The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule in question is called ”localism.” Radio and television stations are required to serve the interests of their local community as a condition of keeping their broadcast licenses. 

Obama needs only three votes from the five-member FCC to define localism in such a way that no radio station would dare air any syndicated conservative programming.

Localism is one of the rare issues on which Obama himself has been outspoken. 

On September 20, 2007, Obama submitted a pro-localism written statement to an FCC hearing held at the Chicago headquarters of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s Operation Push.

Furthermore, the Obama transition team knows all about the potential of localism as a means of silencing conservative dissent.  The head of the Obama transition team is John Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/11/obama_declares_war_on_conserva.html

This is the really frightening aspect of the Dems push to silence talk radio. They can sidestep a scathing congressional debate about free speech by stacking the FCC and with an end-run basically silence any political dissent. I would bet my house that they do it and the MSM will not even mention it because talk radio is as much their enemy as it is the liberal/Dem cabal. It is frightening to think about the Obama/Dem agenda for free speech.

charlielake - 17 November 2008 07:01 PM

This is the really frightening aspect of the Dems push to silence talk radio. They can sidestep a scathing congressional debate about free speech by stacking the FCC and with an end-run basically silence any political dissent. I would bet my house that they do it and the MSM will not even mention it because talk radio is as much their enemy as it is the liberal/Dem cabal. It is frightening to think about the Obama/Dem agenda for free speech.

The Democrats only want their speak, FREE.