Anna Eshoo (D-CA) To Push For Talk Radio, Cable, Satellite Censorship

MEET ANNA HUSH-YOU

Bay Area Democrat Will Push For Broadcast Censorship







For months, left-wing supporters of the Democratic Party have insisted that their incoming regime has no intention of curtailing free speech on the radio. They've even ridiculed conservatives for suggesting otherwise!

At the same time, however, their elected representatives have repeatedly made public statements calling for the reinstatement of so-called "Fairness Doctrine", which would likely bring an end to talk radio as we know it today.

Now, we can add another Dem's name to the list: far-left Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA), who represents an oddly-shaped district covering portions of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas.

Not content to merely silence Rush Limbaugh, however, Eshoo would take her crusade to cable and satellite broadcasts as well. Could they shut down the Fox News Channel as well as commercial talk radio? How about XM - Sirius?

Anna Hush-You would tackle them all in a way that would make Vladimir, Hugo and Fidel proud, not to mention her new friend in the White House.

In a print-only interview with the Palo Alto Daily Post, Eshoo told a reporter that she would push for broadcast censorship in the next Congress. That caught the attention of Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner, who vows to fight such a proposal, according to Broadcasting & Cable:

“The so-called ‘Fairness Doctrine’ would restrict free speech on the public airwaves, stifling dissent at a time when an open national dialogue about our country’s future is essential," said Boehner in an e-mailed statement Tuesday a copy of which was supplied to B&C.

"The American people do not believe the federal government should be in the business of dictating or restricting the content of political speech. I’m troubled by Rep. Eshoo’s comments, and my hope is that President-elect Obama will speak out against efforts by members of his party to use their majority power to limit free speech and dissent.”

Boehner was responding to an interview Monday in which Eshoo, a member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee whose chair will be fellow Californian Herny Waxman, told the paper: "I’ll work on bringing it back. I still believe in it,” and adding that she would want it to apply to cable and satellite rather than just radio and TV.

Also noting Boehner's reaction, P J Gladnick of NewsBusters had this response:

Wow! Talk about over the edge. Will Eshoo next institute the "Fairness Doctrine" to private conversations? Talk about not being an advocate of free speech. Fortunately, some Republicans are starting to wake up from their long slumber...

Yes, it's nice to see Republicans once again willing to take a stand on a key issue, but what's more important is that free-speech proponents now have more than enough evidence to use against those who still foolishly claim Democrats aren't planning a crackdown against talk radio. At least a half-dozen elected members of Congress are now on record as saying they support this type of proposal.


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