Below is a snip from an excellent article written by John Hayward of Human Events that gets to the essence of Stephen Colbert’s latest left-wing stunt to restrict the speech of those he disagrees with.
This is said to spell trouble for Fox News, or more precisely for Fox News contributors who have their own PACs, like Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Karl Rove. If the FEC decides Colbert’s PAC is really a campaign contribution from the parent company of his television network, Comedy Central, it could lead to a lot of squinting and chin-pulling over the political action committees of the Fox contributors.
Colbert is right on target with his satire. Free speech is such a headache when everyone gets to participate! Especially evil corporations, which spend huge amounts of money to manipulate politics for their own interests… in sharp contrast to noble left-wing organizations, which spend huge amounts of money to manipulate politics for the good of all mankind.
What chance does an innocent mind have against that ocean of corporate political cash? How can we tolerate such distractions from the vital messages conveyed by important left-wing campaigns filled with millionaire celebrities? The messages built directly into the popular entertainment that spills from millions of theater screens, television sets, magazine pages, and music downloads are not enough to raise public awareness to the level of true enlightenment.
We should absolutely have draconian laws to prohibit corporations from influencing public opinion. Except for media corporations. They should be the only corporations allowed to have any influence, and theirs should be unlimited. Why not? They don’t have agendas or anything.
You can read the full piece here.