Horace Cooper on Panama City Radio
On Tuesday, December 23, 2008, ACRU Senior Fellow Horace Cooper will be on The Burnie Thompson Show at 9:00am. The show is carried on FM 101.1 Talk in Panama City, FL.
Horace Cooper On the Radio to Talk About Fairnes Doctrine
On Tuesday, December 23, 2008, ACRU Senior Fellow Horace Cooper will conduct a couple of interviews on the fairness doctrine.
First at 8:30am, Horace will be on 910AM WALT out of Meridian, MS.
Then at 11:00am, Horace will be on 1150 KSEN-AM out of Shelby, Montana. You can listen live online if you are not in Montana
Conservative Movement Icon Paul Weyrich Passes
On Thursday, December 18, 2008, conservative movement icon and friend to the American Civil Rights Union Paul Weyrich passed away. Everyone at the ACRU offers their condolences to Mr. Weyrich’s family at this very sad time.
Because of his work over 40+ years in Washington, Mr. Weyrich made this country a better place.
In September, ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell recorded a tribute to Mr. Weyrich shown at a dinner honoring him. Below is that video.
Wes Vernon: The Emerging Threat to Conservative Talk Radio
In the latest issue of Accuracy in Media’s Aim Report, columnist Wes Vernon writes about the upcoming threat to conservative talk radio.
Writes Vernon:
Ominously, Obama has chosen as his transition chief John Podesta, who is president of the George Soros-funded Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal think tank that produced a report attacking conservative talk radio. But there is reason to believe the attack that is expected to come from an Obama-controlled Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will not come, at least immediately, in the form of a new push for the Fairness Doctrine. The attack, which is actually now underway […]
Ken Blackwell: Telling Nomination
President-Elect Barack Obama's nomination of Eric Holder to be attorney general surprised many. There are reasons that Holder ought not to be confirmed, but regardless of that, his nomination tells us quite a bit about Obama and the Supreme Court he will likely give this country.
ACLU Supports Terrorist Against Americans
As usual, the ACLU misreads the Constitution, and sides with those who would attack America and murder Americans, instead of following the Constitution and protecting Americans and America. The latest example is the ACLU promotion of the interests of an Al Qaeda representative in the US.
The facts for this article, but not all of the legal conclusions, come from an article in the Los Angeles Times on 5 December, 2008. It concerns an apparent representative of Al Qaeda in the US, who is an alien, but a legal resident in the US. On 5 December, the Supreme Court agreed to hear his case.
The […]
Horace Cooper: Freedom to Speak
It should be a well settled idea that in a democracy, freedom of speech and debate are crucial bulwarks of liberty. Unfortunately, that is not a notion widely held today by the self-appointed political censors of the 21st century; especially those who deplore the rightward tilt of talk radio. These critics of talk radio disregard the overwhelming left-wing viewpoint dominance in newspapers and television and zealously seek to impose speech limits until that same dominance is brought to bear on talk radio. It is laughable that talk radio's political speech should require government control and it is tragic that if the critics succeed they will threaten one of the most precious freedoms that our nation was founded upon and that the Constitution protects -- freedom of expression.
ACRU's Amicus Brief Mentioned by First Amendment Center
Tony Mauro, a writer for the First Amendment Center wrote an article about the upcoming Supreme Court Case, Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission. The case deals with whether Citizens United documentary, “Hillary: The Movie” was an “electioneering communication” under McCain-Feingold and therefore, subject to regulation by the FEC.
The ACRU filed an amicus brief in support of Citizens United arguing that it is a movie, and not subject to the regulations of the FEC
ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote in the brief and was quoted by the First Amendment Center,
The conservative American Civil Rights Union also made the point in […]
Lee Ellis on "The Unfair Fairness Doctrine"
Lee Ellis, a former Vice President at CBS and Gannett wrote on FamilySecurityMatters.org on November 10, 2008 about the problems with resurrecting the Fairness Doctrine.
Said Ellis:
Radio had almost died, but then discovered format radio that appealed to what was called niche or specialty groups. It started with Top Forty popular record hits that became highly successful. This was followed by 24-hour news radio stations as was pioneered by two LA radio companies KNX and KFWB.
Finally, talk radio was started with people like the late Joe Pyne. His daily taped, syndicated radio program was heard in 254 markets and Pyne […]
The American Civil Liberties Union has Plans
How the American Civil Liberties Union in their own words would destroy American Security in a time of war.