Shutting Down Free Speech

By Mark Hyman,American Spectator

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Popular speech and political dissent have proved troublesome to President Barack Obama since the very beginning of his term in office. The Obama Administration began waging war on the minority of media outlets that did not worship at his altar immediately after he was sworn in. Just three days into his presidency Obama warned Congressional Republicans against listening to radio host Rush Limbaugh.

In April,Obama responded to a sycophantic question from CBS news anchor Harry Smith by falsely claiming Limbaugh and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck labeled Obama a "Nazi."Obama responded by identifying as "troublesome""this kind of vitriol."

During the intervening 15 months,White House officials attempted to marginalize balanced news outlets such as the Fox News Channel by enlisting the support of the heretofore compliant news media.

Fortunately,competing news outlets found the backbone —if only temporarily —to put the kibosh on Obama’s attempts to blacklist FNC from the White House press pool.

These heavy-handed actions,as well as worries about the Obama Administration reinstituting the so-called "Fairness Doctrine"for talk radio are small time when one considers what the government is capable of accomplishing if a handful of current proposals are enacted.

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4 comments to Shutting Down Free Speech

  • thomas

    Barack (HITLER) Obama.

    • Joyce

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    • Palmer

      I thought he was a Commie.

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