Between October 19 and 26, a group of far-left religious groups [1] will be conducting a "Media Violence Fast" during which they're encouraging their members to avoid violence in the media; that wouldn't be such a bad goal if all they were doing was avoiding entertainment programs. Of course, they aren't doing just that. Instead, they're using the "hate speech" label to both paper over the fact...
In May 2005, Mark Lloyd of the FCC - the Chief Diversity Officer or "Diversity Czar" - said the following [1]:
This... there's nothing more difficult than this. Because we have really, truly good white people in important positions. And the fact of the matter is that there are a limited number of those positions. And unless we are conscious of the need to have more people of color, gays, other...
... his representatives met with FCC staffers to discuss ways to put in place a form of the "Fairness Doctrine" without actually calling it such.
An unnamed "House Energy staffer" says:
It's all about diversity in media... Does one radio station or one station group control four of the five most powerful outlets in one community? Do four stations in one region carry Rush Limbaugh, and nothing else...
... has filed a complaint with the FCC alleging that various cable TV hosts are spreading hate regarding immigration matters (link, via this). The NHMC stresses that they aren't advocating bringing back the Fairness Doctrine, they just want the FCC to look into the matter:
[They] want the FCC to collect data, seek public comment, explore what they say is the relationship between hate speech and hate...