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James Hirsen

Newsmax.com
Posted August 23, 2004

MoveOn Moves In on the First Amendment
FCC - so far so good

Looks like the lib speech reformers are at it again. They succeeded in muzzling certain groups with sham campaign finance reform. Now, evidently, we’re looking at the prospect of more of our fellow citizens getting the taped mouth treatment with so-called “media reform.”

Recently, MoveOn.org went on the attack against Fox News. It petitioned the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to compel Fox to get rid of the cable network’s slogan “Fair and Balanced.” MoveOn’s partner in speech crime is the like-minded group Common Cause. Thankfully, so far the FTC has refused to undermine the First Amendment and accede to the lefty wishes.

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James Hirsen is a New York Times best selling author, commentator, news analyst and law professor. He is sought after for his expertise on current events and cultural matters, and has appeared on the O’Reilly Factor, Weekend Live with Tony Snow, Scarborough Country, CNN’s People in the News, Fox and Friends, ABC’s Politically Incorrect and numerous other television programs. He is also a frequent radio guest of Sean Hannity, G. Gordon Liddy, Dennis Prager, Michael Reagan and hosts his own daily nationally syndicated radio program. Hirsen is author of the popular weekly column, “The Left Coast Report,” and the New York Times bestseller Tales from the Left Coast: True Stories of Hollywood Stars and Their Outrageous Politics . He teaches law at both Trinity Law School and Biola University in Southern California and is admitted to practice in the California and Washington, D.C. Bar Associations as well as the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of International Trade. Prior to this James Hirsen worked as a professional musician and for a number of years was keyboardist for one of the most legendary groups of all times, the Temptations.