else? What shows compare in quality to Nature or Nova?
 
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Do you even watch PBS? After watching the complete degradation in quality in channels such as Discovery, TLC, History, A&E, among others we need PBS even more. Frontline has been some of the most insightful and informative television this past decade. Their special America at the Crossroads is incomparable anywhere else. Do you think that any of Ken Burn's excellent documentary series could be made anywhere else? What shows compare in quality to Nature or Nova?

Indeed I do, and I stand by my statement. Nature and Nova are fantastic shows, and would do just as well on a commercial channel. Witness the success of, say, Cosmos on the Science Channel.

Most of the "news" shows on PBS, with the exception of the News Hour, are exercises in liberal fantasy. You can get that on commercial TV with no problem at all. Ken Burns does not need PBS to produce his work, and there's plenty of stuff out there just as good.

The point is . . . a public-funded TV network is unnecessary at this point.
 
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Somehow this does not suprise me. Doesn't it seem Obamas new communications "Czar" wants to cripple conservative talk radio by imposing a unpayable fee to finance liberal radio.

I think we should go back to when you could only own one media outlet instead of letting like 6 companies dominate all news broadcasting instead of this.

Also, I think the FCC should be reduced to nothing more than an anti-piracy agency.
 
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