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21 July 2004 
FCC Narrows US-Canada Censorship Gap
In my last post I said Americans would never stand for a government agency that vets each new broadcast channel to ensure its content fits into a cultural master plan. While I do still think that's true, an Ayn Rand Institute editorial on the FCC by Robert Garmong makes it clear that free speech is in real danger in the home of the first amendment. Particularly scary is this bit:
Commissioner Michael Copps has vowed that he will not be satisfied until "I see us send one or two . . . . cases for license revocation."Garmong rightly calls for the abolition of the agency. Unfortunately, given the current political climate, I'm pretty sure that's as unlikely to happen as the disbanding of the CRTC here.
Read the whole editorial at ARI's ultra-spiffy new website (it even works with my beloved Firefox now - yay!).
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