Now Why Would a “Diversity Czar” Worry Anyone?


	Now Why Would a “Diversity Czar” Worry Anyone?

merrie

8-26-2009 7:29 PM

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center for american progress, diversity and community, diversity czar mark lloyd, soros-funded progressive think tank

merrie says:

Naturally, these strategies all come complete with the usual, harmless-sounding calls for “diversity” and “community.”

Seton Motley, of the conservative Media Research Center, said Lloyd “laid out a battle plan” in a 2007 report for the George Soros-funded progressive think tank, Center for American Progress.

According to Motley, Lloyd wanted “the FCC to threaten stations’ licenses with whom they do not agree with politically, and now he’s at the FCC waiting to take their calls. This is not about serving the local interest, it’s about political opposition.”

Like I said, start worrying! And get ready to fight!

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8-26-2009 7:39 PM

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Bandeshttp://www.newmajority.com/new-fcc-officer%E2%80%99s-proposed-regs-would-stifle-free-speechand Seton Motley of the Media Research Center, while uncertain of what Lloyd might do in the position, have no good news for those who support the free market in radio. In 2007 *he wrote “We call for ownership rules that we think will create greater local diversity of programming, news, and commentary. And we call for more localism by putting teeth into the licensing rules” in addition to other anti-free speech rhetoric.

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