OPINION:
In his recent piece on the Federal Communications Commission (“FCCdom of the press,” Commentary Wednesday) writer Wayne Crews pulls together a well-thought-out history of freedom of the press.
That the FCC feels the need to ensure that all citizens have access to what it believes is “balanced” news media totally confuses me. Isn’t the freedom-of-the-press issue contained in the same constitutional amendment as the freedom of religion? Wasn’t it only recently that a federal judge ruled that a National Day of Prayer violates this amendment? Wouldn’t the involvement of the FCC in deciding anything with regard to the press be an unconstitutional intrusion of the government into freedom of the press? As there is no government compulsion to participate in a National Day of Prayer, there should be no FCC involvement in deciding the presentation or availability of various news media.
Once again, we citizens are shortchanged by perverted political correctness.
ROBERT A. POGGI
Alexandria, Va.
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