Conservative bloggers and talk radio have been warning about this for a solid decade now.<\/p>\n
Obama telegraphed his intentions re the First Amendment long before he was elected – at least in re dissent.<\/p>\n
And it’s still out there:<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that there are impulses in the government every day to second guess and look into the editorial decisions of conservative publishers,\u201d warned Federal Election Commission Chairman Lee E. Goodman in an interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe right has begun to break the left\u2019s media monopoly, particularly through new media outlets like the internet, and I sense that some on the left are starting to rethink the breadth of the media exemption and internet communications,\u201d he added…Goodman said that protecting conservative media, especially those on the internet, \u201cmatters to me because I see the future going to the democratization of media largely through the internet. They can compete with the big boys now, and I have seen storm clouds that the second you start to regulate them, there is at least the possibility or indeed proclivity for selective enforcement, so we need to keep the media free and the internet free.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As the conservative alt-media warned you in 2007, Obama and the libs currently in charge in DC\u00a0want to sic the Federal Elections Commission on political media\u00a0<\/a>– which in a practical sense means “conservative media”, since the liberal media is the mainstream one.<\/p>\n
All media has long benefited from an exemption from FEC rules, thereby allowing outlets to pick favorites in elections and promote them without any limits or disclosure requirements like political action committees.<\/p>\n
But Goodman cited several examples where the FEC has considered regulating conservative media, including Sean Hannity’s radio show and Citizens United’s movie division. Those efforts to lift the media exemption died in split votes at the politically evenly divided board, often with Democrats seeking regulation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And as Obama’s presidency grinds down, expect a lot more of this.<\/p>\n