The Liberal Attack On Freedom Of Speech
By Robert Knight
May 25, 2007
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6) Insisting that only ideologically predictable scientists are heard on the topic of "man-made" global warming. For example, the Weather Channel features The Climate Code with Dr. Heidi Cullen, who calls for decertifying any meteorologist who won't toe the line on human-caused "climate change."
This short list is by no means exhaustive. Using actual government power or merely a compliant media, liberals are trying to reestablish the kind of information monopoly that they enjoyed before the Internet, talk radio, and other conservative outlets provided alternatives.
In closing, let's revisit Mario Savi's adventures. Most people don't recall that, among other things Savi said that December day in Berkeley, he assailed authorities for not allowing him to show certain "movies" in Sproul Hall.
Liberals have a soft spot for porn, because it helps undermine the moral order that facilitates personal responsibility, and thus, independence from the elites. The problem, Savi said, was "a lot of squeamish moral mothers for a moral America and other people on the outside."
Yes, those people. They need to be dealt with.
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Robert Knight is director of the Culture and Media Institute, a division of the Media Research Center in Alexandria, Va. This column is extracted from the Eye on Culture report, "The Liberal Attack on Free Speech" at www.cultureandmediainstitute.org.
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