Statist Problems

• F.C.C. Moves to Restrict TV Violence
  - Steve Labaton, April 26, 2007 [The New York Times]

• France bans citizen journalists from reporting violence
  - Peter Sayer, March 6, 2007 [MacWorld]

• I Still Want My @#$%&! MTV!
  Hey Congress, leave cable and satellite alone. - Nick Gillespie, December 1, 2005 [REASON]

• Rapper may be jailed for calling France a slut
  - Jon Henley, November 24, 2005 [Guardian Unlimited]

• Warning: Coke, Though Refreshing, Is A Sponsor of This Program
  The FCC's large-print solution to fine-tuned advertising. - John Hood, November 22, 2005 [REASON]

• Buried clause could tag films, TV shows as porn
  - Brooks Boliek, October 12, 2005 [The Hollywood Reporter.com]

• What's behind the video game witch hunt?
  - Declan McCullagh, June 13, 2005 [CNET]

• Creeping Censorship
  ...the folks pushing for this censorship are evidently very confident that they have worn us all down in our resistance to the creeping expansion of government power. - Tibor R. Machan, April 8, 2005 [LewRockwell.com]

• Under New Chief, F.C.C. Considers Widening Its Reach
  - Stephen Labaton, March 28, 2005 [The New York Times]

• FEC Signals Light Hand On Internet Campaigning
  - Brian Faler, March 25, 2005 [The Washington Post]

• Viacom, Disney pay $1.5M FCC fine
  - October 22, 2004 [Orlando Business Journal]

• Swift Boat Censorship
  - Anthony Gregory, September 8, 2004 [The Future of Freedom Foundation]

• The First Amendment "Loophole" and The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth
  - Carter Laren, September 3, 2004 [Capitalism Magazine]

• The Burning of the First Amendment
  - Carter Laren, June 22, 2004 [Capitalism Magazine]

• An Indecent Attack on the First Amendment
  We will soon debate the “Broadcast Indecency Act of 2004” on the House Floor. - Rep. Ron Paul, MD, March 10, 2004 [LewRockwell.com]

• Campaign Finance Limits Violate Free Speech
  The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act--under review by the U.S. Supreme Court--is an ominous limitation on free speech. - Andrew Lewis, October 6, 2003 [Capitalism Magazine]

• Chilling new survey: Americans want more government censorship of media
  "The First Amendment is in 'intensive care,' Libertarians said today, after a new survey found that 46% of Americans think the press has 'too much freedom' and a whopping 71% say the government needs to hold the media in check." - released July 5, 2001 [LP Press Release]

• Senators want government censorship to rescue us from 'sleazy' television
  - released June 7, 2001 [LP Press Release]

• Neocons and Free Speech
  "One should not hold one’s breathe until the neocons or their kept conservative movement gets exercised over such issues." - Paul Gottfried, May 1, 2001 [LewRockwell.com]

• The Whipping Boy
  The hidden conflicts underlying the campaign against violent TV. - Jib Fowles, March 2001 [REASON]

• Intolerant Alliance
  Censors of right and left have been cooperating for years. - Jesse Walker, March 2001 [REASON]

• Organic Food Standards May Violate First Amendment [CEI]
  "In comments filed this past June, CEI urged USDA to avoid imposing a single across-the-board standard for organic foods. Such a standard would deny consumers the flexibility to choose between various organic production methods, and its restrictions on labeling by competing certifiers may be unconstitutional." - December 20, 2000 [CEI]

• Post No Petitions
  - Brian Doherty, December 2000 [REASON]

• Do We Need the First Amendment?
  - Joseph Sobran, September 7, 2000 [Sobran's]

• Report: FCC begins inquiry on sweeping new content regulations for TV, perhaps Net video
  - Adam Clayton Powell III, March 23, 2000 [Freedom Forum]

• Strangling Free Political Speech In Order to Save It?
  "The McCain-Feingold legislation is insidious and destructive. It deserves an ignominious burial." - Robert A. Levy, January 13, 1998 [CATO]

• TV liquor ban is attack on free speech and free trade
  - released April 3, 1997 [LP Press Release]

• The Flag Flap
  Perhaps conservatives, who proclaim themselves defenders of property rights, will be moved to reconsider their support of its invasion. - Murray N. Rothbard, October 1995 [Mises]

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) V-Chip Homepage
  Last year, the FCC adopted rules requiring all television sets with picture screens 33 centimeters (13 inches) or larger to be equipped with features to block the display of television programming based upon its rating. This technology is known as the 'V-Chip.'" - So...even if you have no children, or if you are responsible enough to monitor your childrens' TV habits, you still have to pay for this technology when you purchase a new television...
  
  
• Broadcasting, Property Rights, and the First Amendment
  The record shows that government regulation has been an affront to the principles of free speech and a detriment to society. - Gordon T. Anderson [The Freeman]

Libertarian Solutions

• Good Economics Offends
  - Colby Cosh, April 28, 2005 [Mises]

• Free the Airwaves!
  - Harry Browne, July 13, 2004 [HarryBrowne.org]

• Free Speech, Free Association, and Private Property
  - Ninos Malek, May 6, 2003 [Mises]

• Editors or Censors?
  "There is no God-given right to a piece of someone else’s publication, even if you pay for it, and a free press must above all be free to exercise editorial judgment." - Daniel McCarthy, March 23, 2001 [LewRockwell.com]

• The Truth Will Set Us Free
  "See the power? The tired old socialists don't seem so progressive anymore, do they? Curbing free speech on the Internet is like trying to televise Elvis from the waist up – people want the entire show!" - Dr. John R. Morgan, January 18, 2000 [LewRockwell.com]

• Obscenity: The Case for a Free Market in Free Speech
  - T. Franklin Harris, Jr., September 1996 [FEE]

• The Virtues of Free Speech
  - Mark Turiano, September 1996 [FEE]