The One Thing: 10/29

" Hello America this is a nights that. True love the White House to call -- doubt they will you'll see there a countdown clock. In about thirty minutes from now we are going to reveal what is behind there has been very very complex and we have had a hard time. Putting it together. But I think in by the end of the hour you'll see America for what it truly is. A country that has a huge decision -- President Obama promises us hope and change and he is at least keeping some of those promises change but I don't think it's the change that millions of Americans voted for. This nation is being fundamentally transformed again as he promised that we didn't really listen to and we didn't understand those words we didn't know what it meant when he said -- transform this nation. What -- this administration and -- helpers are doing it is by systematically stripping away our right to free speech. Yes the president and other progressives profess to be saviors of our first amendment rights they love free speech. But when you pull back the curtain like we're about to literally do -- a few moments on this program. You'll see that free speech is being eradicated for controlled speech. It's. Depends on which speech. You want to speak. Control over the media control over the Internet control to assemble control. Over you."

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" Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading television ad prosecutors and sheriffs from across Missouri for joining something called the block Obama -- Truth squad."

" Two months before President Obama was elected free speech was reportedly under attack in Missouri -- His campaign was accused of groping local prosecutors in -- threatening charges against anyone who spread lies against Obama or -- misleading TV ads about him."

" We want to keep -- campaign focused on issues we're here to respond to any character attacks."

" I'm gonna tell the truth and somebody's got to step up and say wait a minute."

" Who was directing the president's campaign at -- time in Missouri. Buffy wakes. You might remember her from this program. She now works in the White House as the deputy director of the office of public engagement. She's the one who helped orchestrate the infamous NEA call which -- the art community to produce pro Obama -- and."

" thinking about how do we take a lot of it. Executives felt that they can -- so we can -- vacation and I didn't electoral politics. -- didn't really get -- This is just getting. I believe yards yet now alerting had a good view of and I really during -- team together and become the oh they're the government. One look like -- legally."

" The head of the NEA is also one of president Obama's biggest supporters Rocco lands in the he promised just a few days ago to advocates for the president's agenda and -- and quote the most powerful writer since Julius Caesar. -- was a man who took the republic and turned it into an empire. And I digress. Along -- Missouri. The Obama campaign in 2008 also sent threatening letters to several news organizations in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Demanding that they stop airing an. An hour or not Barack Obama support -- felt like that battle. Usually cold -- that are. -- this guy from the letters were sent by the campaign's General Counsel Bob Bauer. They read quote yeah you need not air this advertisement. You have a duty to protect the public from false misleading or deceptive advertising. We request you immediately cease airing this and let's revisit. The media has a duty to prevent an opposing argument from being heard. Well let's ask yourself this question who is Bob Bauer who's trying to stifle free speech."

" What a coincidence he's the husband of the -- say Tom loving -- White House communications director and needed done. -- has been front and center in the White House attempt to lock out Fox News but it doesn't stop there. This program recently learned and exposed that Bob Bauer is emerging as the top contender to replace Greg Craig -- White House counsel. -- stations in Pennsylvania and Ohio that there FCC license would be taken away if they ran the NRA ads. Wow yeah now he'll be the chief council yeah. -- let me ask you this with the FCC ever actually do that yeah. Well maybe not in the past but the Obama appointed chairman of the FCC did Julius genachowski. Assured congress in June at his confirmation. That he would never push to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine that's a policy to control what the media broadcast. Senator Mike I don't support. Reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine tax interest and because about a month later he did appoint smart -- to be the FCC's diversity czar who said this what we're."

" Really things apparent abduction do not know it's been hard. Structural rules in place -- result didn't get."

" Yeah. This. So the Fairness Doctrine doesn't go far enough. -- and he has some other very new American ideas. One of -- child -- strongest backers is the radical organization free press. That's the one pressing for fundamental transformation of the media today as we know it."

" So we need new policies to support media and I hate to break -- some -- you but the government is going to have to be involved. So what if instead we took a few thousand americorps jobs and gave them to -- gathering organizations. And why not start retraining veteran journalist the ones with those deep rollodexes of sources. In new media skills free press co-founder Robert McChesney. Filed last year that capitalism needs to be taken apart brick by brick. What else does he believe and in his own --"

" I think it's absolutely indefensible to all -- concentration of media industries I think we've got to come up with a viable anti trust plan. To break up fees on media concentrated media conglomerates it's simply there's no justification for having firms. Like Rupert Murdoch's sun News Corp. --"

" But does this man had any influence over Obama and listen to the president's work. When a company like clear channel starts gobbling up all radio stations or. You know we'll we'll -- starts. Having a size on a much different. Media outlets. They gonna read a lot of smaller and smaller -- let's. From what -- citizen I'm committed to having the FCC would do. What are -- policies are in terms -- diversification."

" They sound eerily similar don't thing. Oh and by the way they do know each other while McChesney is not on the president's team he has had several meetings at the White House. -- is this administration aiming for a government controlled media. One former Obama is our hope so."

" Once we are in that situation. Where people we agree with more than we don't have -- The role of progressive media."

" Could change."

" You cannot have an opposition movement without opposition --"

" We know the president is also hoping to control the first city. On line."

" The most important thing we could probably do is. Just to preserve the diversity of -- emerging through the Internet."

" Independent financial regulators are now even talking about policing social network sites like FaceBook. You know what good with -- with -- all of our kids they don't talk iphones they talk through the Internet and make any Tucker they spent. Hi we can indeed there are great problems were reimbursed -- now. That's being used as a sales tool because it's not a good audit trail so we can get they're missing brokers are using FaceBook to two pitch. Financial products and you need to look at that as of medicine regulatory issues -- but."

" The president along with -- FCC chair and others are big proponents of something called net neutrality. An effort to protect the voice of the working class that it's never been heard clearer. Then right now."

" That starts -- an open Internet. I will take a backseat to no one in my commitment. To network neutrality."

" net neutrality. Only the little people in the global corporations like Google Amazon -- Microsoft. Exactly are we protecting. Then media expert tells us Obama's proposal for an open Internet is really got -- progressive organizations. And government entities and access to the power of the Internet. Courtesy of the taxpayers. And then there's a fight to expand public broadcasting. In an attempt to slowly silence the private media all they'll use an emergency -- like the economy or the collapsing in newspapers. Newspapers of course have to be saved. So is the Obama administration trying to control our information."

" Part of what I wanna do just. Expanding the diversity of voices in media -- or have policies that encourage that busy trying to silence your right to free speech."

" There's a lot that the president. I can do using his executive authority without all waiting for congressional action and I think we'll see the president do that."

" This America is a question that only you. Can decide."

" I have to tell -- America. I I I'm not comfortable presenting this to you every night a year ago this was madness. This was madness. But I've done my homework -- have a team of people to do their homework every day we have the phone here so they can call and say this is crazy talk. -- they'll tell you this is crazy talk but they cannot deny the things that they have in video. They have said in in papers sin in books on video they can't deny it that's why they don't call. Do your own homework. One of the groups behind all of this is free press. I started looking into -- but those first struck by their motto free press reform media transformed. Democracy. We're going to fundamentally transform America transformed democracy where I didn't know democracy needed transforming -- Anyway you remember free press is the group pushing for net neutrality. Which would take the Internet out of the private hands of private business and into the hands of the government it would."

" Create a level playing field it would help diversity. It would destroy the free market that created the Internet. But you know how those evil corporations are always trying to be successful and make money also evil. Free press is also behind it saves the new routes they are quote leading the search for new public policies to save -- with some. About people -- journalism start doing their job that might save it promote a robust free press in America. -- policies would do that out. Policies like a government bailout for newspapers a government bailout for journalism I was struck by their idea -- love this that we would take americorps. We've talked about americorps on the show before actually take americorps. And put them -- journalism. How how exactly does that promotes a robust free press. But then we go to public broadcasting. Free press is executive director John silver's position paper. Public media moments spells out -- President Obama how to take advantage quote. The growing crisis facing commercial journalism. And public media's unique ability to address it makes such reform all the more urgent never miss an emergency. You have a rare opportunity to achieve real change and reinvent. Public media adding quote. Just as the economic crisis is put an end -- the free market fundamentalism. So should the failure of commercial media to adequately serve the public interest and the myth that the government has no role in fulfilling society's information needs. But it's interesting to me that I read some place just a few months ago that. The White House system tried to put together their own news room this year remember that story."

" You see how the -- lighthouses fox isn't a real news organization those comments they start to make a little more sense in this context don't they. Silver calls on President Obama to create a white house commission on public media to provide policy recommendations. And how to we pay for it. Well silver points out that currently only 400 million dollars per year goes to the public media he recommends -- trust fund who come like Social Security trust fund. Starting with a fifty billion dollar trust fund more money from congress or wait for it wait for it he suggests. Attacks. On electronics. A tax of point 5%. Of the purchase price for every home electronic device. Multi media players cable satellite set top boxes video game systems televisions etc. those devices that entertain America. Would be in turn supporting programming to inform educate and enlighten. And the fee would be paid by those consumers with the means to spend on new electronics. All. Those consumers with the means. That translates to the rich people higher taxes and this would not increase the deficit of course by one thin dime. You can. Neither will health care. For new media it won't be controlled by evil corporations are now it will be controlled by the government which. As more and more Americans now know. The government's being controlled by global corporations and special interest groups. He calls for a better corporation public broadcasting with. You know the Internet is one of the last places that you are free truly free to blog to speak to share. Man has never been more free to share to more people than on the Internet right now. But they're going to fix that would regulation sponsored by you know -- little people. Google Amazon.com Microsoft you don't belittle -- step one. Shot free speech down the speech that they don't like. Step -- is tricky because nature abhors a vacuum you gotta fill that space. What to fill -- with what to -- And the blue -- Next."