The media "Fairness Doctrine" is the next power-grab boondoggle on the horizon for Obama's program. Some countries currently have these government media programs.
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, already an economic, political and military power, is quietly pushing into a new domain: the media. A plan to launch Atlas, a news agency modeled on services such as the Associated Press and the British Broadcasting Corp. The Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose primary role is internal security, has extended its power into the political, business and media arenas.
Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the head of the Basij, a Revolutionary Guard volunteer task force, announced what he called a new era of "super media power" cooperation between the media and the Revolutionary Guards with the aim to control the official account of events coming out of Iran and offer a counter narrative to reports published by independent and reformist media outlets.
The Revolutionary Guard now understands that their political power is interconnected to media power, and they want to control public opinion. Well, Obama already knows that too. So, bring on the new FCC Diversity Czar Mark Lloyd and the Obama "Fairness Doctrine"!
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