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Rasmussen Reports 6/8/2010 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering several ways to help the struggling newspaper industry, but Americans strongly reject several proposed taxes to keep privately-owned newspapers going. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 84% oppose a three percent (3%) tax on monthly cell phone bills to help newspapers and […] June 9th, 2010 | Tags: newspapers | Category: Federal Trade Commission, Internet, journalism, Media, Polls, Taxes | Comments are closed
Journalism can reinvent itself without government ‘help’ Editorial The Washington Times 6/4/2010 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking ways to “reinvent” journalism, and that’s a cause for concern. According to a May 24 draft proposal, the agency thinks government should be at the center of a media overhaul. The bureaucracy sees it as a […] June 8th, 2010 | Tags: 'Drudge Tax', news aggregators | Category: 1st Amendment, Barack Obama, Communism, Federal Trade Commission, Internet, Taxes | Comments are closed
Editorial Investor’s Business Daily 6/7/2010 Media: If journalists ever venerated anything, it was the First Amendment shield that blunted efforts to limit their freedom. So why, as the administration contemplates a federal takeover of their business, such thundering silence? Some journalists have even fetishized the Constitution’s topmost enumerated right, loudly squawking at the slightest chilly […] June 8th, 2010 | Tags: newspaper bailout | Category: 1st Amendment, Barack Obama, Communism, Federal Trade Commission, journalism | Comments are closed
“Darleen Click” Protein Wisdom 6/6/2010 …and don’t you DARE even have lunch with your peers to “talk shop”, ’cause we will charge you with conspiracy. As I’ve long suspected, “health care reform” has emboldened the Justice Department to take a more active role in enforcing government price controls against physicians. Today the Antitrust Division, joined […] June 6th, 2010 | Tags: Anti-trust, Idaho Orthopaedic Society, price controls, The Sherman Act | Category: 1st Amendment, Barack Obama, Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Health Care, Idaho | Comments are closed
Kenneth P. Vogel Politico.com 5/18/2010 Talk show host Glenn Beck and Goldline International, a California-based gold retailer, have colluded to use fear mongering tactics to bilk investors, according to a stinging report issued Tuesday by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.). The report alleges that Goldline grossly overcharges for the gold coins that constitute the bulk of […] May 18th, 2010 | Tags: Goldline International, Rep. Anthony Weiner | Category: Barack Obama, federal regulations, Federal Trade Commission, Glenn Beck, New York, SEC | Comments are closed
Dan Riehl Riehl World View Thursday, December 3, 2009 …From the private sector, to health care, and now media, the federal government under the progressives wants to take over and run the whole damned thing. One should not underestimate how serious this is, nor how serious they are. We need to start ending public options […] December 3rd, 2009 | Tags: FTC Chair Jon Leibowitz, journalism, Rep. Henry Waxman | Category: 1st Amendment, Censorship, Communism, Federal Trade Commission, Internet | Comments are closed
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