Fox News

The latest buzz is all about how the government is going after Fox News and trying to destroy them. I've seen some pretty compelling evidence that this is the case and I have to wonder why the other news agencies aren't as wound up as Fox is getting. Don't they understand that if they let this happen to Fox it sets a very dangerous precedent? Right now Fox is the bastard child that needs to be put in their place. Next it could be CNN, ABC, NBC, pick one! All it would take is pissing off those in power and {poof!} you’re gone! Then the paranoia sets in and all the remaining news agencies start walking on egg shells and only reporting what they’re told to report. Sound familiar?

I was station-surfing on the radio this evening on the drive home from work and ran across Glenn Beck. Now, I normally stay away from talk radio because it just makes my blood pressure go up but I heard Glenn mention Pravda and it made me think: If we allow the government to shut down a news agency simply because they disagree with the reporting or the editorials of the hosts, how long will it be before we end up with a “state news agency” that will only tell us sunshine and daisies even when it’s raining crap?

Regardless of whether you’re a conservative or a liberal, democrat or republican, you should be worried that one of the fundamental beliefs of our founding fathers is in danger of being eliminated. If we can’t speak our minds without fear of retribution from the government then we are no longer a free country.