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First Step?

Wouldn't that be the first step in helping eliminate stupid people buying into stupid content covering ridiculous statements by politicians that don't do anything anyway?

Uncle Jay

Wow...does this say a lot or what? How does this guy stay in office?

rockefeller

I suggest this censoring propagandist resign. It is an outrage that an politician with limited brain power,but a big ego becomes so bold as to think he can
dictate the to the viewing public. What a left wing communist loon.

Sen. Rockefeller's comment

This guy has lived such a privilegded and sheltered life for so long he is totally out of touch with the mood of the American people. Get him out of office.

Right...

What a dipsh*t. Get this moron out of office.

Democrat Censorship

Here is his phone number...

(202) 224-6472

Give him a call and voice your opinion.

A democrat politician's statement

On the surface he's just whining about being held to task for doing his job. No one likes to be nagged (which i think is a big part of FOX's unpopularity among politicians - they are a gadfly). But deeper down his statement is disturbing because it shows how little respect he has for the fundamental principles of our country and our constitution. Be THANKFUL you are being watched - you are a public servant and should be an open book. Serve with humility and serve your fellow man and country.

Small wonder

He is from the same state that continued to share Robert Byrd with America. His own activities merit scrutiny.

Censorship

Has Jay Rockefeller ever heard the word "censorship"? It's obvious he has never heard of the First Amendment. This is Fascism at its finest. We are sliding down that icy slope very fast now. We had better find a way to stop before we are completely drowned in a sea of totalitarianism. These people are scarey.

Re: Sen. Rockefeller Suggests Eliminating FOX, MSNBC

If you pay your cable bill, what you see is what you get and have paid-for. In regards to the airwaves, they belong to The People, not the Government. Jay Rockefeller is to do The People's business, not his own. He needs a refresher course in Constitutional law and the FCC mandate as it regards The People owning the airwaves, not the government.
Bob

Resign

Rockefeller should resign. He pledged to defend the constitution. His comments prove all with his other Marxist / Dems have no interest in defending the constitution.

He's kiddin', right?

What can I say about the Kennedy clan.....born with money & no brains. Isn't he realted to the late Chappaquidick Kid?
'nough said

1st Amendment

We have TSA violating our 4th Amendment rights against illegal search and seizure; we have lame ducks violating the 20th Amendment - since they were given the boot they have no right to legislate anything and now this clown was to denigrate the 1st Amendment even more by violating free press. Who's up there in the capital? Do any of these clowns understand the constitution.

Rockefeller

This is a classic case of the Peter Principle. Just because his (great?) grandfather developed the mass marketing of oil and became the richest man on earth, suddenly the entire family was considered beyond brilliant. Another Rockefeller who was governor of New York then later Vice President was a pathetic failure in both. This guy is also a pathetic loser. When is his term over?

rockefeller and net neutrality

would the FCC and net neutrality and the power of rockefeller combine to make it easier to censor the air waves? Very scarey!

Creepy Guy Rockefeller

There's a little bug in me that says to West Virginia voters: Get rid of this creepy guy Rockefeller who came to your state to begin with to buy himself a Senate seat.

Rockefeller

This guy needs to find a village without an idiot!

Rockefeller eliminating fox news

Yet again, another prime example of the left wing nanny state determining what's best for the people. When will this madness end?

FCC

What an elitest ass. Cowardly shmuck probably has never served his country as a soldier and now is telling us he wants opposition silenced.

Rockefeller

I for one agree. Both shows have turned political discussion into sport and all that comes with fanaticism. They even have colors for their political uniforms (red/blue).

Politics is not sports. If you want to turn politics into sports then start wearing uniforms so we can see you coming.

Moron

Fox and MSNBC (et-al) are on CABLE you moron. Not the "Air waves"
It's clowns like Rocka-inhert-my-power-feller that make our laws, boy are we screwed!!

Sen Rockafeller

Senator Rockefeller should be eliminated from the US Senate. Born with a silver spoon he has never been in touch with working Americans. Done nothing but elected to the Senate by buying the seat. Wake up WV!

Rockefeller

What an idiot. Fire them all.

Rocky's not so solid foundation

You wonder if the meathead realizes the FCC has not jurisdiction. I don't think he does.

Rockefellar

We get the government we deserve. When an elitist, arrogant UNAMERICAN snob like Rockefellar is left in office this long it's due to laziness and uninvolvement of the electorate. Let's hope the Tea Party pays a visit to Uncle Jay REAL SOON!!!

Soviet America

Regulation of news content?

Quiet the voices that disagree?

Soviet America, here we come!

Duh!!

For those too blind to figure it out, this would be a first step alright -- a first step toward totalitarian rule where there is no such thing as freedom of speech. As the author said, put your political differences aside and ask yourself if you really wish to live in a country where it's illegal to speak out on what you believe in, i.e., no personal opinions allowed. Capiche??

Sen. Rockefeller

Well, he IS from West Va.

Apparently they like to have a senile old guy represent them in the Senate.

Rockefeller

Clueless idiot! and a danger to the Republic.

Congressman Rockefellers Media Remarks

I think his idea of eliminating certain cable stations is a very totalitarian suggestion and this should be avoided at all costs.

rockafeller

Typical liberal...suppression of thought. He wants to get rid of the 800 pound gorella (Fox), who he is at odds with, and the mouse (MSNBC), who he agrees with. What a trade-off.

Censorship and the Liberal Left

Sen. Rockefeller's inane screed illustrates the absolute hypocrisy and danger to our liberty that progressives constantly and consistently champion. Censorship is passed as "quality control", thought and speech are regulated against "hate speech", and only liberal views are considered valid. This is the ugly reality that passes for the laughable term of "liberalism".

See the danger and act accordingly. Vote out anyone who even hints at controlling any part of your life, your liberty or your opinion.

Humm do I hear the Storm troopers whistling

Humm do I hear the Storm troopers whistling ? Who does he think he is? Where does he think he is? Did he ever hear of a thing call freedom of speach?

Rockefeller

Of course he'd sacrifice his beloved MSNBC to kill FOXNEWS. FOX viewership is 20 times the size of PMSNBC. If this clown's name was any other than Rockefeller he'd be working at McDonald's.

Jay Rockefeller

Politicians hate free speech and an informed electorate. Whether you are conservative or liberal, this should send a chill up your spine. I bet he would love gun control also.

Satanic Illuminati family wants censorship

Incredible. The most satanic family in America, a member of the illuminati, a member of the Bilderberg group, and one of the 13 families that run the world. Isn't that enough control sir? You need to censor speech too?

Future Government takeover?

Could this be an opening salvo to the government taking control of the cable and satellite broadcast? These companies did find fault with the sacred cow PBS / NPR. It is strange that someone supported by the funds of one of the true “robber barons” would find fault with any free enterprise. But his grandfather did crush any opponent or union any way he could

FCC censorship?

If I was a jack-booted-thug-wannabee bent on subjugating a population I would: 1) Disarm them. 2) Control their access to information. 3) Restrict their ability to communicate with each other. 4) Restrict their ability to freely travel and ship goods. I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen every one of these things in the news within the last month.

Ruling elites

They really do think we are sheep who \"need\" to be herded about and that apppointed \"policy makers\" always know better. It is disturbing. Look at the backround of the person the current elite have chosen to head the FCC. Not even masters degree. Therer is a term used to describe such personel. I won\'t use it.

Free Press

He basically wants to eliminate dissenting opinions to his own. This is the very right that the founding fathers chartered us to protect.

Of course his opinion is just that an opinion of which I don't suggest that he be censored, just not voted for next time around.

He is the antithesis to our fundamental beliefs as Americans.

Rockefeller

What an arrogant self-possessed idiot. I would like to personally meet this clown to calmly advise him that he is in-charge of no one.

FCC - Fox News & MSNBC - Rockafeller

Senator from WV-D the problem is not Fox News or MSNBC you should concern yourself with fact that the people of America are concerned with Government over-spending and the lack of a transparent government that we were promised. Stop all this madness and get back to work on the deficit.

Rocky

The elite Rockefeller clan know what's best for us middle-of-the-road dopes. How dare that stuffed-shirt SOB come out of his liberal rat hole and take away my American right and liberty. He is one of the reasons I have switched to Independent!!!

Free Speech

We are slowly but surely losing all of our rights and privileges as they are seen by the wacky left. Everyone should be outraged at the attempts of censorship and in every other aspect of our government. God help us all. Communism here we come.

Jay Rockefeller

Time to kick this bum out of office. I hope the W Va. voters remember these comments.

DEEMER ROCKEFELLER REMARKS

Here is another case involving elitism, extended incumbency, learning disability all this describes so many Deemers and RINO's who have insulated themselves from the law, America and the voting public where the taxpayers, who pay their self-indulgent life styles, come from.

Remember the removed Jim Wright who's favorite sayin was a double entendre, "We just want to hep you." now substitute the word hep(help) for the word "screw" and you have again hit upon the ulterior motive of the power drunk political warriors club of which the renowned Deemer Rockefeller is a leading member and if he has his way, there will be no milk with your cookie because he told you so and "He" is all knowing government. Does that not sound exactly why this country was founded, so that all are equal under the law and unalienable rights bestowed uopon you by God could take place and the government was run by "We the people"? Well if you don't your going to lose that freedom you love to talk about, it has to be maintained and that means that when a Rockefeller type exposes himself, it's time for a replacement who still loves the Constitution and all it represents.

Stupid, stupid, stupid...

Um, hey Rocky, guess what? The FCC has control over broadcast media not cable. You need to go back to school; or maybe retire.

Rockafeller's Mouth

Is he an idiot or what? And this crap from a sitting US Senator! Has he heard of the First Amendment? Sounds like his Marxists/Socialist tendencies are out of the closet. I thought these morons take an oath of office to "support and defend the Constitution...". Oh yea, I forgot, Democrats always want to limit, eliminate, or ignore these rights if they don't happen to like them. As a retire US Army officer, my oath said, "I'll support and defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign, AND DOMESTIC". Crap like this coming constantly from the left, gets them squarely in the "enemy" part of that oath. They are starting to play with fire. There's a Second Amendment for a reason and the Founding Fathers didn't put it in there for rabbit hunting.

freedom

People scream about the first amendment left and right, in cases where it doesn't apply. Here is a clear "freedom of speech" case. This turncoat should be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.

NWO sucks

Rockefeller, we are awake and we know who u are and what your lousy dna has done to this country. May God weigh you in the balances and judge u.

Sen. Jay "Censorship" Rockefeller

MSNBC is already going the way of the dodo - its ratings and viewership are abysmal. So, why not throw them under the bus with Fox News? This way the senator can claim it wasn't a political move to silence the only television news outlet not in the communist progressives' collective back pocket. How stupid does this wannabe despot think we are?

Rockafeller's Mouth

Is he an idiot or what? And this crap from a sitting US Senator! Has he heard of the First Amendment? Sounds like his Marxists/Socialist tendencies are out of the closet. I thought these morons take an oath of office to "support and defend the Constitution...". Oh yea, I forgot, Democrats always want to limit, eliminate, or ignore these rights if they don't happen to like them. As a retire US Army officer, my oath said, "I'll support and defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign, AND DOMESTIC". Crap like this coming constantly from the left, gets them squarely in the "enemy" part of that oath. They are starting to play with fire. There's a Second Amendment for a reason and the Founding Fathers didn't put it in there for rabbit hunting.

Mr. Rockafella (lol)

Why don't you leave the US since it is so much not to your liking. Do you really think that Americans are going to let you marxists take over our country? Why the people of NY keep electing you is beyond the real. Oh, unless you buy your election - Uhmmm, something tells me you do. Just like Reid, Pelosi and all you progressives. Get out of the US.

Where do we find such men?

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Rockefeller needs to go live in China

Is this man nuts? He is a left wing and only trying to push his agenda.
He needs to go live in China and see how great this country is!!!

Rockefeller

Does this clown have any idea of freedom of the press?

Freedom of speech stupid!

Here is another example of our political leaders only concerned about themselves, their power, and their re-election. Fox, Msnbc, CNN, all have the right because it's called freedom of speech! If people do not want to watch the channel they don't have to turn it on! Perhaps Mr. Rockefeller would be better suited as a political leader in China.

Ridiculous

Why is it that I rarely hear Republicans making these kinds of statements, but Democrat politicians--from Pelosi to Obama to now Rockefeller--seem to make them regularly? Do Democrats understand we are a constitutional republic, and that politicians do not have the power to do anything but what our Constitution tells them they can do? Obama crosses this same line when, as president, he singles out one news network and tells the country not to watch it.

Rockefeller\'s suggestion

I don\'t care if the comments are from Hannity, Olberman,O\'Reily or Maddow ... EVERY opinion or point of view MUST be available for everyone.

Our republic requires a free press as part of the 1st amendment. To suggest that news be removed from public availability because it makes it difficult for congressional actions to be conducted without making the general public unhappy with government is a direct abandonment with the oath of office to protect and defend the constitution.

Or, Mr Rockefeller, is the perpetuation of graft,corruption, waste, inefficiency and secrecy so paramount that you would deny the people the guarantees of the 1st amendment? When that day comes, I sincerely hope that the people will advance on legislators like you and throw you out of office. After all, your tenure is only guaranteed by the constitution ... a constitution that you apparently only feel need to be followed as long as it feeds your interests.

If the prople wantto feed THEIR interests, would they not also have the power to deny constitutional provisions to throw you and others into the Patomac?


\'nuff said

satanic illuminati family

Incredible. The most satanic family in America, a member of the illuminati, a member of the Bilderberg group, and one of the 13 families that run the world. Isn't that enough control sir? You need to censor speech too?

Big Three

All politician long for the good ol' days of three easaly controlled networks.

Rockefeller\'s a DANGER to freedom

Arrest him now and lock up in a maximum security prisom.

from Paul

This guy is a dictating communist. He is a disgrace to the state of West Virginia. Please vote the constitution, freedom, liberty and less government. He is the type of person that will one day tell you that you that we need to close churches and universities. This is the same mentality as I see in communist countries. Let's get the rats out of office and elect honest good men. God Bless America!

NWO

This guy is upset because alot of what he and all the other New World Order progressives do, is exposed by these networks. He and his Illumnatie can't find anywhere to hide anymore without being watched...The people are on to them....Too bad Rockafeller...time for you satinists to dissappear and let the world wake up.

Rockefeller on FOX

Rockefeller should disappear!

sen rockefellers comments

the senator should be prohibited from fowling the air ways- what part of free speech does he not understand?

Rockefeller

I'm no republican hack, I'm a libertarian, but why is it that the most zealous advocates of news censorship are democrats?
Yes, the republicans want to censor porn and evolution in the schools, but those impulses are much less threatening to our republic than what these democratic control freaks dream of.

Rockefeller should be laughed at and challenged at every meeting that he speaks at for this ridiculous statement.

J Rock Feller

One look at viewership and you could make the argument Mr J-Rock is wanting to be rid of FOX News. PMS-NBC has a very narrow appeal compared to Fox. It's like a sac-fly for u baseball folks.

Tyranny LOVES silence

Why are we so surprised that Mr. Rockefeller proposes blatant censorship? Tyranny can never thrive where people can air their views and express their opinions. Im no fan of MSNBC: neither Olbermann, Maddow nor the "tingly leg" fellow would have much good to say about me or my opinions or how I vote. That much being said, I would be the first to take to the streets and protest if any self-important "we know whats best for you commoners" petty little dictator like Mr. Rockefeller actually had them banned.

Mr. Rockefeller gives the game away when he claims that Congress would be able to better get its work done if Fox and Msnbc were banned. What kind of "work" would it be if it cannot stand the light of day? Abolishing yet more of our freedoms? Socking us with some more insane nanny state rules? Sticking their claws even deeper into our wallets? Ordering the TSA to give us body cavity searches as well as the traditional public grope?

Free speech means FREE SPEECH. And doom on ANYONE who tries to take it away from any person in this country.

Sie Keil, Herr Rockefeller!

And people wonder why there is a Tea Party standing up to these elitist pigs! This guy should be exiled! What a facist! How does this guy get any votes?

Rockefeller

RESIGN Sir. NOW!!!

Rockefeller statement

He's just proven having money doesn't automatically confer intelligence.

Jay'tard

Jay... You'd like nothing better than a return to the "good" old days of three network mouthpieces spewing whatever YOU wanted them to say. I'm no fan of MSNBC or NBC for that matter but keep your grimy little meathooks off of the 1st amendment. You'd like nothing more than to repeal the 1st, 2nd and 4th amendments. Do the US a big favor and RETIRE.

Monopoly wanted

It's easy for the Libs to give up MSNBC to get rid of Fox. Then they would have total control with NBC, CBS, ABC. CNN, NPR, etc. He is a perfect example of what's wrong with the U.S. Senate

Rockefeller

If a Republican doesn\'t like something on TV he turns the station. If a Demecrat doesn\'t like it he wants it banned!

Censorship ?

How about not letting politicians make stupid statements. There's a reason why CSPAN is not the top watched network..

Censor Congress

I think the FCC should get rid of Jay Rockefeller. That would be a bigger boost to political discourse.

Gulog

Hey Rocky, Russia has a few old gulags they could rent to you for your censorship mental illness!

Rockefeller's comments

It doesn't surprise me about him, this is the course they want to take us, to feed us only what they want us to hear and know. The more they try to be politically correct the more freedom is lost. This guy needs to voted out of office and anyone who thinks like him.

Censorship

It is worth pointing out that it is a DEMOCRAT representative, who wants to censor the news.

After the shellacking the Democrats got at the polls, thay want to control information and free speech, because, to translate their real message, "If people know what we do up here, they will not reelect us, and so it will be much easier for us to do our work of betraying this country and its citizens if we can control free speech".

Keep cable news...

...defund the Senate. Caulk up the chamber and fill it with fish. Equally non-productive and irrelevant, but more fun to watch.

Wise man

Rockafeller is very wise. He can decide better than we what is proper and what is extreme. Follow, follow.

Rocks In His Head

What an asshole!

Rockefeller

He was not smart enough for the family business, so they bought him West Virginia

rockafeller

In view of your "elimination" comment - YOU FIRST.

banning free speech

This is want you expect from the Party of Saul Alinsky so welcome to the USSR West! This spineless power nut needs to get in touch with what the Real American's want!

Free Market

Stalin would be so proud of this imbecile. The free marketplace should determine who broadcasts and who does not. End all public taxpayer subsidies of radio and tv - they should survive or fail in the free marketplace, based on consumer demand. End public funding of NPR and PBS.

Rockefeller

He can always turn it off if he doesn't like it and read a newspaper, just like the rest of us.

Jay's Comments

Somebody is going to be named Worst Person in the World tonight!

what an idiot

What country (or planet) does this clown think he's living in? He's clueless and an embarrassment.

Rockefeller

Isn't this the same bastard that left NY and moved to West Va. so he could buy votes to get elected.

The stupid voters in West Va should fire him, but they are too stupid to know this.

Jay Rockefeller Comment

Just a little message to Mr. Rockefeller; Fox News is far more credible than he ever will be. How do dolts like this get elected to the United States Senate?

Won't publish my comment

Why won't you publish my comment about the Rockafeller's family ties?

Rockefeller

Rockefeller is a glaring example of the Liberal Elitist Ruling Class: Reactionary Fascism seething under the surface that cannot be bridled when it imagines some offense. These ego-centric busy-bodies equate their opinions with the Oracle, but speak from an abysmal well of ignorance. They\'ve held the majority in Congress since 2007... behold their brave new world.

Rockefeller rails against the Freedom of Speech.

Censorship.

Rockefeller doesn't believe in the Freedom of the Press or Freedom of Speech.

Perhaps he has forgotten his oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Time for this elitist to be sent packing.

Eliminating FOX, MSNBC

Since nobody watches MSNBC, and the rest of the mainstream media leans left, including most leading newspapers, news outlets, news providers, AP, NPR, etc,clearly what Rocky means is that "It would be a big favor to (Leftist) political discourse;...."

Free Press

If your going to ban anything you need to ban NPR and anything George Soros is involved with! This is the heart of corruption that is the lifeline of the Democrats!

Rockefeller vs. First Amendment

As much as I dislike and disagree with MSNBC and its commie ilk, (I'm not a 100%) fan of Fox either) it gives me the willies when elitetists such as Rockefeller unmask and call for measures that are clearly unconstitutional. These moves, of course are always for the public good. I am shocked that he did noy include that this should be done "for the children".

Fox and Msnbc

If we keep electing the socialists, we will never turn the tide of assualt on our freedom. Mr. Rockafella is a direct threat to freedom loving Americans, its time for him to go! BTW, wasn't his family in bed with the Nazi's during world war two??

Problem Resolved in 2012

The problem is that you do not believe in liberal government and its good intentions to help you overcome your doubts. You must continually strive to improve your countenance by never speaking out or casting any dispersion on liberal policies and their chosen leaders. Be aware of what has happened to others in the past for anti-social behavior and learn from their mistakes. That is essentially what the Senator said. Most voters now realize that not enough democrats were removed from power during the past election. Get rid of this senator and the problem fixes itself.

Already in the works

I'm sure your family, and the Rothschilds and the Bilderbergs are already in the process of seeing that this task gets done.

Rockefeller Statements

Jay Rockefeller's statement regarding Fox and MSNBC truly shows the attitudes of the malignant left in our government. Not only is this Rockefeller a disgrace to his family, as he is a Dimwitcrat, but he actually said what we on the conservative side of the aisle have always know...the Dems want FOX shut down because it not only exposes the high level of incompetence in our government, it also exposes the high level of corruption, and the Marxist/Socialists/Communists that are being paid by our tax money to destroy what this country stands for.

Jay, JD must be rolling over in his grave to see what a miserable wretch you have become!!!

Jay Rockefeller

This plutocrat who's never held a real job now wants to improve political discourse by censoring media in the US. How out of touch can a person be?

rockefeller comments re msnbc/fox news

Rockefeller's comments give him away as the one world eliteist he is. If he could have his way, there would one media outlet and that would be NPR so he and his fellow one worlders could totally control our thinking. How can the people of West Virginia keep electing this creep!

Rockefeller

Mr. Rockefeller, the citizens are paying a price for the you and your Congress, the most inept, incompetent, and incoherent in our time. You sir should resign, as should all 534 of your current brethren.

Typical Censoring Politician LOSER!!!

I agree with Jeff. How does this bozo keep getting re-elected??? He see\'s Fox news as a threat to his liberal ideology and wants to eliminate the threat. I guess getting rid of MSNBC too would be a balancing act to compensate for the loss of Fox.

Censorship - Rockefeller

I often wonder what bubble some of our members of congress grew up in. I would think that Free Speech would be healthy for a FREE NATION. Rockefeller could move to China, I'm sure some his thoughts are common with Chinese Government.

He needs to read the Constitution and be tested on it's intent before being able to run for office again.

Rockefeller

This man needs to be removed from office. His Marxist tendencies have no place in the U.S.

FCC

Sounds like a good way to get rid of a bunch of lunatics of both the liberal and conservative viewpoints that don't have a clue as to what they are being told. It will never happen though.

Scary

These people just have totally different beliefs then the rest of us. This isn't going to end well!

Liberal socialism

Once again a liberal democrat let's slip their true intentions and desires.Liberal democrats don't see the elimination of major media sources as a denial of free speech but instead see it as a way to control the thoughts and minds of the american public.

Rockefeller comments

Are you FED up? PLEASE VOTE!

Rockefeller

Here is a millionaire that obviously moved to a backward state so that it would be easy pickings for him to have a lifetime position of power in the most exclusive club in the world, the US Senate.
F U you g-d carpetbagger.

News

I have been in the middle of a few heavy arguements and never once saw the "news clergy" ever print the unbiased simple truth. Why not start something new and call it "The Diary of Today" and print only unbiased news that is free of pety attacks and wild assumtions.

Speach for the Elite

His kind of speach is neither helpful nor constructive.

Would somebody please shut this guy up!

Fox and MSNBC

MSNBC is taking itself off the air with it\'s follies. Fox is the only new network that broadcasts the truth. Maybe that\'s why Rockefeller and his ilk are trying to stifle it.

Fox News and MSNBC should be taken off "airwaves"

This is a prime example of why the Dems lost in November. He is one the political class who thinks we are not smart enough to decide for ourselves what is truth and what is spin.

It is another step in trying to take away our rights. Airport scanners and grope stations will be put at the front of buildings next. Biometric scanners and chip implants will be next in this police state.

Enough is enough!

Off the Air

Sen. Rockefeller needs to be taken off the air. He is the single biggest leaker of top secret documents in history (maybe tied with Leahy?) and is an out-of-touch plutocrat all the way. When the full extent of the corruption and perfidy are revealed--probably on Fox News--folks like Rockefeller will need to be more worried about hanging upside down from lampposts than taking news stations off the air.

Jay Rockefeller

He stays in office because the West Virginia electorate is stupid. I'm a life long resident of WV and all these idiots do is complain about the liberals in govt. and continue to vote them in! I can't think of any other reasen except ignorance & stupidity.

Rockefeller

Just another good reason for term limits

Rockefeller

His comment is to remove Free Speech from the Airwaves. Maybe the public would have more confidence in Congress if they weren't such crooks.

Rockefeller comments

This guy is out of his mind, what we should do is vote him out of congress. Sir this is America and we need to know what is going on, if you do not like it quit your job and go live somewhere else.

Polarizing

Following Rockefeller's view, we should eliminate the Democrat and Republican parties due to their polarizing views. We put up with bad government, why not bad cable news?

No Problem

Here is a great solution to ole J-Boy's problem. First, we get rid of J-boy..."END OF PROBLEM"

Rockefeller Comment re:Fox

Big mouth politician. Give away your family money and live on what you make and then maybe I'll listen to you. What a pomous azz hole. It's easy to be liberal with other people's money.

Fascist!

Rockefeller is a clear danger to our Republic. If West Virginia can recall, they should do so immediately because he is a threat to liberty and must go now!

Fox & CSNBC


I watch both of these stations. Listen & make up your own mind.

Rockerfellow is a nut.

Rockafeller

Hey jackboot, if you can't stand the heat get out
of the kitchen!

FCC

J. Rockaffeler needs to resign - Taking away our freedoms is not what he was elected to do. Shame on this so called Senator and shame on the people who keep him in office. Call for his resignation immediately - He is not protecting our constitution!!!!

Rockefeller

Hey, Jay, we not be so egocentric as you be so leave us alone. We be products of you school system that make everyone like dumb people who need someone around to tell them what to do when they can't find a big charity event to spend granddad's millions at and gain huge accolades and fame for doing the right thing.

We jes got TV and stuff, so BACK OFF DUDE.

Um, This guy's intent is CORRECT

Remember the Fairness Doctrine????

Bring that back, and we can keep the monopoly of American propaganda in check.

People posting here really do not get the big picture, just as people who are getting their news from only Fox or MSNBC are not getting the whole truth.

Wake up people.

Rockefeller

He is a pawn of George Soros.

Really?

Uh, okay so the left-leaning CNN (Communist News Network) does not even get a mention from the good Senator? Wonder why? Maybe he should spread some of his wealth around to those on the entitlement system to clear his brain.

Big Brother Rockefeller = Hypocrite

While he's at it, he can take PBS off the air. Oh, no, he won't do that since his wife is on the Board of Directors of PBS.

Rockfeller -

What is this clown about? He is fo far removed from the connect with the electorate he hasn't got a clue. His comments regarding the CENSORSHIP OF BROADCASTERS smacks of FASCISM! Tockefekller why arent you focused on the Economy, jobs,e etc and stay the hell out of suggesting censorhip.

More cunning than your normal Democrat

Most Democrats just rail against Fox News, opening themselves up to the legitimate charge that they're simply expressing their political bias. By including MSNBC in his criticism, the Senator makes it appear that he is being somewhat objective. However, I doubt he is genuinely troubled by MSNBC. It's just the price he's willing to pay to appear objective. And a pretty small price to pay at that.

Throwing MSNBC under the bus is a small price because:

1. Fox News has almost infinitely higher ratings. It's like sacrificing a pawn to get your opponent's queen.

2. Even if the left loses MSNBC, they still have ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN.

Stupid

Maybe the FCC can remove Rockefeller from congress for wanting to restrict free speech and freedom of the press

Sieg Heil Rocky

Seig Heil mein Fuhrer. All pledge alleginace to the all knowing and freedom hating Rockefeller and fellow marxist liberals who despise the American Constitution. The repudiation of your efforts on Nov.2 obviously didn't send a strong enough warning to you, what will it take?

Uh, Bob

I for one am glad there's a news service to carry statements like this from politicians. It goes right to the core of what they think. If he can't stand the heat, he should get out of the kitchen. It goes with the job.

Also, who would you set up as the arbiter to decide who should be on the air? Are you advocating a return to McCarthyism? What are you advocating, who is the arbiter, and who determines the matrix and the parameters? Is your solution to simply create another taxpayer-sponsored government bureaucracy that will oversee what news gets sent out about itself? How would you guarantee any protection for the free flow of information under that scenario? Sorry. I STRONGLY disagree with your position.

Rockefeller has this exactly right.

As we would shut down Nazi hate-speech groups, we should shut down Fox for spreading misinformation that incites the public against their own interests.

Maxine Walters

Those words of Maxine Walters come to mind, this communist will socialize the industry...as if NPR/PBS, etc., aint enough for the fasking buctards.

politics

If West (by god) Virginia would get their heads out of the coal mines long enough.... this idiot would go back under whatever rock he came from

But the Constitution

Doesn't this guy know that the Constitution says that He (the government) has NO power to limit free speech particular when it involves checking and balancing the government.

Sheez, he should know that. Perhaps he does?

Scary, time to throw More of them out!

Rockefellar

What a degenerate moron. Why doesn't he get the hell out of the US and go live in China or some other communist controlled
country where the government controls what the people can say or listen to. He is a disgrace to this nation just like his whoremaster father was.

So the truth comes out

Sounds like Rockefeller is following in the play book of Hugo Chavez - those that do not agree with you - get rid of them.

I would like to see his constituents do the same to him.

There is no place in American style politics for this kind of garbage.

It is bad enough when no one gets upset at Maxine Waters threat of nationalizing a corporation or George Soros' plan to re-form the US government. Now we have this happening - enough is enough

Be sure to read the original comments on the video of Mr. R's statement

Please go to www.realclearpolitics.com, left side of page and click on link. The original video is there, and, moe importantly, the COMMENTS good citizens have made.

Rockefeller

"Wow" is an understatement. So much for his oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Hey Senator, here's a suggestion: Leave! You don't like or want FREE SPEECH, then LEAVE and take your Socialist pals with you!

It is truly the gall that these progressives have right not that make my blood pressure skyrocket. But! The good news is is that they have dropped their pretenses so that we know their game plan. Yep, and you can tell Soros that too.

Agree

Too many people mistake the Huffington Post, Fox and MSNBC for genuine unbiased news sources. I try to have factual discussion with people and they come back with fantasies that they hear from these 3 sources. It's frightening. I agree with the Senator. See recent Ted Koppel op ed for more.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CCoQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F11%2F12%2FAR2010111202857.html&ei=EFPlTO6oCsSAlAe1spCPDA&usg=AFQjCNFlhXJ42XVPVxOi4TMrTIGn4klrcA&sig2=yTjQkR6o9X2FGaIh35GG6g

Fair And Balanced

Let's approach this on an equitable footing.
We drop Fox. 5 million viewers.
We drop MSNBC 300,000 viewers.
Whats wrong with this picture?
Throw in ABC< CBS and NBC and we can make a deal Senator Shortleg. Er sorry he doesn't have a short leg in fact he couldn't find WV on a map.

censorship

Hey\'s right. Americans are to stupid to know what to think and do. America needs people like him and our present Admin to take care of us and tell us what to do. If the rest of you would just join us we could live in peace and harmony with everything taken care of. Anyone who thinks otherwise just proves how stupid you all are. It should be illegal for any view but what the Gov says to be aired or printed anywhere. Some day we will have this Utopia.
J. Stalin

government censorship

no doubt he is giving us a hint of what is to come after obama gets his internet control czar in office soon and starts protecting our privacy that the anti virus i bought takes care of for now while trying to surf the web and then after there will be nothing worthwhile looking for and only sites allowed that extol the praises of the "great leader" and his comrade's .

Rockerfeller.

He included msnbc as cover for for getting rid of FOX. Libs get plenty of help from networks and NPR. Maybe he should act like his namesake and just have his opposition gunned down!

First ammendment

This guy is an idiot. Apparently he does not realize the genie is already out of the bottle and we are watching.

Rockefeller...

just STFU.

Moron

Hey privileged "I have never had a real job in my life" why don't you take your communist ass to another country and tell THEM what to watch and what to read. We are Americans here we don't play that commy pinko crap here. Get gone or get a brain, your choice.

rockyfella

This nut has seen better days. Time to hang up his career and do some good with his ill gotten fortune!!

Rockefooler

On the contrary Senator Rockefeller, FOX and MSNBC are what make our country great -- i.e. freedom of speech. It is you with your Socialist ideology who should be turned OFF by the West Virginia voters. But that likely won't happen since you can continue to buy your seat.

MSNBC & FOX OFF

The reason you would like to keep these broadcasts silent is so that you and your cronies can continue to move the country in the wrong direction without anyone letting the people of this nation know what is going on. Since it is widely considered in the government that the "unwashed masses" cannot think for themselves it is necessary for you folks to make all the decisions for us. Here's a bit of info for you all. We do know what is going on and we keep informed. We read, study and following the comings and goings of the country. Right now the country is going in the wrong direction as far as 75% of the country is concerned. We are not dunder-heads. We are working, educated people who cling to our guns and bibles and we like it that way.

Treason

Technically, this is advocating a subversion of our constitution. To "dictate" what is and is not good political discourse is directly contrary to the heart of the first amendment. It's not even "a matter of interpretation," it's a fact.

Remove him from office.

Rockafeller

And the voters should retire this Nazi censor to the communist country of his choice!

BOZO

WTF, is this guy for real, maybe we should all drink his koolaid and be happy following the rest of the lemurs.

Rocky

The senator should also do away with the 17th amendment. Then nation won't have to suffer him.

Sen Jay Rockefeller

Yet another argument for term limits.

Censorship

Of course Sen Rockerfeller would like it if We the People were less informed then we could be lead around by the nose easier. To demonstrate his ignorace he doesn't mention any of the news sources that are under the control of the FCC as they are all for further expansion of the Federal Government and letting the obtuse Sen. ruin our lives just a little bit more.

Jay Rockefeller/MSNBC

Since no one watches MSNBC, would it be missed?

You Frame The Issue Wrong

You frame the issue as whether Fox's and MSNBC's "polarizing" content has a place in the political discourse. That is-- perhaps intentionally so-- a strawman (mis)characterization of the issue, and plainly was NOT Mr. Rockefeller's point. The issue is whether those domineering voices crowd out the very views that are supposed to make up political discourse. Giving a microphone to the most polarizing views where there is none for the rest both obfuscates other legitimate voices in political discourse and changes the game of political discourse by promoting disingenuous speech in the marketplace of ideas. I'm not saying whether he's right -- there is, after all, a first Amendment problem with the Senaator's idea. But please don't try and act like the legimacy Fox and MSNBC's content is really the issue.

Rockefeller

"Rockefeller failed to point out that the FCC does not have the authority to regulate either FOX or MSNBC."

You are so naive. Of course the government has the authority to take FOX and MSNBC off the air. After all, they have the power to take over GM and require everyone to buy insurance. Silly boys, wake up and smell the new America.

Government Decides What We Should Hear?

How far back in history do we need to look to see what happens when Government decides what it's citizens should hear, and what should be suppressed? Apparently Sen. Rockefeller has taken note of Hugo Chavez's success. But even more sinister is the blatant implication that Americans are too stupid to have free speech.

Remonds me of Hitler

Why do the good people of WV put up with this bag of wind. I lived through WW11 and this reminds me of what Hitler did when he came to power, eliminate all opposition to his policies. We still do have the first amendment to our constitution.
Tiesky

media

It's absolutely rediculous that news in't news anymore. It's all propaganda. If the goverrnment wants to do us a all a favor. Reclaim the Public Broadcasting channel and give us "the news". No opinions, no spin, no pulled punches, and commit to giving us ALL of it. With todays potential for commuinication, we'd be able to redefine America overnight

Rockefeller

Bless him! He understands that \'the little people\' are just too studid to discern truth from fiction. They shouldn\'t worry there tiny brains. He and other elitists will take care of them and make all the important decisions as they have been trying to do for the last 2 years.

Spoiled Uneducated Brat

This little brat needs to go back home and play with his toys that he inherited from his family! Someone needs to remind him he is a public servant elected by the people for the people and we demand freedom of the press! What an idiot!

Color him Red

When did Rockefeller become a communist? His grandfather is turning in his grave.

1st Amendment

@Bob - Remember the 1st Amendment, Bob? You'd have to repeal it from the Constitution. If you're really a proponent of government controlled media, maybe you should live in Cuba for a while. Might be educational for you.

censorship of cable

Cable programming is OUTSIDE the purview of the FCC since it is NOT broadcast over the airwaves.

Sen Rockefeller's Comments on Fox/MSNBC

As a conservative who watches both Fox and MSNBC, I have two comments:
1) First Amendment, Sen. Rockefeller? Mountaineers, what were you thinking?
2) I enjoy one to hear the latest on my side of the issues and the other side to hear the opposing view in order to either strengthen my arguments or change my point of view if appropriate. My political knowledge and understanding of others' points of view would be greatly diminished with the loss of either one.

My Guess

Not to defend his statement, but, he does make a point that is very poorly constructed.

I would suggest that people that watch MSNBC and FoxNews are busy and only have time in the day to watch either one or the other, not both. Both of them play to a particular demographic an have their own bias and filtered views. If you only listen to one side of the story too long, you polarize the electorate to the point of stalemate and everybody hates the government, one side or the other.

Where his logic fails, is to not mention that there is little TV coverage that is in-depth and unbiased to fill the void left by the elimination of the two outlets of acknowledged biased information. He really should be focused on the quality of the remaining news outlets, not the two that do the deepest reporting (editorializing).

If they took Fox off the air

If they took Fox off the air what would all the racist people watch?

Rockhead

If you want to watch State run T.V move to Iran. What an IDIOT!!!

FCC Content Regulation

If this country were a small dictatorship, it would make sense to regulate content of broadcasters, but we are not a dictatorship.
Mr. Rockefeller needs to take a basic FCC Title 47 class because he is not aware that the FCC cannot and will not take networks off the air in turbulent political times that are displeasing to him.
If Mr. Rockefeller had shown a better understanding of how our process works, he could have presented an incremental solution but instead he treats these networks like commodities in his own businesses. Broadcasting is not a game of monopoly in terms regulatory responsibility.
Where was Mr. Rockefeller when the corporate entities that purchased these networks were seeking government approval? In good times, Mr. Rockefeller may have cheered on the win-win profit potential but now, in bad times he seeks to control both ways.
No way.

Clueless as usual

Imagine that, a dem (well - OK, anyone in Congress at this point) who doesn't get it! Apparently this clown would rather odumbo and the dems had a free reign the last two years - oh that's right, THEY DID!

No, what it's really time for is true accountabliity from these twits in Congress, REAL JAIL TIME, REAL PENALTIES!

Rockefeller's comments

Instead of repealing the 1st amendment for news content we don't like maybe we should remove Rockefeller from Congress for violating his oath of office to preserve and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Rockefeller

How does he stay in office? Simple, he is from West Virginia. Classic big government buffoon who knows more than the "little" people. This dirtbag should be taken out and kicked in the ass....

Rockefeller

If Rocky had bothered reading the constitution of the United States, freedom and free speech is who and what we are.

Only Fascists and Socialists limit content. Poor Rocky has thus defined himself.

Rockefeller

Because he part of the Rockefeller family of Global Illumanti. He even pushed through the bill last year to allow Obama to shut down the internet! His intentions are not good. Now that Glenn Beck is talking about George Soros, they are getting worried.

Rockafeller comment

What part of the 1st amendment\'s \"Congress shall make no law\" is he too stupid to understand?

Rockefeller

Typical tyrannical response to people who dare question authority--shut down their media outlets, take away their guns. This guy should run for President of North Korea.

the "bug"

The Founding Fathers knew about that "bug" Rockerfeller is talking about. That is precisely why they established the Freedom of Speech - to squash those "bugs" that want to tell people what to speak!

Rockefeller

Such arrogance !

Rockefeller should be sent to an education camp to learn to be an American. Afghanistan would be a good place to start. There, he would need many changes of underwear.

Jay Rockefeller's comment

His comments are out of place. Who decides what is right, the people should not big brother. If the people do not agree those outlets will go out of business. We do not need the gov. telling us what is news.

news

HERE IS A GUY. THAT WANTS TO ENSLAVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HAVE RFID CHIPS PUT IN THEM. HE IS A EVIL DOER. THERE WHOLE FAMILY HAS PRACTICED BRINGING DOWN SOCIETIES FOR YEARS.. THIS WOULD MAKE HITLER LOOK LIKE PEE WEE HERMAN. I SAY CAN THIS COWARD. PUT HIM ON NOTICE AND THE REST OF THE SHILLS IN WASHINGTON. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

That Little \

Dear Senator Rocfeeler (sic):

In response to your comment, printed below verbatim, made at Wednesday November 16th 2010 Cable & Broadcast subcommittee hearing.

“There\'s a little bug inside of me which wants to get the FCC to say to FOX and to MSNBC: \'Out. Off. End. Goodbye.\' It would be a big favor to political discourse; our ability to do our work here in Congress, and to the American people, to be able to talk with each other and have some faith in their government and more importantly, in their future.\"


Please be advised...

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Source: U.S. Constitution

It is abundantly evident that you have violated your sworn oath to up hold the idealism of our country’s constitution. As such please submit your resignation as a U.S. Senator immediately.

Thank for your past services to our country.


Sincerely,

freedom of press

HEY JAY...YOU ARE A DANGEROUS MAN WHO HAS BEEN IN THE POLICTICAL ARENA FOR TOO LONG. STOP AND THINK ABOUT THE FREEDOMS THAT YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE AWAY, YOU FOOL.

Dumb WV Hicks Keep Re-Electing This Idiot...

...I guess they are impressed by his name or they are all retards.

Censorship

Orwell's 1984 is happening !

Just Two Observations

1) Fox News and MSNBC are both cable television stations not over-the-air where the FCC regulations lie.

2)"It would be a big favor to political discourse; our ability to do our work here in Congress, and to the American people, to be able to talk with each other and have some faith in their government" -- To blame the above statement on ANY news or political opinion programing is total lunacy.

your kidding right

1) Does anyone watch MSNBC
2) That would leave only CNN (Communist News Network)

Typical donkey at work. Lets make the news say what we want it to....

Jay Rockefeller wanting to eliminate Fox News and MSNBC

I hope the folks in West Virginia will eliminate Jay Rockefeller by voting him out of office the next time he runs!!

Blame Fox for your miserable failures.

It's a popular trend among the cognoscenti to slam Fox news as if it were propaganda central. Any watcher of the station knows different. It's about the only station that offers a fair hearing to conservative and liberal voices without condescension, denigration, or the inclusion of petty disparaging remarks. What really gets under the skin of Senator Apparatchik is he and the rest of the autocratic used car salesman in congress can't maintain the guise of competence, caring, and concern, when the facts relating to their actions are revealed on national television to be otherwise.

Rockefella

How do these people continue to be reelected? Does our constitution no longer have meaning?

Rockerfeller exposure

The senator has confirmed the isolation and elitism of most of Washington with this ridiculous statement. They seem to treat us all as idiots when many who pay attention to the news and participate in our national discourse are clearly more intelligent and less isolated that this moron.

Cencorship

It sounds to me like he is afraid of the truth. FOX tells us like it is, not what the politicians and the president want to hear.

That "bug" is called FASCISM, Mr. Senator

I am not surprised that a liberal/left-wing Democrat said this. The Dem party is all about silencing their critics. He threw MSNBC in there just to appear "balanced" in his intolerance, but the real goal of Herr Rockerfeller is for the government (and their allies in the traditional media) to control all information and to tell people how to think.

The End of America

This, if permitted, is how America ends.

MSNBC and Fox are not equivalents. The former is a propaganda machine; the latter is, measurably, the cable TV News station that has the most integrity.

I'd like Jay (our kids went to school together) to identify which Fox news reporters he believes to typify the point he is trying to make. Of course, he won't and, of course, he cannot. And I would bet that the persons that most people who believe along his lines would identify are not, in fact, news reporters.

I, like most others watching cable, watch Fox because it is entertaining and because I can see left, right, liberal, moderate and conservative commentators and guests.

Rockefeller's tactic is patent. He lumps something horribly useless (MSNBC) together with something that evenly informs a great many Americans (which makes it a danger to the progressives, the persons who believe in a planned, rather than a free society) in order to be able, at least in his mind, to be able to claim that he is an equal opportunity information tyrant. It won't work, Jay. It's been tried before and has always been found wanting.

Julian Tepper
Placitas, NM

Trade Proposal

Hey Jay,

I'll trade you Fox News and MSNBC for the resignation of every liberal Democrat in the government.

What a pampered, privileged, piss-ant!

He is a elitist who votes like a Socialist but talks like a Fascist.

Hey Rockefeller, RESIGN! You are not worthy of your office and are clueless about the Constitution. If you're so upset about criticism and free speech, do what the people want. We are the power; not you. To hell with you and your whole liberal elitist condescending class. It's apparent that money doesn't make you smarter, just more arrogant in your case, you P.O.S.

no sense of reality

The man suggested censorship. He needs to be removed from office. he has had a life of privaledge and cannot relate to the American citizem. What he proposses is un-American as is he.

Remember who you are

A United States Senator should be more circumspect in his public statements than to suggest that a government agency -- which because of his position may consider his very words as pressure to act -- shut down media outlets that he doesn't like. We expect such comments on Daily Kos or Free Republic, but not in the statements of high government officials. It's frightening that he even thinks this way.

Rockefeller

ayatollah jay needs to get a grip.

The truth hurts

Why not close down CNN--the puppet for the democrats? This guy is a real loser. He should be taking care of the US problems instead of trying to make a name for himself.

censorship

So, did he approve of the Obama admin burning books too? Funny, the press had fits about the "lie" that Palin wanted to do this, but let Obama actually burn books and the press is silent.

Rockefeller

I cannot believe we actually have people whose brains are wired this way in our Congress. It's disgusting.

Fox/MSNBC

Simply another proof, in a long line of such proofs, that getting elected to office does not increase one's intelligence.

Mr

Senator Rockefeller is apparently afraid that an informed electorate mightr determine they disagreed with his political philosophy. Perish the thougt that the First Amendment was written specifically to counter the Senator's plan for censorship.
Of course, the Senator has never been much on the Constitution. He thinks it is a living document that should be interpreted to further his agenda, not as the supreme law of the land. The appellation Democrat is certainly a misnomer when applied to this Senator. Democracy is anathema to him.

Constitutional rights

Whether you disagree with one vs the other, free speech should not be compromised. Jay Rockefeller, as are most Rockefellers, are enemies of individual liberty and American sovereignty. It would be more beneficial for us to take Jay Rockefeller off the airwaves. It is because of people like him that this country is going down the tubes.

Sen. Rockefeller Suggests Eliminating FOX, MSNBC

Liberal Dems. believe in freedom of speach only if what you are saying fits their agenda.

When MSNBC was praising them,they loved MSNBC. Now that MSNBC is questioning this administration's policies,they want them off the air.

As far as FOX, Sen. Rockerfeller "You Can't Handle The Truth". LOL

Rocky

From Obama down all the leftist politicians think they should bring back censorship. We only hear it when they don't use their teleprompter or stci to the written(by someone else) speech.

ROCKEFELLER'S COMMENTS

If he had his way then the american public would only get the viewpoint of the lamestream media; that would be just dandy for him.

censorship

Great idea, let's use this as a basis to shut down political discourse and free speech. That way we dumb peasants can just hear what the state deems we are allowed to hear. With the new TSA garbage and this we can finally have the solid foundation for a great American police state. After all freedom is highly overrated and the silly Constitution can be completely shredded. That is what the far left socialists in Washington and elsewhere would really like to see happen. Good work, comerade.

Rockefeller wants FCC to do What?

Ban news stations that don't agree with you so that Congress can get its work done or so spoiled rich kids can have their way? Which is it? If there were no corruption in Congress, if there were no special deals, exemptions, add ons to bills, trickery, etc., then Fox news would have nothing to complain about. You are WRONG Rockefeller. You are UnAmerican. The last time I checked we had a Free Press. Remember Radio Free Europe. Perhaps Fox News is now the Radio Free America news Group. When a Senator wants to suppress the news, that senator needs to resign because that senator is no longer American.

Equivalence

The Senator would eliminate one media source on the far left, MSNBC,, and one, so he thinks, on the far right, FOXNEWS. Great balance there. MSNBC with its staff and its ratings is like a mouse compared to FOXNEW's elephant...

Jay Rockefeller

Back in 1994 when Hillary was giving health care "reform" a go, Mr. Rockefeller said, "We're going to give the people health care whether they want it or not." The man's a totalitarian.

Rockefeller

This is disturbing.

J(erk) Rockefeller

A little big is telling me that you\'re an old fool and need to get lost, go, scram, beat it, syonara, splitsville, screw....

More dollars than sense

If the the FCC were to adopt this rule then there should be an an accompanying rule stating that rich old money families cannot run for political office. I wonder how much a senate seat costs nowdays?

Rockerfeller

Gee Jay: Wouldn't be better if you earned the respect you are requesting in stead of Demeaning the news and the people.Resign please!!!!

big brother

amazing how fast civil servant morphs into civil master. A free people dont need commisars like this to police them.

Stalinist

Man would fit right in with Stalin and Hitler. He\'s the perfect example of why TERM LIMITS should be inacted.

Rockefeller has a point

MSNBC and Fox should be called opinion channels, not news channels. Look at the everning lineups: 1 hour of news at 6 (when hardly anyone watches) followed by hours of commentary. If a newspaper was set up similarly it would contain 4 sections of opinion columns and 1 section of news at the very end. Turn off the cable news! It's garbage that just makes you upset and angry. Why? Because that's what they're trying to do so you'll come back for more. It's like eating McDonalds instead of fresh food.

Rockefeller the Rock Head

This idiot is just confusted. look at the facts:
1. He's a Democrat
2. As a Democrate he is a Socialist.
3. As a Democrat and Socialist he believes he is a member of the Russian Parliament.
4. Right sentiment-wrong country.

Democratic Senator from WVA

Narcissim runs in the blood of elected Democrats. Of course the World Health Organization and American psychiatrists treat it as a mental disorder.

Race to the bottom

The only real race to the bottom is who is the dumbest senator in the United States Senate: Rockefeller or Leahy. Rockefeller may have taken the lead with this latest off-the-cuff remark.

Rockefeller's stupid comment

This guy is on the "intelligence"
committee?

I wonder if he has read George Orwell? I refer specifically to 1984.

illegal may not matter much

Some people are alive only because it is illegal to kill them. This buffoon is a prime example of that subspecies of self-important filth.

When you come for me Mr. Rockafeller, bring a BUNCH of body bags. Some of your guys will need them too.

Knockefeller

Put aside whether Fox or MSNBC - I check both - Rockefeller's problem is with the fact that now every utterance can be checked and cross checked. No more glib politicians saying anything and it being carried by those that favor them. (ABC,CBS,NBC)

Rockefeller

The FCC doesn't have the authority to regulate cable networks? Do you really think that's going to stop a Democrat?

Government censorship

And the next step woud be to prohibit Rockefeller from speaking. And then you........

Rockanazi

His family have always been Nazi like. It is important to remember he calls himself a liberal. I hate MSNBC but by god they have every right to be on the air and voice their views, and THAT is what liberal thought really is.

Sen. Jay R

Bob (comment) and Jay should both leave the scene. Jay is an example of someone in Congress too long.

fox news

Hey senator, if Fox News and MSNBC makes your job so much more difficult then dont spend millions running for the job. Im sorry that Fox News puts light on what you criminals are doing in Washington.

Fox and MSNBC

Fox News and MSNBC are the only broadcast news outlets that are honest; all others try to hide their outlook behind the claim of objectivity, which is a human impossibility. Back in the day newspapers let their readers know what their outlook was, and the consumer could choose wisely. Rockefeller wants to go back to the c. 1940-1990 era when the liberal line was broadcast surreptitiously and without challenge.

The Left and Rockerfeller

The Left and Rockerfeller believe in diverity, right? just not diverity of opinion.

Rockefeller

This man is an elitest. He hasn\'t a clue to what\'s really happening to us \"pee ons\". People have lost their jobs, homes and families. It\'s people like him that has put this great nation in the fix it\'s in now. I say GET THEM ALL OUT!!!

1st Amendment

With his job he knows nothing about the 1st Amendment? Elitist

He is nuts

unreal to say least. We are finally getting a different look from Fox that we don't get from the big 3. Just try and get these off of the air and you will see a bigger uproar than the dems just got in the last election.

Rockefeller on How to End America, Once and For All

This, if permitted, is how America ends.

MSNBC and Fox are not equivalents. The former is a propaganda machine; the latter is, measurably, the cable TV News station that has the most integrity.

I'd like Jay (our kids went to school together) to identify which Fox news reporters he believes to typify the point he is trying to make. Of course, he won't and, of course, he cannot. And I would bet that the persons that most people who believe along his lines would identify are not, in fact, news reporters.

I, like most others watching cable, watch Fox because it is entertaining and because I can see left, right, liberal, moderate and conservative commentators and guests.

Rockefeller's tactic is patent. He lumps something horribly useless (MSNBC) together with something that evenly informs a great many Americans (which makes it a danger to the progressives, the persons who believe in a planned, rather than a free society) in order to be able, at least in his mind, to be able to claim that he is an equal opportunity information tyrant. It won't work, Jay. It's been tried before and has always been found wanting.

Julian Tepper
Placitas, NM

Rockerfeller


What have you accomplished outside of spending your fathers money getting a govt job, so you can spend our money. JOKE

RockF comment on Media

Progressives...mentality is to control that which disagrees with their mindset, as they are the smartest guys in the room. Happy Meals in San Fran, guns, the press. He should now resign, as he has no idea of what the Constitution says of Free Speech.

Gosh...

...but then people would have to READ!

fabian socialist

just another fabian socialist. next he will be telling us who can reproduce who cant.

Change needed in W Va.

Wake up people in West Virginia. Time for a new face in your state!

Rockerfella censership

I agree with the Rocker and Mr. ED (Shultz MSNBC) Only wandering why they did not come out with this request earlier. We could have eliminated Howard Stern for his course language, George Carlin for his 7 dirty words and outed Walter Cronkite for his liberalism. Is it too late to strip Tina Fey of her awards for mocking Sarah Palin; can we retroactively fine Dan Akroyd for his portrayal Richard Nixon in the 70's? How about jailing Colbert and Stweard for faking the news on their fake news shows! Maybe we can throw all the writers of Saturday Night Live, South Park and Simpsons in re-education camps. Censorship NOW...red scarfs and communism later.

Predators

It's interesting how sociopathic predators can make it sound as if they're a victim.

The Rocker censership

I agree with the Rocker and Mr. ED (Shultz MSNBC) Only wandering why they did not come out with this request earlier. We could have eliminated Howard Stern for his course language, George Carlin for his 7 dirty words and outed Walter Cronkite for his liberalism. Is it too late to strip Tina Fey of her awards for mocking Sarah Palin; can we retroactively fine Dan Akroyd for his portrayal Richard Nixon in the 70's? How about jailing Colbert and Stweard for faking the news on their fake news shows! Maybe we can throw all the writers of Saturday Night Live, South Park and Simpsons in re-education camps. Censorship NOW...red scarfs and communism later.

Did he say that out loud?

Pay close attention to anyone suggesting that the government should step in, when it's clear that in many cases, it should be trying to step out. Particularly in cases that smell like censorship of the media.

Rockafeller

Two words....
Bilderberg Group!!!

Enough Said

airwaves?

UHH, someone should wake up that dolt Rockefeller and tell him they are not using the airwaves

FOX "News"

And Goebbels was presenting only a different opinion. Good thing Germany allowed him to!

Rockefeller's comments

It is almost embarrassing to note that this is one of two Senators representing me in Congress. Having lived in WV for nearly 14 years, I can attest to the problem when a population has been consumed by the "old Democrats" and have yet to wake up to the fact that the "new Democrats" should spell their name "new Socialists" Rockefeller was an early infiltrator and has done more harm than good IMHO. He is up for re-election in 2012 and should find the climate far different here than in the past. Yes, we just elected another Dem. Senator primarily because of family voting patterns and a short political race brought on by a special election process patched together at the last minute. The statement about shutting down news outlets because of their viewpoint should be grounds for removal since it flies in the face of our Constitution...that pesky document that gets in the way of the socialist - control-all - agenda.

Rocke

Political discourse will improve if all libs just hold their breath for 5 minutes. They are the abomination that is bringing the country down.

Rock - o -Feller

The electorate of WV should send a clear message to Mr. Rock o feller -- 'Out. Off. End. Goodbye.' It is shameful that a US Senator would be advocating censorship. Chairman Mao would be proud. H. Chavez is listening.

Silver spoon

He is disingenuous taking on MSNBC. He knows Comcast is about to toss the producers and talent anyway. His grandfather was a closet Nazi who would have made Hitler proud.

FOX & MSNBC

SCARY! This is man of some influence but of limited vision. I have never ever had anyone force me to watch either channel. What is with this NAZI goon?

windbag

someone call the FCC on this distintively UN-American, extremely priveleged, elitist, pampered, career politician who is completely out of touch with the citizens he purports to represent. Let\'s not EVER elect any of these pasty skinned windbags to office more than once. Give them a salary of no more than $35,000 per year on the high end and force them to work a part-time job that requires actual work.

take down foxnews

I think the government should leave my news service alone. Mr Rockefellor owns 90% of the liberal media how in the world did Obama get elected? Through rockefflors favorite media sources. Let me have one service please. I thought I lived in a free country.

Fox

I mean what the heck is wrong with these people? I thought we lived in America? Aren't these guys supposed to be upholding the Constitution and our rights? This guy always has been quite the loon but this is just pathetic. Take off Fox and spend money to fund the NPR or Acorn, not. It's time for good old J.R. to just retire and spend his fortune.

Paint this in the right light

What the author of this article has done is exactly what the subject matter of the article was talking about.

Instead of attacking what the man said about censorship, which was obviously a point made in allegory, why not shine light on his "scripted message" which was incredibly valid. FOX and MSNBC each spew nonsense to millions of people in America who are too dumb to think about the issues for themselves. Like most of the people reading this article, they "can't believe this guy is in office" when the point he makes is pretty damn good.

Traitors

Rockefeller, like other progressives, should be hung for treason.

Rockefeller Skank

I didn't vote for him the last time he was re-elected, and I won't vote for him again. Foxnews wouldn't be as popular as it is if people out there didn't agree with the message they are sending.

Say what?!?

What if you were an idiot and what if you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

rockefeller

This guy needs a quick course in our first amendment rights!
Who ever voted for this jerk!

rockafeller

He is a member of the notorious Bilderberg Group. In his world their are only two classes of people....The super wealthy and the poor worker. Nothing in between, no middle class.

Rockfeller's Call For Censorship

Drop dead you lilly livered liberal.....why don't you and the other liberals/communists get out of government.....and oh btw leave us your fortune to close the national debt that you have run up..

Senator's Comments

Stupid is as stupid does. This brings to mind a famous quote, "Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought ignorant than to open it and remove all doubt." Or something like that.

Did I wake up in Venezuela today?

I married a Venezuelan woman in 1998, the year Hugo Chavez came to power. I've been a very close observer and analyst of the Bolivarian Revolution down there, and Senator Rockefeller's comments about Fox and MSNBC are not "frustrating", as you called it. They are instead offensive, horrifying, anti-American, un-democratic, and unacceptable.

His comment was an almost verbatum repitition of the accusations made by Hugo Chavez and his supporters in the months before they shut down one media outlet after another. They always used the same excuse: X media is "divisive", it is "unhealthy" for "discourse", and "democracy would be strengthened by shutting them down." RCTV, one of the oldest TV stations in the country, was forced off the air. Now they are after Globovision.

For the entire history of Television, the broadcast channels have had a monopoly on news reporting, and have slanted LEFT for decades. Now the country has ONE--just ONE--conservative leaning outlet, and the Democrats find that unacceptable.

Why? Because it is now clear that their monopoly is threatened, and thus their ability to brainwash and mislead the public has been thwarted.

That is what he meant. His comment was a THREAT, in response to the electoral slaughter the Liberals just suffered.

Danger America! You are headed toward your own Bolivarian tyranny.

Censor

One by one the libs stand up and announce who they really are, communist.

Off His Rockerfeller

What's the matter Rocky, feel too exposed? You know what's better for America? How is that, you didn;t even read the healthcare bill you loser.

Sen. Rockefeller

Sen. Rockefeller: have you not read that "Congress shall make no law abridging..."

Constitution?--what constitution?

lst amendment--what 1st amendment?

Senator Jay Rockerfeller

Here we are with another Un-Americana Liberal NUT. Since Jay has never even bothered to study the U. S. Constitution I guess he to too dumb to understand the meanings of his comments.

Wow...

He probably would have had to shut down every newspaper in the country pre-1900 with that logic. He'd better not be planning on running again with a statement like that. I can see it on quite a few campaign commericials that would get Liberals and Conservatives against him.

Jay Rockafeller

What an idiot. Just another politician, leading a sheltered life, who has forgotten that he works for the people. Just because most of us actually work for a living doesn't mean we don't have time to make our own decisions. If he is so offended by the T.V. and those talking heads, change the station, or unplug the box.

Fox News Ban

WOW!! This is what happened in Nazi Germany in the 1930's. The modern day liberal and his Nazi brownshirts in the liberal media are up in arms after their humiliating defeat on Nov 2. Expect more of this lunacy from these desperate modern day nazis!

rockefeller

idiot! this is the guy who once said "i don;t care what the people want...." the next liberal to hit the dust.

Rockefeller - Fox News/MSNBC

I have a better idea. Let's throw his arrogant ass out of the Senate. Look up the term "Limousine Liberal" in the dictionary. You will find a sketch of this moron attached to it.

And as respects (P)MSNBC, the numbers as respects viewership speaks for itself.

GOON!

This guy is a FLAMING LIBERAL that got RICH from his daddy!!! If you disagree with these people they want you banned because they don't have the BRAINS to debate you!

What idiots these people are! He wants FOX BANNED they just threw MSNBC in there to make it look even!

Go back to Hell where you came from! NO N.W.O.!!!

FOX/MSNBC

\"Rocky\" knows that the more information concerning Congressional members that can be denied the public, the easier it is for them to ignore the laws and rules that they impose on us \"common folks\". Congress and the Washington bureaucrats are the new aristocracy. Like the old European nobility, they think they have God-given right to life-long ruling power. Their arrogance is exceeded only by their ignorance of the mood of the people.

Robber Baron Scion

We would never have ever heard the name Jay Rockefeller if he wasn\'t the scion of a family of robber barons. There is no intelligence or talent that gained him that position, only the connections money buys. Read the Constitution, Jay.

Rockefeeler

Liberals are closet nazi's censor all opinions but theirs.

Rockefeller and his ilk...

The problem is not Rockefeller; he is only the symptom. The real problem is the moronic voters who reelect him term after after term...

That little bug...

Hey Jay, that "little bug inside of you"; it's the cockroach that climbed up your @ss.

Rockefeller

This man rides a high horse. He's up to his saddle in the "swamp" that is D.C.. We shall complete the siphoning in 2012, expose the hooves that trod upon us, defeat the oligarchs and then begin to live free again.

Jay Rockefeller - Take Programs Off Air

It is almost impossible to comprehend the depth of ignorance of the foundation of our Republic that is demonstrated by this statement.

Mr. Rockefeller is another example of the need for term limits in Congress.

no comparision

comparing MSNBC and FOX is ridiculous. MSNBC are a bunch of nut jobs while Fox is really a fair network.

cable netowrks

I am grateful for Senator Rockefeller's comment. The more these politians pontificate, exposing their detestation for America become obvious. "Keep on digging Jay"

Too bad so sad

Slime balls like Rockefeller want censorship because they don't want anyone shining light on the dirty backhanded stuff they do.

That is the role of fox and msnbc. You may not like either of them but they do hold the other party accountable.

Go Jay!

Mussolini would be very proud of you, you fascist jerk.

As to how he stays in office? "Vote for Jay---He's better than you"

Fox News

I bet he would love to do away with Fox News the only one that gives us the truth about the President and the Congress.

C'mon, really?

So when his staff is listening to this idea, none of them thought, hey, maybe advocating censorship is a bad idea? Here's a clue-you don't have to watch it if you don't like it. It's called freedom, man. Like, totally.

Money money money

If he has something to hide, or a political strategy that would be less beneficial for the masses (us) and you feel a little insecure about it being reached to everyone
then he should rethink his values and ethics, instead of getting rid of the outlet that portrays his values and ethics in order for his political agenda to play out.

Rockefeller's have money. They had little intervention with the "ways" at which they acquired their money long ago. Now their in a total different environment where political views are thrown out to the masses.

It's harder for him to 'persuade' those officials that he needs to persuade (for personal gain, might I add, they are the Rockefeller's and Jay Rockefeller is afterall, the great-grandson of the oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller) because his political agenda can be analyzed by the masses, us Americans. Who then compare them to what we think is best for us (this is a democracy after all, what the American people want is how it's going to be and we elect officials in accordance with our beliefs).

Down right idiot. We American's are not robots of the media to the extent that most people believe. We know how to analyze what the Media Correspondent is telling us and determine what we see to be worth while listening to.

Like the statement said, if you don't like the channel just turn it. And quit worrying about what others would be seeing.

Sen. Rockefeller Suggests Eliminating FOX, MSNBC

I hope people can see from this Senator's comments that their is a fine line between Socialism and Communism, One just doesn't have the iron fist included. When Democrat Sen. start talking about Government censoring our freedom of speech rights you know that Fox news is hitting home and exposing their plans. I don't care if your dem, repub, or indi this should scare you and cause you to look into what people like Glen Beck is saying.

"How does this guy stay in office"

Rockefeller has enough misguided constituents who continue to vote for him AND his connections to SEIU prevent a valid challenge. SEIU and voter fraud often appear in the same sentence. Not saying that Rockefeller would ever stoop to such tactics of course.

Censorship is simply foolish

Senator Rockefeller has hit on a point that all and I mean ALL American people need to be aware of. Politicans want to control the message, if they can't control the message or they lose the communication battle they look for ways to regain control of the message. Senator Rockefeller is trying to say we need to slience voices so that people can have civil discorse in politics. This translates to, get rid of the voices of people who have strong feelings (Fox News Commentators (right) and MSNBC Commentators (left)) and all that will be left is people who will parrot what we the ruling class want the people to know. Other's would confuse the message we are trying to sell. Remember anytime anyone involved with the government suggests (in my own words) that someone who disagrees with them SHUT UP and go away, people should speak out and speak louder.

Rockefeller & Censorship

Mr Rockefeller, you are one of the reasons I'm ashamed to be a democrat. You voted FOR Obamacare even though the majority of your constituents wanted you to vote NO, now you are FOR censorship by saying that the FCC should get rid of FOX News and MSNBC? You are and never have been a TRUE West Virginian now I'm thinking that you don't even know what its like to be an American! I respect the office you represent; however, I no longer respect you.

Take MSNBC & FOX NEWS OF AIR

What country does this moron think he's in?

What is in the water those people in DC drink?

Senator makes sense

Actually, eliminating these two media outlets would go far to lessen the highly manipulative political propaganda that spews forth daily from 'news' television. The networks' poll reports alone are a dangerous form of suggestion. Neither of these organizations demonstrate any true objectivity. They are mere provocateurs and shills. Anyway, if this country had a better education system, its citizens would be less fearful and quite quick to recognize hearsay.

Fox MSNBC and Rockefeller

Yes...this bird doesn't like Fox and MSNBC.... I don't like anything but Fox....so ...if I become the head of the FCC or a Senator....can I shut down all but Fox. This guy is aTraitor who should have been prosecuted for feeding strategic information to our enemies before the Iraq invasion because he didn't like George Bush... He should be in prison. Oh I forgot all Democrat politicians have immunity from either prosecution or criticism. ASK HIM WHY HE GAVE THE ENEMY INFO>>>>

RescindRichRockefeller

it is scary that this DOLT is a Senator...recommending free speech be curtailed. John Rockefeller the Fourth is almost 75 years old and a senator from VW since 1985!!! You should have Term Limited this fool in 2009, West Virginians!! Now your stuck with him another 5 years (unless you use your second amendment rights!)

Rocky's comment...

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations - James Madison

Rockefeller Comments

The government is supposed to protect our rights, not expunge them. Grope our private parts at the airport? Censor what news stations we choose to watch or listen to? Punish us if we use politically incorrect speech? What is next? The creators or our Constitution and Our Bill of Rights must be turning in their graves.

Senator Rockefeller

The first step that needs to be taken is to get rid of the good Senator. We West Virginians take the First Amendment very seriously. Mr. Rockefeller, if I don't like what a news channel has to say, I turn it off. That is why I don't watch CNN, MSNBC, and the other obviously left-biased news organizations. I, along with the majority of America, watch Fox News. Every day, without fail. Mr. Rockefeller, I promise you that I will save this story, and when it's time for your re-election bid, it WILL be brought up to the local and national networks.

Sen Rockefeller's dumb remark.

Isn't he Evil Uncle Ernie from th Rock Musical TOMMY played by The Who?

"Put on yer eye shades, put in yer ear plugs, you know where to put the cork."

How typical of a socialistic politician to want to silence th media that informs th rest of us what's goin on so we can look inta it.

If ya recall th ole USSR use ta do this. They called it Pravda. One source government controlled news media. "All the news that we want you to hear."

Liberals

If the media were required to do their job as watchdog of government and business...Rockefeller's prized president Obama would have never been elected. Rockefeller's prized unions wouldn't have been awarded billions through the stimulus. The government couldn't have gotten away with grabbing 2/3's of the US auto industry and handing Chrysler to the UAW.

Rockefeller has a lot to lose if the media would do it's job.

Typical socialist.

Jay Rockefeller

People of West Virginia, it's time for a recall!

Just say no to statism

We will not go gently into that good night

LOL@@Author

If you dont like something change the channel? That is not the point. The point is large numbers of people watching polarizing information they LIKE which in turn becomes biases that make it impossible to govern this country effectively. Censorship is not the correct option, but Rockefeller makes a good point, FOx and MSNBC need to clean up their acts.

What else is new?

Maybe he is rerehearsing Alice in Blunderland, Part 2. He is an elect official and we certainly hope his constituency can show him to the right castle.

News

I am sure taking them off would make life easier for him and other Liberal Extremists.

FOX & MSNBC OFF THE AIR

This is a great and legally correct thing to do. Both of these two weasel networks are doing nothing more than making vast illegal political contributions to their favored political candidates. You could not pay enough for this free political advertising.

It is clearly illegal and both should be stopped from directly, or indirectly, advocating for any political party or individuals: PERIOD!

Rockafeller

Has Sen Rockafellor ever bothered to read and understand our Constitution?I wonder because we do have the guarantee of Freedom of the Press meaning that Congress does not have the authority to legislate because they don't like the message.WV should be ashamend they send this idiot to Congress.

Rockefeller

How about a deal: The two networks go away, and so do Rockefeller and Obama...never to be heard from again?

No respect for our founding principles

What a completely ignorant thing to say.

It's bad enough for those uneducated and ignorant to buy into the idea that the government should be censoring speech and opinion but for an elected senator it is dispicable.

People who agree with this man ARE the problem.

He's right

Although it's a radical idea, I have to say He's right on!

Fox and MSNBC are theatre. They package biased stories as news when in fact it's propaganda for special interests and rich media moguls that own them.

The only truly unbiased news program in the US is the PBS News Hour and that's because it's publicly funded.

Rockefeller and his ilk...

As usual, the problem is not Rockefeller; he is only the symptom. The real problem are the voters who reelect people like this, term after term after term...

The 1st ammendment

I guess this leftist forgot that there is an ammendment to the Consitution that prevents this ! We laughed at Christine O'Donnel for her comments that taken in a slightly different way could have been seen as correct but likely indicated she did not know the document. She was running for the office this guy has had for years!

Figures

Wow, figures a Senator wants to shut down the news organizations exposing how corrupt and stupid government officials really are. Why don't we shut down NPR instead? Oh, sorry, Joseph Goebells wouldn't like that, it might shut down his propoganda machine!

Mr. Rockefeller

Mr. Rockefeller is, indeed, completely out of touch with reality AND the American public. He has enjoyed privilege for so long that he doesn't know any other way except his own. He is entitled to his opinion, and we are entitled to ours. He needs to be voted out of office.

He's on the right track...

I wouldn't take them off the air, but something needs to be done to hold supposed news channels responsible for reporting facts and not spewing fear, hate, and misinformation. It doesn't do either side any good and it is detrimental to civil discourse. How about people start turning the channel off. Are we that shallow that we have to watch cheerleaders for our side on a nightly basis? Every story that Fox, MSNBC, and CNN runs is so overblown and over sensationalized we have lost a true sense of an important news story. When they treat Lindsay Lohan with the same shock and gravity as an economic crisis, it's pathetic.

arrogance on display

Somebody needs to give this joker a drug test.......what an arrogant S.O.B. It also speaks volumes about the people of W. Virginia in sending a prick like this to Washington

Rockefeller the Tyrant

I wonder where the knee-jerk ACLU is when they are actually needed?

Yeah, Right

So he's saying that Congress could better serve the people, if only we didn't have these media outlets letting us know what they are actually up to?
thanks, Rocky, but I'll make up my own mind if that's OK with you.

public broadcasting

It is an especially interesting comment considering that his wife has, for decades, been associated with public broadcasting in the D.C. area.

Can the congressional billionaires!!!

These elitists still don't get it! 2010 killed thier majority! 2012 will kill the hiding thugs like this anit-freedom senator!

I suggest we tax his holdings at 95% and he'll still have millions!

Rockafeller

I\\\'m sure he would not mind giving up the lowest rated pro liberal news outlet to get rid of the highest rated pro conservative news outlet. We in Virginia are so thankful that it is now called \\\"West\\\" Virginia and not still part of the Old Dominion.

Vigilence to be free from likes of this mindless AH

and comments like this from a lowly politician is why we must have DISSENT in this Country. Surely he is not the only one who love to quash the media. Sounds like Chavez to me.

Censorship

Jay-Jay keeps getting re-erected cos he's from W. Virginia, where everything is relative.

Rockfeller

Maybe we should confiscate all of his money and give it to the poor.

FOX off the air?

Paint a little mustache on the smiling Socialist and click your heals. What books will he want burned next week?

The progressives always slip-up and reveal their true agenda....like Maxine Waters, socializing....

rockefeller censorship of fox and msnbc

I quess then, that rockefeller will decide what will be on the air and what will not. Once again, our elitist politicans know: what is best for us.

statist

what a classic militant, statist, libturd.
Throw him out of office.

Jay should go

Instead of Fox and ESNBC going it would do the Country better if Jay would take a Hike. The people in WV may wake up next election.

Senator Rockefeller

What a surprise! Senator Jay Rockefeller is obviously no friend of our Bill of Rights and the 1st Amendment. What's an extremist like him doing in the U.S. Congress? We'll just have to vote him out too along with Dirty Harry Reid and the rest of the radical authoritarians who run/ruin our lives on a daily basis.

Rockin fellow heads

Maybe he should read the 1st Amendment where government is concerned and the FREE PRESS.

He probably has little use for the antique document as it interferes with his agenda.

What about NPR?

NPR says all kinds of crazy things that are one sided from a liberal bent. Is Rocky going to get rid of them too? He should because the American Taxpayer is footing the bill.

Rockefeller's Loony Statement

This guy ever hear of the First Amendment?

And, BTW, Fox is the only news outlet that is, in fact, acting to check the excesses of government. All the other outlets are in the tank for Big Government democrats. Period.

Rockefeller

We should take Jay Rockefeller off the airwaves...permanently!

Dumbells

The Democrats answer to everything; Disagree and we will eliminate you! Free speech? Right!

When the Media scares our Politicians..

As military spouse of many years, I stopped watching CNN, MSNBC, CBS, and NBC when they floated an anti-U.S.Military story that was damaging to morale AND to our soldiers' safety WAY back during the first Gulf War. One network also edited an interview with a friend of ours (a soldier) to the extent that it changed the meaning of what he was saying - it was deliberate. I vowed never to watch them again, and I haven't. I stumbled upon Fox News, and became a loyal viewer due to their support of our men & women in uniform. When our elected officials begin to fear the media - it fills me with suspicion and distrust. Clearly, Rockefeller fears transparency, and we must now ask WHY? What is it he can only accomplish in secrecy without public awareness? Scary.

Obama is living proof

He is right the election of President Obama is living proof of the dumbing down and selling out of the news media to the entertainment industry.

The whole world is now suffering because of it.

The tragic consequences of inbreeding in elite families

Reminds me of thieves saying they could do their job better without security cameras.

Rockefellers comments on Fox and MSNBC

A a social studies teacher I am horrified at the arrogance of Senator Rockefeller. Does he think his family name makes him superior to the rest of us? Shame on him. He should resign immediately.

truth in labeling

Take a step back, look at this inbred self indulgent fool. Lets
finish what we started, constitution, what constitution, what bill of rights! From his place in the swamp we call Washington these documents do not apply to the majority of Americans only to the privileged few who never having had to really work or participate in life, feel the need to have a choir rather than a multitude of divergent voices covering all angles and sides of the story! Please Jay
move with Soros to China I'm sure you'll find their more aligned to your view point. One media size fits all.

I agree with Rockefeller

Probably not appropriate comments coming from a US senator, but it doesn't sound like he was actually proposing censoring Fox News and MSNBC, but saying we'd be better off without them. I agree. Not everyone at Fox News is terrible, and certainly not everyone at MSNBC, but they are both politically biased, some more than others. I want new coverage that covers facts, and analysis that considers multiple perspectives. I want hosts who will challenge viewpoints on the left as well as the right, and any other axis. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Rockefeller

Rockefeller, in my opinion, is a progressive communist ner-do-weller.
Look up his history and other comments.

Rockefeller

Sir, you are not our king or dictator yet. So get over yourself. Who the F**k do you think you are to stiffle free speech? You live in the USA, not Venezuela!

Rockefeller!

When younger I thought our government was filled with intelligent people...I thought. then there was Biden and then Obamaism became a real reality and I am discovering they are not so smart...they just need 'term limits'. That would solve much of the problem for 'we the people'. Also make it a law if they violate ethics rules of their office they lose their much heralded and valued RETIREMENT...ALL OF IT. That also would solve many problems.

Rock

This maggot should crawl back under his mossy rock.

Also

Throw in NPR, CNN and PBS and you have a deal!

Don't kill the messenger

He is only a representative of the people. His opinion is that of the people of West Virginia. If this wasn't so, he would not hold this position. Direct your fury at the very citizens that elected him.

He, Hugo Chavez and Sean Penn

Funny,

Wasn't Rockefeller the one who memo'd other democrats at the beginning of the Iraq war suggesting that they use the media to turn the war on Bush? What a disgusting human being. It is one of the mysteries of our existence why people choose to be like this.

Recall Rockefeller

I always thought West Virginia was unfairly tarnished as a backwards state, but Sen. Rockefeller's comments today cause me to reconsider that position and wonder, if in fact, their public school system is so deficient that Senator is either unable to read or unable to comprehend the meaning and intent of the Constitution of the United States. Because ignorance aside, the only other reason that could possibly motivate him to advocate actual government censorship of FOX NEWS and MSNBC (and folks, this is real First-Amendment-violating-government-censorship, as opposed to the challenge of surviving in the marketplace of ideas presented by consumer boycotts that is often alleged by some - incorrectly - to be censorship) is that the Senator is criminally negligent in executing his oath of office where he swore "to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic" - and that oath of office applies to the whole Constitution, not just the parts you might agree with. Of course, if it isn't negligence, then he is advocating an overt criminal act to violate the fundamental civil rights of American citizens. Regardless of the reason, Sen. Rockefeller, by his actions today, has demonstrated that he is patently unfit to serve in his current office and should be recalled by the citizens of West Virginia.

Don\'t kill the messenger

He is only a representative of the people. His opinion is that of the people of West Virginia. If this wasn\'t so, he would not hold this position. Direct your fury at the very citizens that elected him.

Show me a free press and I'll listen to you

Another way of stating Rocky's point is to say that merchants of misinformation should be stopped. I'm all for a free press; anybody know where I can find it?

let it be voted on...

OK- let us hold a vote on it. BUT- while titling it the bill to eradicate fox news and msnbc, write the thing to be that people who vote for bills they have not read shall be processed immediately through a guillotine...and then next that anyone who EVER, at any level of public office, supported or voted for Gun Control treasons, be processed immediately in the guillotine. Then we can be free!

right on

News should be news, not opinion or emotion. America is dummer because of Fox and MSNBC. Freedom does not come from not knowing the facts - Fox/MSNBC distort facts to prove their narrative - dumb idiots in America then repeat it as fact. If a station says it's fair and balanced, then it should be held to that statement. Fox would never be able to win a case in court on their fair and balanced statement - they would be proven otherwise. A class-action suit should be brought against them to prove their promotions. At least MSNBC promotes itself legally and truthfully saying they are about pushing liberal ideas forward.

The Bug Inside Him

This POS describes a bug within him that tempts him to sick the FCC on Fox and MSNBC. I have heard of that bug it called the Karl Marx tick. It is spread from person to person and can really mess up your Mind in the way it deals with the concept of FREEDOM. You get it by hanging around with Socialist and Marxists. I suggest the you wash your hand before leaving the men's rooms and put lots of paper on the seat before you sit down. In the meantime it advised that you get out of OUR Government you POS.

Rockefeller's comments

Once again, Mr Wealthy Rockefeller, you are wrong! Fox presents all sides of the news. The robots at CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, PBS, and more, presents liberally slanted news. You Mr moneybags and privelaged are a Socialist Liberal and have no business instructing any of us who or what we should be listening to.

The American public certainly dosn't get the truth or honest facts from you. You represent the worst policies in our nation.

WHAT!!!

Maybe he should stop eating cake long enough to read the consitution?

As citizens, we are paying a price.

What he really means is "As Democrats we are paying a price." We finally have an outlet beyond the MSM that tell us the truth and the Libs can't deal with it.

crazy

Wouldn't it we easier to just remove Cockeffeller from office?

Rockefeller\\\\\\\'s comments

Once again, Mr Wealthy Rockefeller, you are wrong! Fox presents all sides of the news. The robots at CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, PBS, and more, presents liberally slanted news. You Mr moneybags and privelaged are a Socialist Liberal and have no business instructing any of us who or what we should be listening to.

The American public certainly dosn\\\\\\\'t get the truth or honest facts from you. You represent the worst policies in our nation.

rockefeller

What a pompas ass. Who cares what your opinions are. The most ignorant statement I have ever read. Americans are fed up with your elk.

Observation

Censorship is bad. Period. But if you wish to turn off the spigot of lies and misinformation, you should seriously consider censoring President Obama. Seriously, 90 percent of what he says is either a flat out lie or is intended to mislead the sheep.

Rocky MUST go!

Please demand that politicians and government bureaucrats support the Constitution. Insist on the freedoms and liberties the God of Nature gifted you with. Resist the tyranny of the selfish small-minded fools who would rob you.

And this is suprising coming from a Rockefeller?

Instead of his great grand daddy trying to restrain trade and have complete control of rail roads and oil production, this one will try to restrain and control media content.

The "Bug" Inside Him of which he speaks

This POS describes a bug within him that tempts him to sick the FCC on Fox and MSNBC. I have heard of that bug it called the Karl Marx tick. It is spread from person to person and can really mess up your Mind in the way it deals with the concept of FREEDOM. You get it by hanging around with Socialist and Marxists. I suggest the you wash your hand before leaving the men's rooms and put lots of paper on the seat before you sit down. In the meantime it advised that you get out of OUR Government you POS.

Intolerance?

Yet another example of political intolerance from the left. This is pathetic.

Sen. Rockefeller Suggests Eliminating FOX

Guy's like Rockefeller don't like fox because you get the truth there, the whole truth, not partial reporting, or no reporting at all on many subjects, why he doesn't like MSNBC is a good question, they are one of the biggest reasons why this country does not get the truth about the democrats

the privileged speak without the privilege of a brain

the rockefeller family exploited the American working class for years and never paid back. They still believe that such privilege allows stupid thought on their part and brainless conclusion.
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this jerk should resign and the liberal classless elite should just shut the "f" up.

Free Speech

This maggot is longing for the days of Walter Crankcase and Don Ratherless. Cronkite turned the the 68 Tet offensive into a great victory for the NKVD. Actually they were totally beaten and never again appeared in even regimental strength. But there was no independent networks and the SOB presented it as a US defeat.

Thankful that one of them is dead and the other disgraced.

Freedom of speech obviously at risk

I tried leaving a message on the "Senator's" phone, but it was full (I wonder why). The "Senator" has crossed a line that cannot be retracted. He has the impression that he is a "ruler", not an elected official. The arrogance and elitism is becoming too familiar with our elected officials, and is becoming a matter of great concern. This should be a wake up call to the citizens of this country. Our consitution is under assult by these career politicians, and we need to take our country back. Wonder why the "Tea Party" is becoming so popular? This is one of the many reasons why.

Rockefeller

In stead of taking Fox/MSNBC off the air maybe we should remove this idiot from office. His problem is he cant stand having Fox point out all his failures as a Obama's "rubber stamp" and put his failures as an American in the spotlight.

Screw PC

It had a bad childhood.... Google most vicious dog and deal with the facts! American Pit Bull: This notoriously vicious dog is responsible for the most human deaths of any other dog in America.

fox & msnbc comment by Rockerfeller

It's a frightening thought that such Americans have let our basic freedoms, the foundation of our country be comprised by allowing people like this to stay in office and any position of power.

FCC

If Rockefeller wants to restore faith in government he should leave its employ.

NPR

Meanwhile, the left continues to get government funding. Don't you just really hate these guys in DC?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/17/proposal-defund-npr-wins-gop-anti-government-spending-contest/

House Democrats on Thursday rejected a GOP proposal to cut federal funding to National Public Radio,

Stupid communists

Sorry comrade, you have failed in your mission to subvert the constitution. Hopefully the congress will convene and sentence you to death for being a tool of communism and essentially a bloated liberal idiot who doesn't know when to keep the gob stopper shut.

Woops wrong rant! Ahhhh

They do need so real news, and some real politicians.

Jay Rockefeller

This political hack needs to go. He has never worked a day in his life and now he has a problem with the First Amendment. Little Jay-Jay needs to take a moment out of his privileged life to read the Bill of Rights. He can then return to his mansion, sit in the corner of a room, and no longer be a bother to anyone.

Rockefeller sux dog ballz

What he really means is that he wants to get rid of Fox so that the politicians can continue lying to the American people and get away with it. It won't work - the internet is here now.

censorship

Of course Rockefellow wants to shut down MSNBC and Fox News. He knows that is how we find out what is really going on with politicians. Think of what they could get by with if the "little people" were kept uninformed.

Rockefeller comment

Why doesn't he first start with NPR, Huffinton Post,and Soros' foundation TIDES, New York Times, Newsweek --- or better yet why don't they just turn the mic's off in congress because all we get is spin and spend.

Comrade Rockefeller

To paraphrase an old time politician, "Rockefeller is one of those guys who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth on third base and he thinks he hit a triple!!!!

What a Bozo

Blame this clown's career on the voters of his state. How many times have they elected him and sent him back to DC. A person should have to take an intekkigence test before they can vote. His state would be minus representation. Or, maybe a voter in his state should have more than 5 teeth. Dumb people electing dumb people.

rock

The Drudge Report Crazies have turned yet another mundain story into a "marxist democrate" story. I am sure you all agree with censoring MSNBC, but not Fox.

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Listen how he combined a true point (fed up with the left-right paradigm) with the evil attack. Notice also how he revealed his underlying plans by supposing "slim channels", an euphemism for destroying the free press and turning it into a propaganda machine.

No thanks, Mr. Rockefeller-Goebbels!

This guy is NO better then Goebbels.

JayJay's Fox News MSNBC comment

Start by first eliminating government funding to NPR the worst least balanced of all the news outlets.

RockerNutCake

This fool has never had a job or had to worry about paying the utilities or putting food on the table. He hasn't a clue to what's going on around him. Major POS!

Fox News Comment

Another example of an Elite Democrat that has been in office way too long..........FIRE HIM

Alolf Rockefeller

Well, Sen. Rockefeller, stopping fascists like you from telling us what we can and can't say is EXACTLY the reason the First Amendment was ratified. Even if (especially if) the purpose of the speech is to criticize idiots like you.

Big talk from one of "life's lottery" winners

Perhaps if this trust-fund ass-hat ever had to work for a living, he wouldn't be so interested in taking away others' livelihoods. And, no, I'm not affiliated with either organization.

Rockerfeller

Rockerfeller wants the public to be completely ignorant and uninformed! No one is forced to listen to anything on TV.

Does the FCC even have jurisdiction?

Um, the FCC can't pull their broadcast license because they're on CABLE. Mr Regulator needs to read the regs.

Rocky

I eagerly await this dickhead's obit

Oh yeah, that's fair

So in the interest of "fairness" he wants to get rid of both MSNBC and FOX. That means dumping a liberal network with virtually no viewers along with a hugely popular network and the only place on TV where conservatives get a voice. Ah..The workings of the Democrat brain and those who pay it homage.

Rockfeller

I do believe that things would be much better in the news if we as West Virginians would vote Rockfeller out of the US Senate. He with all his liberal cronies are the problem.

Rockefeller

Clear evidence that great genes get diluted as the family lines continue to breed.

Is this not left-wing totalitarianism? What is he thinking?

Gets in the way of political discourse? Other view points than his own, ARE political discourse. That of course, is his problem. The left does not like other viewpoints. Rockefeller's favorite president cannot stand criticism, and would like to silence any dissent. So as a member of the liberal elite he slips and lets us know who he really is.

This is dangerous rhetoric, especially from a US Senator.

We need to on guard in the coming months, as opposition to the far left becomes more concrete given the election changes in their monopoly over their disastrous domestic and foreign policies.

ignoramus

How does he stay in office? Easy, he's a Democrat. With them disdain for (and complete ignorance of) the Constitution is not only tolerated, but encouraged.

What?

And just whom would he like to purvey the news to the US. Him? FOR GODS SAKE, HE IS FROM NY. That says it all. A better solution is to get rid of NY, CA, Chi,IL, news and let them implode from within like Detroit.

West VA are you paying attention?

I hope that all of you from West Virginia are paying attention to this. You have an idiot for a Senator. His solution to the truth being expressed by patriotic citizens is to silence you. Vote him out when his term is up.

Rockefeller vs FOX

Don't like it? DON'T WATCH IT!!!

Rockefellar's Moronic Comment

another fine example of the kind of village idiots that we manage to elect in America.

Rockf*****

Down the line was a phone number for him. I didn\'t check to see if it works or not, but everyone who works for me in the government should give out their phone numbers, (notice the plural there) and we should be allowed to fill their ears when they make crazy talk like this. This man has a silly look on his face, and it makes you wonder if he ever gets out much.

Cable News

Rockefeller is a Douche Bag and should learn what the 1st amendment is all about.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Resignation? Retire?

NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

How about Jay takes a ride through a woodchipper?

CENSORSHIP

and this is news? How many other Dems. have the same opinion? Didn't Jon Stewart say Obama should be a dictator for awhile? Michael Moore? Jessica Waters? They mean business. They want the state to tell you when and where you can say something and who you can listen to. They want to tell younhow much electricity you can use,when and what to eat and what mediciations you can take. They get all the power.

Jay Rockfeller re. Fox

I guess he wants us to join him in watching The View. The sure are unbiased.

What a left wing wackco. It shows how too much money can screw up your kids.

Free Speech

Mr. Rockerfeller has put on one the most "Anti-American" displays ever witnessed in our history. I will bet you this man hasn't performed a minute of work in his God forsaken life. He has no idea what being an American is all about. It's very sad when we elect fecal matter like this to Congress.

elites

What a shocker!!! Another of the ELITES telling what to do.

Censorship

Senator Rockefeller: Did you forget about that pesky little First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

It seems the American people still have work to do in cleaning out the United States Congress.

Unbelievable that a Member of Congress would make such a statement.

Rockabilly

You are from W VA aren't you. Heres free speech at it is best. These forums are the bomb as the new kids say. Oh yes, Free Speech. I had forgotten what I wanted to say, but it came back. Go jump in a dry lake head first. Wait, you head has to be somewhere else to say something like this. Makes all W VA people look bad. My best friends is from there and she'd like to kick your A**.

The fallacy of liberal elitism

@right on: "America is dummer because of Fox..."


That, my friend, is ironic. LOL!

ROCKSFORBRAINS

First, FNC & MSNBC aren't on the "airwaves", genius...

Second, I wonder if Rocksforbrains ever heard of First Amendment...or maybe "Freedom of Speech"...

And the FCC has no control over cable television...if brains were dynamite, Liberals couldn't blow their noses!

TERM LIMITS is the only answer for these incompetent clowns.

Rockerfeller

This guy is no fool. He is a brilliant actor. He is just pretending to be a depraved, anti-American, deranged, brain dead fool. He is filling his role with near perfection.

Firs Amendment

Mr. Rockerfeller is everything that people abhorr, and find very much anti-American. Send Mr. Rockerfeller to Iran, China, North Korea,or the local outhouse
and see how much he'll enjoy himself there. Purely pathetic
pile of crap we have elected to office. We voters need to learn to avoid electing crap like this.

Correct, but misguided

He is correct that eliminating Fox News and MSNBC could improve political discourse and civility (though the crazies on both sides would just flock to other "news sources" to tell them what they want to hear, at a great profit, instead of looking for reasoned, civil discourse). He should not have said that the FCC should or could have any role in doing so.

Rockefeller

FOX news does the best at presenting the news in a fair and balanced way. The only reason there is even this discussion about FOX supposedly being biased is because of the Overton Window tactics used by progressive elitists - such as Rockefeller. MSNBC is biased. Fox News is not. Now that we've established this fact, I totally disagree with Rockefeller, neither network should be taken off the air. Cased closed. Out. Over. Next...

Jay Rockefeller

How about We The People seize Rockefeller's wealth and deport him to an island somewhere?

Rockefeller

Hilary...I lost my coffee through my nose when I saw your comment...my thoughts exactly! lol..ROckefeller's are immune to good and bad times. He has no perspective on life. Obama's worse. He's take FOX off and keep MSNBC....no worries though . Ownership of MDN turns over in January. It'll be changed and gone as it is now.

Most of these guys are morons..and if they aren't when they're elected...they soon become idiots. Nothing can get done. As for the last poster on ridiculous networks with ridiculous topics..it's called freedom of speech. Don't watch.

Too much credit

If you've ever seen him being interviewed, you know that Rockefeller simply is not very bright. Of course that makes him liberal, but he's simply not aware of things like facts, information, and freedom of speech. He's simply not smart enough to realize the implications of what he is saying.

All he knows is that he doesn't like people to have facts and information that show what a fool he is. He can't respond to his critics by arguing facts, political philosophy, and the consequences of his actions, so he just wants all of that to go away.

Poor little Rocky!

Rockefeller

The left doesn't really care if MSNBC is silenced because they still have NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN not to mention all the major news rags. Of course they would be willing to trade a cable channel with almost no viewership for FOX. How much corruption has FOX exposed in the last few years that otherwise never seen the light of day.

Freedom

J. is a democrat isn\'t he? What do you expect, that he have respect for freedom? While he is at it, maybe he should try to take the vote away from most of the great unwashed masses (like me)? What a bunch of a-h@@@ we have in Washington DC. The saddest part of all is that many people in the MSM will agree with him.

offhisrockerfellow

What say we get rid of any powerhungry progressive punks and leave the first amendment be...

Misinformed

Someone should probably inform the esteemed (if not overly intelligent) Senator that neither Fox nor MSNBC utilize the airwaves. That's why they're referred to as "cable" news networks. LoL :-)

censorship

"There's a little bug inside of me which wants to get the FCC to say to FOX and to MSNBC: 'Out. Off. End. Goodbye.' It would be a big favor to political discourse; our ability to do our work here in Congress, and to the American people, to be able to talk with each other and have some faith in their government and more importantly, in their future." It is censorship comments like this that have me concerned about our country's future. The political class forget that they are in office to represent the people and not to lord over the people. Something is very wrong....

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

JAY ROCKEFELLER & FOX NEWS CHANNEL

PERHAPS THE SENATOR SHOULD SURVEY HIS WV CONSTITUENTS, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM LIKELY WATCHING FOX REGULARLY.
APPARENTLY HE THINKS HE KNOWS HIS CONSTITUENTS BETTER THAN THEY KNOW THEMSELVES. HE'LL BE CORRECTED THE NEXT TIME HE STANDS FOR RE-ELECTION.
E. SMITH, WEIRTON

stock ownership

does the Senator have stock in CNN?

Rockerfella

He cnnhihan't do math. Eliminating CNBC is worth about 1% of the vital news on FOX

Typical

Rockefeller considers himself to be one of the elect and therefore really does not believe in freedom of the press or freedom of speech. He believes in them in so much as he agrees with what is being said. His type is scary and right now they are in charge at the White House.

Typical Liberal

I don't know what's worse: that a US senator is ignorant about the FCC or that he thinks he knows better than me on what I should or should not be listening to.

JAY ROCKEFELLER THE CENSOR

I've always wanted to kill censors, wherever they exist -- but I'll cut Mr FatCat Jay Rockefeller some slack. I'd like to see him naked, bound, and gagged and standing on a rickety old chair with a noose around his neck --- and whenever it struck my fancy, I'd like to tickle his axe with a feather. Did I leave anything out?

Rocky is wrong yet again

The difference between Fox,MNSBC and you Rocky is simple.
I am sensible enough to switch on or switch off either station Its my right.
With you I dont have to do either because you never have anything intelligent to say so I am not concerned over your blathering - at least you are not missed or wanted in California

brave

How brave of a person to try to be the absolute best excuse to bring back assassination.

Bill of Rights

"Congress shall make no law" .. Ever hear of that Senator?

Another controlling USELESS political

Where do these "OVER PAID" SENATE clowns get off telling the American people what they should or should not view on any form of electronic media.
The F&*ker is so disengenious using the FOXNEWS and MSNBC example to forge his agenda to most likely as a Dem have the FCC dump FOXNEWS.
Then the SOB won't back the ZEROING out of a real piece of crap that WE PAY for being "NPR", after they dumped W Williams.
God could solicialism and the marist agenda's be any closer to EVERYONES front door.
Someone ought to send this communist a message that wakes his sorry A%* up.
Its a fact, these PIGS are of NO VALUE to the hard working American people.
All this pretty faced mule has is the ability to pedal pork and spend our hard earned tax dollars. Him and GOOFY in the WH, who can't stay in town long enough to do his job.
Goffy thinks Airforce One is his own private SUV with spinners.
This Senate clown thinks his pretty face is to be on TV to tell us what to watch, what to eat, what to drink, where to go, what to spend, where to work and who to vote for and or what union to belong too.
THE AMERICAM PEOPLE NEED TO GET THEIR HEAD OUT OF THEIR TUSH and STOP putting this Senate wind bags, and sloppy women in high offices.
Sorry folks but this wind bag makes me want to puke everytime I see Him.

Jay boy vs.

With miscreants like this representing his posterity, John D. Rockefeller must be turning in his grave.

Rockefeller

Hi. Obviously, this fellow's statement is idiocy. Speaking as a quasi-Democrat, I not only resent his clear violation of the First Amendment, but also the stereotyping going on in these responses from some of the folks here. Not every Democrat is a tree-hugging Marxist just as not every Republican is a gun-toting fascist. Please. Moderate your minds.

Jay Rockefeller

Fox News has performed a valuable service to the American people. For Rockefeller to say Fox should be pulled from the air is plain wrong. West Virginia voters should turn this guy out of office at their next opportunity.a

Rockerfeller's bug

A bug up his WHAT?

Faith in the government?

Intellegence Committee

I live in West Virginia the guy is crooked. Jay was the Chairman of the Intellegence Committee during the invasion of Iraq. He is the one who gave Bush the information about WMD's. Jay is the one that lies about the WMD's he's the one whom should have to answer why he said Saddam had WMD's. All Intellegence flow through him before it gets to the president.

Rockefeller

I am a lifelong WVa resident. Jay Rockefeller is not.

Many years ago the Rockefeller patriarchs looked at a map and asked, "Which of these fifty states will be the easiest for little Jay to use as a springboard to the Senate"? Their finger landed on WVa.

JDR is not the first carpet bagger to come to WVa for political reasons. His family has now bought too many WVa elections to count. He doesn't deserve to represent any state in the Senate.

His Fox diatribe is all about the American people rejecting his party. He's like the little kid whose mom takes away a toy so he sits in the corner and wails.

It describes almost all of the democrats. "What do you mean I can't be in charge, I'm entitled." Not any more Mr. Democrat. We've got Rush, Fox, the bloggers and all the rest and we're not going to take it anymore.

"disturbing social stability"

In China they just threw a girl in prison for "disturbing social stability" in a twitter post.

Perhaps Rockefeller should go to China and study how they deal with their discontented serfs. If he likes it maybe he should stay.

"Get Fox News and MSNBC off the air"

Hey Senator, have you got a list of books we can burn, too. How about a contract that states, "Jay Rockefeller is so much smarter than me that I would like him to process all of my current events and opinions for me and just regurgitate what HE thinks I need"

Rockefeller's "Little Bug"

Hmmmmm. Could Rockefeller's "Little Bug" actually be his wife, Sharon, who has been the head of the DC area PBS station WETA for the last 30 years??? ALL tax funding for PBS and NPR should be ended, and those liberals should be forced to compete with FOX, MSNBC and all other commercial members of the media.

The Ghost of Robert Byrd

The logic behind this is as follows: MSNBC's ratings are falling off a cliff. Fox News ratins are best ever, surpassing CNN, MSNBC, and the others. Fox News is rated the most trusted news source. Why does Rockerfeller want them off the air? They are the ONLY network that calls them on corruption and their agenda. Cutting them both off is a win for Progressive democrats.

Rockefeller misguided

The Senator should know that Fox News and MSNBC are "cable" content and do not come under the jurisdiction of the FCC. Cable shows are not prohibited from saying anything they want as evidenced by Bill Maher and others. It's free speech and that's that Senator.

Rockerfeller's Comments

"It's frustrating" you say? How about scary, appalling, subversive...take your pick, but frustrating is way off base. The pols are so incredibly out of touch and we continue to pay them for being so. Time for a clean sweep with Jay first to get the broom.

Sen Rockefeller

Well he belong to the same family
that love to have nice lunches with the Dictator Fidel Castro and if I recalled right paid for the land for the United Nations.

Fox News

Has Sen. Rockefeller read the Bill of Rights lately?
Does he respect EVERYONE'S right to free speech?
Does the Sen. believe that he represents the majority of Americans?

Shame on him!!!

media

That is trully facist, totaterian, dictator, Maxist, communist have been used for a long time. I am very happy that he shows to American people he really is. Having lived in communist country now I saw the Democrat and liberal people are not really different in their ideologies besides they take advantage of the rules of law for their own gain regardless what people think or say. It is the time to defund NPR and PBS, the propaganda, liberal, democrat party machine. If they are good at it then make it good and sell it cheap to the market to compete with other industries. Do not let them get their hands in your pockets which you get from hard work. If they make things bad and sell at high price, then people is not going to buy.
Time to stop these political, cuture gabage machines, NPR and PBS

iq test

why would a senator get up and say a blatant rule violation of the constitution? be cause he does not want unfiltered truth to come out. he wants places like npr or air america which flopped because they could not get sponsers. so we have npr to be air america for the democrats. by the way why should we have to fund a radio station? why cant they just learn to survive on their own in america. because very few listen to their talking points dribble!may be rockefeller should donate to keep npr on, his daddy was really rich. if he wants to. do not force stuff on americans. that is what got you a shalacking on nov 2

jay Rockefeller

His father was a nice, down to earth guy, but Jay is an ass. Pompus, self-congraulatory, beyond enabled. I can only think that the people of his state re-elect him because he is from 'the Rockefeller clan'. Take him out and shoot him.
Sorry Sharon

FCC vs Fox and MSNBC

I'd personally like Logos (the Homosexual channel) removed from cable. But that's not going to happen either. And I'd like to make all those "adult" films be available for free! Sen. Rockefeller doesn't know the difference between over-the-air broadcasting and cable carriers. That's pathetic; then again, does he know he represents West Virginia and not Manhattan?

WOW

The only comment that makes sense for this article using my first amendment rights is that Sen. Rockefeller is an idiot...and not a small one. A very large one.

Rockefeller says take Fox and MSNBC off air

Sounds like the old days of the Kremlin---what is this guy off of he meds? Americans will not tolerate anything of this kind---

Why am I not surprised?

So...the man thinks that CONgress could more ably do their job without us little serfs interfering as a result of us little people having access outlets that alert us as to what they are up to?

Does he not know he would have to shut down the internet too? I get my news from MANY sources, not just a couple.

What a dolt!

The American people are inventive enough that if they shut down one or two outlets, three or four more will immediately pop up.

How about this Mr. Out of Touch? How about you FOLLOW the CONSTITUTION of the United States of America instead of your liberal and narcissistic leaders and friends?

Did you not hear the oath of office you swore to uphold?!?

Comments

After you get rid of FOX and MSNBC, let's work on CBS, ABC and NBC. I understand that the two first can be sometimes extreme, but tell me Washington and the Dems were not participating in name calling and that President has been on more TV shows that he ought to consider his own progarm 7 days a week. Maybe Wshington should take over the networks, sure they will only tell both sides of and issue, YA THINK.

News

Politicians think people are idiots. Let me make the decision of what I want to watch.

Senator Rockefeller

With Senator Rockefeller's comments about FOX and MSNBC it sounds like he wants to be Barry Soetoro's Czar of Propaganda. I guess like a lot of democrats his opinion about the 1st and 2nd amendment should be eliminated.

Fox & MSNBC

Jay we need jobs not you worrying about stuff like this.. either get to work or get out of the way!

Rockyfella

Just because these tow cable channels can find nothing good to say about you and your less than stellar career does not mean that you can deny them their First Ammendment rights unthe the U.S. Constitution. Maybe it's your feeling of superiority because of your status from being Senator who happens to have done nothing during his career but if you read the Constitution (you can read can't you? You don't have staff, paid for by the taxpayers who also pay your inflated salary, to do your personal reading because you feel it's beneath your dignity do you?) you will find you do not have the right nor the power to eliminate media channels because they don't like you and are not impressed by your position.

Back to U.S.S.R.?

I grown up in the former USSR and this remark by Senator Rockefeller is, like a postcard from my past. Government and Communist Party were in control of what the people should and shouldn't watch and hear. It was constant non-stop propaganda and brain-washing and we didn't believe anything they printed or said, even if ocasionally it was true.
I hope it will never happen in US, but lately I see too many similarities and it scares and saddens me.

Rockefeller

I used to think this guy was just the slow child of an important family. Now I think he is actually dangerous. Don\'t these people take an oath to uphold the Constitution?

I really dislike MSNBC and it\'s point of view. I will never tolerate the government attempting to silence them. Someone wake the Senator up.

5 people own all the media

This is all about limiting Free Speech. After all, censorship is everywhere. The gov’t (and their big business cronies) censor free speech, shut down dissent and ban the book “America Deceived II”. Free speech for all.
Last link (before Google Books bans it also]:
http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000190526

Thursday Humor

"FOX news does the best at presenting the news in a fair and balanced way."

Now THAT'S funny! You do the best at masquerading nonsense as a reasonable opinion.

censorship

I know this elitist was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Now he has one in his nose. This man is and always will be a Marxist.

Ban Fox; Msnbc

What an arrogant S.O.B. Coming from somebody who has never worked a day in his life, spoon fed from his Daddy. Who the hell are you to tell anybody what they need to listen to. What needs to happen is for the Good People of West Virginia to vote your worthless ass out of office. How do people like you get elected anyway?

censorship of speech

Just wait a while. Obama will be appointing a communications czar next who will oversee the television and radio news. It's coming, so don't act surprised when it does.

rockefeller

We all know what he is and where his views are aim towards. i think all the press should be outlawed and only news reporting should be allowed with no editorials.. we the people then get the info and make up our own minds .....

Recall Anyone

An elected official calling not only for the censoring of stations watched by millions of Americans but the outright banning of those outlets. Fox by any standards did a great job on election night. MSNBC presents a far different view of the news then Fox. So he wants both sides of the story BANNED. This rich out of touch elite jackass should be banned from Congress and brought up on charges. He swore to uphold the Constitution but wants just the opposite. Does the phrase "Congress shall make no law" sound familiar Mr. "Bozo" Rockefeller??? Retire you old fool.

Rockafeller on Fox.

Listen Rockafeller,

If you ever watched Fox News you would know they present both Consevative and Liberal viewpoints and commentators. Oh, yes they do. This is typical for an uninformed politician such as yourself.
If Fox news goes, then so do Democrats because they lie, cheat, and steal.

rockefeller

Whoppee! Let's start burning books too!

Rockefeller the Cretin

Yeah, I can tell you what kind of bug is up your azz, you putz. It's a Communist bug, that's what. You Bilderberger, CFR, Trilateral Commission, Federal Reserve-lovin' THUG! Maybe YOU should be taken off the PLANET, you piglet, WAY before FOX or MSLSD gets taken off. You make me sick. W. Virginia actually has places without running water and electricity, which YOU could pay for YOURSELF out of your POCKET CHANGE, you hypocritical thug! Go straight to HELL, and don't pass GO, and DON'T collect $200!!

Fairness Doctrine

There used to be a thing called the fairness doctrine. It's time for it to come back. In order to be called news, both sides of the story must be addressed.. all the opnion guys can go somewhere else.


But then I guess no one would watch it.

What Are They Afraid Of?

Why is the political left so afraid of an open forum of ideas? Restricting the volume or diversity of messages we receive is not a solution to anything. FOX News and MSNBC are not going to bring down the country. When government becomes involved in controlling messages the public receives, it is time for revolution.

Jay Rocksintheheadfeller

How very partrician of you Senator - thank you so kindly for permitting us to eat cake - how are those nasty XOM dividends treating you nowadays anyway ? Whata fool ..

Faith in our Government/Faith in our Future

Well, this elitist thinks HE knows what I should be watching and listening to. Reread the Constitution, Sir. YOU have taken an oath to protect it from all enemies foreign and domestic. Own a mirror? Look familiar?

What?

Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that the fine Senator's plan is constitutional (it isn't). This plan makes the assumption that all remaining networks, broadcast or cable, are objective. CNN has shilled for the left for decades. They like to pretend they are objective over there, but it just isn't true. The broadcast networks? All of them were in the tank for Obama in 2008 and all of them were vociferously anti-Bush and anti-Republican before that. None of these networks gives the slightest respect to conservatives or their causes. They may, from time to time, throw them a bone, but conservatives are generally treated with contempt and apprehension by the liberals that dominate ABC, NBC and CBS. Mr. Rockefeller knows that, by eliminating FOX and MSNBC, he has effectively slanted everything back to the left, right where it was before FOX arrived.

Shades of Chavez!

In case you don't remember:
Chavez's government revoked the licenses of 34 radio stations, and in March 2010 arrested the president of Globovision, the only remaining television on public airwaves critical of Hugo Chavez.
The Government evidently knows better what the sheeple need...

Stupid pols

This clown is in office because he passes out money as if it was candy.The majority of people who voted for him are recieving goverment handouts.

Rockefeller's new censorship of cable media.

Typical useless opinion by the elite wealthy by way of inheritance that is to censor free speech. This guy needs to get a real job, probably never had one because he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth! Useless pseudo public servant!

Out of Touch

Just shows how out of touch the man is!
He should also be out of office!

Rockfeller's stupidity

Here we go again with another liberal jack ass spewing garbage. Public Radio is paid for by the government and is a mess. Fox and MSNBC are private and none of his damm business. I am a lover of all things Fox and even though I don't like or watch MSNBC they too have a right to stay on the air. I hoped after this election the Dems would get the hint. But no they won't believe that they lost ground and votes because of all the stupid things they did-no they want to blame the news networks. Next election we should vote all the joke Dems out and keep them out. And by the way Repblicans-we are watching you to.

Fairness Doctrine?

Some poster suggested the reinstitution of the Fairness Doctrine. It is scary that anyone would even suggest that as a solution. The Fairness Doctrined did not promote "fairness" as its name implies. It effectively stifles debate and opinions, because it is not profitable for media outlets to try to even out all political messages which come from their microphones and cameras. Just think for a moment how a network has to apply such a law. It must track everything that is said on its airwaves and try to make sure a counterpoint is provided. It must always have an opposing guest whenever any guest utters an unexpected political opinion. Plus, this law effectively gives the right of interpretation to the federal government, who would decide whether something is "fair" or not. This, of course, would depend on which political party controlled D.C. at the time. Also, network news shows were never subject to this law, so Katie Couric and her ilk would be free to present the news in biased fashion just like thay always do.

Jay's little bug...

Damn that pesky First Amendment!!!

Senator, you should be ashamed of yourself. That's what that "little bug" should be saying to you. I am ashamed of you. You demean your last name and your heritage. I can only hope the voters of West Virginia will remember your dishonor at the time of your next election attempt, when they say to you "'Out. Off. End. Goodbye."

hello Marie Antoinette

Let them eat cake... The revolution is coming you pompous ass. I guess this is how you act historically when you lose touch with reality.

Rockefeller

This is just another Democrat giving transparency, just like Obama promised us. If it weren't for Fox news we all would be like mushroom living in the dark and feed all their BS.

Faith In Government

Mr. Rockefeller wants the media eliminated in order to increase our faith in government? So, if they can hide what they are doing, he believes our faith in government will increase?

Some of the media has been raving about Marxism. We have czars appointed to do the bidding of Obama, and now they want to hide their workings on our behalf. This is very dangerous indeed.

The commentors are sheep

While I am completely against government interference, Fox news is 50% made up for increased ratings this has been admitted by fox heads on a few occasions, MSNBC is the same thing but on the liberal side.

Faith In Government

Mr. Rockefeller wants the media eliminated in order to increase our faith in government? So, if they can hide what they are doing, he believes our faith in government will increase?

Some of the media has been raving about Marxism. We have czars appointed to do the bidding of Obama, and now they want to hide their workings on our behalf. This is very dangerous indeed.

Rockefeller

How does he stay in office? Because he is a democrat in the democrat-controlled state of West Virginia full of people who consider only one thing when they vote - "Who's the democrat?" In West Virginia Satan himself could be elected if he ran as a democrat. I live in West Virginia and I have never voted for him and never will.

Airways?

Sure take them off the airways. However they aren't on public airways they are on cable where the FCC has no jurisdiction! As far as I know the Communications Act of 1937 has never been amended to include closed circuit systems.

rockefeller

OK West Virginia.....the country is wathing YOUR Senator advocate stifling the press. Are you going to stand for this or are you going to, in 2012, finish the work that was started 11/2. Get this jerk out of there. Let him go sit on one of his estates and talk to himself.

Liberal knucklehead

Since Jay's family made their money on the backs of the poor we need to take all his money and redistribute it. If he wants socialism then lets give it him.

Jay Rockefeller's comment

How about eliminating half of congress. The Democrats, Rinos, leftist, progressive, socialists. We'd all be richer and more free without them.

Comrad

I believe Jay has a point. I would take it one step further putting commentators in political prisons. Worked well for Stalin.

Term Limits

It's comments like Rockefeller's that make an ever stronger case for term limits. These clowns in Washington have totally forgotten who they WORK FOR!

Rockefeller statement

I observed a quotation recently, stating "You can't fix Stupid but you can vote them out of office". This might be an appropriate course of action for Rockefeller, as I think it applies here.

KOOKAFELLER

better to eliminate him from the Senate

Can I say this?

Can I say Rockefeller is an asshole here. Give me back my first amendment idiot.

Of course he would sacrifice MSNBC to get rid of fox

Of course this Libtard woule sacrifice MSNBC, which almost no one watches, to get rid of Fox, which millions watch. Fox is the only voice for the center right in this country anymore so of course he wants them gone. This guy is a good case for term limits.

fox msnbc

Which networks did not challenge or correct these recent factual (not spin, not interpretations) errors?
1. Obama's trip cost $200M/day - Bachmann
2. Federal employees make average of $120,000/ yr Paul
3. More $$ have been spent in last 2yrs than in ALL other previous years in American.
history Cantor
4. IRS Revenue goes DOWN when taxes are raised. Pence
5. Taxes will go up on businesses that have more than $250,000 GROSS income. Michele (gross?/net) Bachmann again.
Did Fox news point out that these are just wrong, as wrong as saying the sun comes up in the west! Fox NEWS? WTF

KOOKAFELLER

Better to eliminate him from the Senate

conflict of interest

Rockefeller's wife is Sharon Percy who just happens to be the CEO of WETA Public Broadcasting, which you and I fund.

Rockefeller Has No Clue

Rockefeller should know, but clearly doesn't, that both Fox News and MSNBC (and also CNN and CNBC) are CABLE NEWS outlets who do not use "the airwaves".

They do not "broadcast" on the airwaves. They cablecast, which means these outlets are not subject to FCC oversight or control in any way, shape or form.

But let's not expect our representatives to know basic facts about what the FCC controls and what it doesn't.

No Way, Jay!

I find it unbelievable that a Senator with the years of experience as Jay Rockefeller has, could suggest such a blatantly UN-American act, such as censoring and/or removing ANY cable news channel, be it Fox, MSNBC, etc. I'm beginning to believe that Senator Rockefeller is using that new product 'Constitutional Toilet Paper' to wipe his pompous ass, just like that Kenyan loser in the White House. Jay is either a closet fascist, or has slipped into early dementia, but the bottom line is: he's got to go, if this is his view of the First Amendement.

Funny ....

FoxNews & MSNBC aren't "on the airwaves" anyway...they are cable stations...

*sigh*

Next he'll be telling us about how the 'Internets' are a 'series of tubes' that he helped Al Gore invent.

God, deliver me from such fools as Rockefeller.

More Dollars then sense!

It looks like Rocket Man has had a case of premature ejaculation of the Mouth! His mouth was moving but his Brain's not working!

I'll make a bet...

... that this elitist snob wouldnt know which end of a pickax to hold much less how to wield one. Never had a real job in his [or his daddy's] life.
He DID go to WV and BUY that senate seat.

It's these snob progressives/leftists/"compassionate" people that really think we're a bunch of idiots that need their benevolent direction.

SHOW HIM and his ilk we dont! Vote them out next go-round!

Jay R's stupid remark

Uncle Jay, if you havn't noticed MSNBC is already off the air in everything but name.
Remember that old logic question from grade school, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there does it make a sound?" I think that question also applies to MSNBC.

Rockefeller

I think this is an exaple of early onset Alsheimers and the man shoud be pittied. Yea right.
He has been voted in time after time after time by showing up around election time at the REMAINING STEEL MILLS, NRA EVENTS AND COAL MINES IN WVA. He preaches the same song year after year and still the jobs still just keep going away. Yet the people still vote him into office.

the elite snob Rockefeller

Rockefeller, it is suggested he drop dead. There is no comparison between msnbc and fox cable channels. Rockefeller, is not good for America. Rockefeller, does not hold America's values. The internet has shown how shallow Rockefeller is!!

Rockefeller

Good grief West Virginia. You keep electing this moron. What does that say about the good folks who live there? They aren't paying attention, that's what and JayBird wants to eliminate those who are paying attention, Cable news. I plan on calling that numb-nuts's office even though I do not live in W.VA.

Censorship

Another democrat pulling off their mask and exposing their thirst for a dictatorship. This is America not a communist country. There should be no censorship of the sort he wishes. Incredible that he has no hesitation to reveal his desire for control of all media & a wish to censor the voice of others.

MEDIA

Its easy...force Fox and MSNBC to apply for \'advocates licences\' where is is clear that they represent only their own point of view and do not pretend to be objective.

Censoring media

If they are going to get rid of Fox and MSNBC, then they should get rid of CNN, ACB , NBC and CBS. As they are all very one way or the other. Actually except for Fox they are all very left wing. So basically he just wants to get rid of FOC because it has an opposing view to the others and MSNBC because it is about to go down the toilet anyway. HE doesn't like competition.

Sen Rockefeller's intemperate diatribe

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
WV could use a new senator that has actually read our Constituion

Bergerbelsen

The Bansksters that are woven into our political system sometimes speak. Here is one. Corrupt, greedy monsters all. When will we be able to audit the Fed MR. Rockefeller? When will Bernacke pay the US taxpayers back the taxes that the bankers swindled from us? Election 2010 did not go far eneough by a@amn site. Throw them all out in 2012 or we are doomed to servitude.

Rockyfeller coment


Went to my dad's grave, and told him how his fighting in WW2 might have been in vain. We all thank soldiers for fighting for our freedom-to express ourselves, freedom of speech. Yet, I bet he has never watched any of the shows on Fox or MSNBC. Let's put muzzles on stupid politicians, who have passed their prime.

Sen. Rockefeller Suggests Eliminating FOX, MSNBC

Hey Rock,

No deal. FOX is worth a mutliple of 100 compared to your cable outlet. Who TF do you think your dealing with?

Your still not off my list spilling the beans to Sadam. You Sir should just STFU.

Madison

There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects.

There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction: the one, by destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence; the other, by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests.

It could never be more truly said than of the first remedy, that it was worse than the disease. Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.Federalist 10

Sen Rockefeller-The Constitution

Makes me wonder if Sen Rockefeller has ever read the Constitution... First Amendment ???
I think what he really would like to do is shut down Fox. MSNBC is just the fodder to make it look non partisan, since so few actually watch MSNBC. Has This Senator held a real job ?

Who's a FASCIST ?!?!?


If you ever wondered which side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!
If a Republican doesn't like guns, he doesn’t buy one.
If a Democrat doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

If a Republican is a vegetarian, he doesn’t eat meat.
If a Democrat is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

If a Republican is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
If a Democrat is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.

If a Republican is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A Democrat wonders who is going to take care of him.

If a Republican doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Democrats demand that those they don't like be shut down.

If a Republican is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A Democrat non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.

If a Republican decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it..
A Democrat demands that the rest of us pay for his.

If a Republican reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A Democrat will delete it because he's "offended".

Instead of always calling the right fascists, perhaps the left might look up the word and the history of fascism; or they could just bring it all back like they seem to want to.

jayr

as frank zappa would say jay, "you are the slime oozin' out from my tv set". i wish that i could excuse this idiot's remarks for the remarks of an idiot but he is just one of many that is working to hobble our country. in my neighborhood the only activity this troll is qualified to perform is give my sister's donkey an enema with his head.

Rockafeller

They say the rich like to inbreed and I think Jay is living proof

Senator

They ruined a perfect azzhole when they put teeth in your mouth.

people

While I agree that both of these cable networks spew misinformation to their loyal zombie viewers, they still have the right to it. The answer isn't to shut down a "news" channel but rather pray that people will become intelligent enough to think for themselves. One can dream, right?

ROCKY'S WIFE

His wife is likely a marxist as well - she runs a lefty NPR station - both in bed with Georgie-boy Soros - she probably wrote the idiot un-American's speech.

rockerfellow

looks like the dimmer krautz are at it again

Rockefeller

Shouldn't there be a blood test for altzheimers if over 60 and serving in congress?

1ST Amedment

what happened to the us constitution????????????? He should be shipped out of the country.

We deserve the morons we elect

Yhis dude would have made a good Nazi. Best way to protest elitist morons like this is STOP VOTING FOR HIM!

Rockefeller

Hmmm, let\'s see: MSNBC has a few hundred thousand viewers, and Fox News has a few million. Another,typical liberal thought process: sacrifice a few of their own to effect a lot of the opponent. Nice start of another control-campaign by the left...

Blood of tyrants

\"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is
wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts
they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions,
it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ...
And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not
warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of
resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as
to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost
in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure.\" ~TJ. It\'s pretty obvious who the tyrants are here :)

Censorhip

Eliminating corporate propaganda isn't censorship.

Why

are you disappointed?These out of control Marxist have been saying stuff like this for years!

Obama-\"I think that when you spread the wealth around, it\'s good for everybody.\"

Anita Dunn-\"two of my favorite political philosophers Mao Tse Tung not often coupled with each other, but the two people I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point......

Maxine Waters-\"Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal will be about socializing...uh, um...Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.\"

Rockefeller

Get up. Stand up for your rights.
These clowns work for us, and get to set their own salaries, healthcare and retirement benefits. Now they want to censor cable and airwave content.
Time to start reminding them who they work for. Wiretap all of them.

Considering Senator Rocky Fella's FCC Comment

I believe the Good Democrat Senator has finally gone from wanting to be a disgusting Rich Democrat to wanting to be a great Laeder in the World. So to you Senator... "Seig Heil" and a salute too.

Rockefeller

This idiot is a United States senator?

Rockefellar on FCC taking Fox and MSNBC offair

This is a prime example of what is wrong with America. Attacking freedom of speech if you don't agree with what they are saying. Mr Rockefellar, you are not an American, you are a communist if you want to limit free speech.

Censorship by the left

This miscreant clearly does not understand nor uphold the 1st Amendment to the US Consitution. What a complete moron! The time has come to vote this idiot out of office! What a complete boob!

Rockefeller comment on Fox/Msnbc

The last train left the station and Sen. Rockefeller missed that one too. How do these people get elected over and over again. Any elected official who thiks tey can take away our basic rights is a moron and should resign.

Censorship by the left

This miscreant clearly does not understand nor uphold the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution. What a complete moron! The time has come to vote this idiot out of office! What a complete boob!

As Bugs Bunny Said, "What a marooon!"

Mr. Rockefeller, when you took the oath of office to protect and defend the constitution, you did not get to pick and choose which amendments you liked. That pesky 1st Amendment thing is fine, unless you don't agree with the speech. Mr. Rockefeller, get a clue!

Take away the choice.

If you take away the choice, you control the people. Did this guy read Orwell's "1984" and see it as a how-to manual?

"I don't like Fox/MSNBC. So they shouldn't exist, because they don't say what I think they should!"

Well - it's a good thing YOU don't get to decide what's out there! And if you DO grab at that power, you're going to find your little filching fingers singed!

Rocka-follar with the dollar

Rocky, take your money and run, we are fed up with your idiotic idealistic, unrealistic beliefs. We believe in free speech and our rights to express our beliefs. You need to RETIRE and let people who respect the American's right of free speech run this country. Leave, you, Pelosi, Dodd, Reid, and Frank. Our country cannot afford your misguided and misdirected anti business and anti american attitudes any longer. We are fed up with it. Didn't you get the message in November???????????

Conflict of interest PLUS blatant hypocrisy of the Left

The Democrats in Congress just voted down a resolution to defund NPR so taxpayers of all ideological persuasions must continue to pay for the far left agitprop of Rockefeller's wife's employer, while at the same time this trust fund liberal publicly calls for the elimination (censorship) of media companies that are wholly privately owned. (And don't be fooled, look at the video, Rockefeller clearly says Fox News first and then almost as an afterthought throws MSNBC to try to make it look like his is not an ideological jihad. It is. The socialists in congress will shut down all non-approved political discourse just as surely as did the National Socialist German Workers Party. Hold onto your hats folks, this lame duck session may get bumpy.

Congress

If you observe very closely, you will detect incest among the Congressman/women. A lot of look alikes up there.

Jay Rockefeller

Poor guy. He must be getting senile if he thinks that free speech, no matter how offensive, can be curtailed in a true democracy.

Qustion is: Do we actually have a true democracy anymore with all of our limitations on public speech and behaviour?

Hi Jay

Democrats take all they can get and contribute nothing. Democrats can\'t stand on principle because they have no principles. Democrats only want to silence the opposition because discourse with the opposition is just too hard.

Resign now!!

Resign now you political hack...What is going on in this Country. Yeah, I bet Fox or MSNBC it really making it hard for these fools in office to keep shredding our constitution. What a joke.

Remember when the news was news?

So this guy is a crackpot obviously who doesn't even understand the FCC's jurisdiction. However, maybe we should just all voluntarily turn off cable media. I personally believe it's made us more divided than ever before. Maybe every conservative isn't a racist, redneck idiot with no education. Perhaps ever liberal isn't a God-hating, socialist out to destroy America. Perhaps we just have differences in opinion. Long Live the U.S.A!!!!!

Did he check his brain at the door?

Of course this comes from a Dumbacrat. 'Liberals' at their finest. Dem Motto: "When someone disagrees with you, first scream at them. If that doesn't work, off with their heads."

Sen Rockefeller's campaign to get rid of Fox

A very realible blog has done the research that MRS ROCKEFELLER is part of the board of PBS/NPR. He should have recused himself. But did you hear about this from the lib MSM----NO!!!

Okay ...

MSNBC falls on the sword. FOX news disappears, so we're left with all left wing agenda. Not!

J. Rockefeller suggests censorship

The photo of senator Rockefeller has him appearing as a stupid fool. This morning he opened his mouth and removed all doubt. What an unqualified dunce!

jay rockefeller

How does this progressive idiot get reelected? I give West Virginia more credit than that.

Censorship

The problem Ryan is you state the obvious and your preaching to the choir. Sen. Rockefeller sounds like a duck so he\'s certainly a quack but you need to call a spade a spade. The headline of your article should have accurately reflected the senators words and his expessed opinion. How about something like \" U.S. senator Calls For First Amendment Ending Shutdown of FOX News and MSNBC by Government\".

Rockefeller is retarded

Gee, I\'m sorry King Rockefeller is offended by honest discourse. I\'m sure he\'d sacrifice the scurrilous and irrelevant MSNBC if it meant knocking off the giant FOX news from the airwaves. He doesn\'t give a damn about what the PEOPLE want obviously. The ratings says it all, but this snivelling, whimpering lap dog for the Soros machine doesn\'t care. He reminds me of the hockey coach who does not have a legitimate scorer in his line up but he\'s perfectly happy sending out his goon to engage in the opponent\'s star player so they both get sent off the ice. It\'s disgusting, pathetic and par for the course for spineless liberal viruses like Rockefeller.

Its a shame brains aren't inherited like money

Folks, this is all a red herring!

MSNBC is an inconsequential non-player, while FOX is a heavyweight. The libs would gladly sacrifice one triviality in order to rid themselves of a very significant rival.

MSNBC: who cares?
Fox: the libs can't stand it. LMAO!

Jay Rockefeller

Citizens should vote Rockefeller out of office. I can't wait to watch that on Fox News.

Bid landowner Jay

Are you ready to give away the many acres, an acres , an acres, let said thousands of acres you own in the Catskills ( Livingston Manor, etc) to the poor!!!!!!!!
YOU FOOL.

Elitist Bastard

You can fool some of the people some of the time but you just gave up your cover! You are a snot nosed bastard and your position on how our country is to be ran is a perfect example how you nave aligned with Nazi Piglosi and the Muslim in the White House! Your money does mean a thing because when you die you will be nothing but worm food along with the people that have nothing!You need to come clean and apologize to the Good people of this Country! How dare you try to tear down the Constitution when you swore an Oath to Serve and Protect it!

Bid landowner Jay

Are you ready to give away the many acres, an acres , an acres, let said thousands of acres you own in the Catskills ( Livingston Manor, etc) to the poor!!!!!!!!
YOU FOOL.

censorship

The liberals are defending censorship! I LOVE IT!!!

The New Fascists

"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..." The fact that a federal lawmaker, who swore an empty oath to uphold the Constitution, would be okay with unelected federal agencies silencing speech he disapproves of, only shows how far the rot has gone among these careerist parasites like this Rockefeller clown.

Senator Rockefeller

Senator John Davison Rockefeller IV says: “There’s a little bug inside of me which wants to get the F.C.C. to say to Fox and MSNBC ‘Out. Off. End. Goodbye.’ . . .”

His wife, Sharon, is the C.E.O. of WETA-TV, the PBS station in Washington, D.C., which competes with cable television.

Senator Rockefeller, that’s not a bug inside of you, it is a THUG inside of you, and it is a part of your natural genetic make-up. You are the great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller, the ruthless, cut-throat founder of the Standard Oil Company. From him you inherited, not only your money, but also a strong hostility toward pesky competition and your thuggish approach toward those who cross you.

Anyone who reads The History of The Standard Oil Company by Ida Tarbell can see how the morally degenerate (enemy of the First Amendment) grand-son derived from the morally degenerate founder.

Moron

Unfortunately this idiot isn't up for re-election until 2014. Hopefully their new Senator will switch parties in the meantime.

Moron

Unfortunately this idiot isn\'t up for re-election until 2014. Hopefully their new Senator will switch parties in the meantime.

Rockefeller

Anyone who believes that either FOX noew or MSNBC should be taken off the air by the government doesn't belong in public office. You can't ge more un-American than to suggest that The First Amendment doesn't apply to anyone, regardless of your agreement or diagreement with their views. Rockefeller needs his head examined and then an American History lesson.

rocky

Needless to say that Rockefeller is an idiot. The clown has never had a real job and I don't know what the hell the West
(by God) Virgians were thinking when they elected this clown. I have some kin in WVA and they are good people but Rocky, my heaven, what a jerk.

Little Bug

Senator, that "little bug" has a name. Effete Snobbery. Or if you were saying this in Germany a few years ago "cleansing the airwaves." You're thinking aloud gives me the willies.

Disappointment in lack of leadership

What concerns me is the absence of any input from the other members concerning these statements. I'm not surprised that the other members sat in silence and I believe this is fallout due to how well the republican candidates did in the last election.

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law "respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, infringing on the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances......

Part of the oath of office for these Senators is that thy promise to defend the constitution, yet they have publicly called for a repeal of the first amendment when it comes to the freedom of speech when it comes to addressing the grievances against government policy. All that is being asked is that the electorate hold their representatives personally accountable for the activities they support while in office. I'm sure they find this inconvenient.

I personally would like to this as an example of how well they stick to their word, since Rockefeller openly suggest they be denied their first amendment right. Since the other members of the bench sat in silence, they too violated their oath to defend the constitution and are not fit to hold office. Shame on them all and the morons that keep electing them into office.

Silver spoon elitist

"our work in congress" and "to the American people". Notice how it isn't the peoples work and FOR the American people.

Report the News

Maybe he was saying that because they are both so biased--Fox toward the republicans and MSNBC toward the democrats--that we should find more news sources that actually report the news, instead of their political view of the news.

Radio must be next?

First he says he wishes the internet was never invented, now he wants cable censored, radio next? Bet he has a Fidel Castro bobble-head doll on the dash of his stretched armored limousine. He misses the old slavery days where reading was illegal for the serfs and there was less means of revolt through critical thinking. The Secret Cabal is becoming public and someone does not like us seeing the emperor with no clothes on....

$$$$$$$

This man moved to WV just to use the Democrat machine in that state to acquire office. His name has been his greatest asset in life... because he surely has no redeeming qualities that would qualify him to hold his position... except name, and I almost left out$$$$$$$$!He shows his disdain for any opinions that don't fit his elitist views.

Sen. Rockefeller Suggests Eliminating FOX, MSNBC

What do you want from a puppet master of the NWO? What he says is just revealing his nature, that he and others of his ilk, skillfully hid for years behind a liberal mask. These are tyrants, but in a panic mode, when the time is running out and they have to throw out a smiling, sweet liberal mask.

Rockfellers

All Rockefeller s are idiots. They paid for the land where the UN is standing!!

Ending first admendment.

West Virgina.... embarassed yet? How long must we suffer this fool?

Virginia Military Institute is ashamed of you.

Rocketfella

"We have journalism that is always ravenous for the next rumor, but insufficiently hungry for the facts that can nourish our democracy. As citizens, we are paying a price."

Well, he got that part right, albeit a couple of years late.

What Rockefeller actually said

Apparently, no one actually watched the video including the media who are reporting on it. The comments about ending Fox and MSNBC were clearly not made in earnest but in a tone of kind of melancholy wishful thinking. Senator Rockefeller's excoriation of the media was never out of line. The most disturbing part was where he said that if the FCC could not get control of the content of cable TV, the government would do it for them. Unfortunately, the tone and content of comments on this website suggest that Senator Rockefeller's assessment of the "dumbing down" of America was exactly right.

Rockerfella comment

Because he's a democrat. Basically, democrats HATE free speech. It's just too easy for them (republicans) to say things that they (democrats) disagree with!

I see this ALL the time. They just can't stand the idea of anybody saying anything, or thinking anything that isn't in lockstep with their thinking.

(Now, watch all the libs complain about this post, I'm tell ya, they hate free speech)

Jay Rockefeller

Senator - Jay - Pravda - Vladimir - putin Rockefeller
has FORGOTTEN what Americans including my dad
FOUGHT in WW-2 against!

Commie Rockefeller

Senator - Jay - Pravda - Vladimir - putin Rockefeller
has FORGOTTEN what Americans including my dad
FOUGHT in WW-2 against!

Rocketman is a Communist

Look at everything that has happened in History and you will see that this man has aligned himself along with the Democratic Party to tear down America and especially the Constitution! They are taxing everything to the point we have Become Slaves to the Government! They are building the Power to the Unions and stealing our Freedom! I say "NO MORE" and it has to stop! WE have the Power and we have the Guns and we have the Vote! Do you think this man cares about you and your family! If you care about anything you should care about your Grandchildren because at the rate the Democrats are going their going to say "Why didn't you stop them from taking away our Freedom"!

FOX

FOX was the only network not to cover Obama's talk with the GOP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1-jasxb7NY

Why? Because Obama shredded every Republican who was there to play politics rather than talk about the issues. FOX engages in the same sort of bad politics. FOX makes me ashamed to be an American.

If Bush had a talk with the Democrats, you better bet that would have been broadcast by all networks. That would have been good TV.

FOX gives me hope

FOX was the only network not to cover Obama's talk with the GOP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1-jasxb7NY

Why?

If Bush had a talk with the Democrats, you better bet that would have been broadcast by all networks. That would have been good TV.

Totally unbelieveable!

I can't believe that a sitting U.S. Senator would say such an asinine thing. Did he suffer a temporary lapse in judgment? He's now in the same category as U.S. Senator John "Swift Boat" Kerry.

Jay Bird Rockhead

this little fellow has lost his beans his needs to be checked out for a ASmerican limus test or something. He sounds like a man who wants to burn books and burn newspapers and burn the eyes out of people heads if the see the things he doesn\'t want them to see oh yeah what about ears oh my that is next. okay he needs to leave congress now so he needs voted out fpr the protection of our eyes and ears.

Millionaires in Politics

The big problem in this country is we have too many brainless millionaires in the Senate. The passage of the Seventeeth Amendment to the Constitution permitting the direct election of Senators was the biggest mistake we ever made. It is time to repeal the Seventeeth Amendment and go back to a system where Senators are selected by other people with brains rather than the mindless mob.

Elinimate CableNews Networks

If you do not realize it by now we are being ruled by political gansters, and they are Democrats and Republicans. They disregard the U.S. Constitution as they are just interested in increasing their power, confiscating more of your income and eliminating individual rights.

Rockefeller on Shutting Down Fox News

It's simply outrageous that an American elected official is so dismissive of free speech. Each day we're subjected to the ravings of another liberal who's lost his mind.

Rockefooler

He would like to say goodbye to the constitution too but that would be suicide to admit even for him. Whenever a free exchange of ideas take place conservatism prevails every time. That's why liberal media just can't compete. What's MSNBC?

End Slanted News

I feel truly blessed to live in a country that constitutionally guarentees the \'right to speak freely about anything\' to everyone. What is presented as \'appalling\' on one network might be applauded by another. Ultimately, it\'s MY right to decide WHO and WHAT to believe.
Not the FCC, and certainly not Mr. Rockefeller.

Rocky and Lurch

Did anyone else notice that Lurch Kerry...wow that man has plastic hair... nodded his approval when Rocky wet his pants while on the mic? They are much smarter than us...They live on our money...we keep sponsoring their pet projects....global warming ...EPA....Wetlands Act...Endangered Species Act...OSHA...Obamacare.....and on and on and on. They have been eating us one bite at a time...

Another one for the chopping block!

He is evil along with his evil cronies!

C'mon WV! Great rid of this parasite!

People here are sick.

I actually agree that FOX and MSNBC should be banned from public viewing. Consequently, the morons that are dividing this country of whom are racist bigots tend to comment here browsing Drudge links. People in this country have nothing to do these days with their free time than to be tools.

FCC

The FCC has no control on cable networks.... just airwave broadcasters, such as your local TV or radio station. That is why potty mouths like Howard Stern can say anything he wants on Sirrus/XM and not on Infinity broadcasting which is carried over the air on local stations.

Rockyfeeler

The only censorship that would be acceptable is generous amounts of super-glue to dopey\'s lips.

Jerk

Rockefeller! What a fucking jerk, did it ever occur to this dip that we are disgusted with this congress for a reason?

Rockefeller censor

The United States is not aristocratic Europe. We are not ruled by members of the lucky sperm club, or any other single man or woman. Vote this man out of office. He obviously has deep contempt for ordinary Americans conducting debates that "complicate" his sheltered existence. I do agree that MSLSD (MSNBC) is a waste of airtime, but I support their right to speak.

Rockefeller IV

His name IS Rockefeller--why doesn't he just buy Fox, or have the Rockefellers lost most of their money?..Elected in 1984, he's up in 2014. Nelson R. advised "Jay" to try a political career in a small state--his $$ would go further. (The Council for a Livable World strategy; run radicals for the Sernate in small states: Biden of Delaware, Church of Idaho in his young days, Abouresk and McGovern in SD, etc. Only difficulty is that more than one can play at this game and explains why thousands sent money came to Mass. to help Scott Brown become US Senator.)
The remark does imply that Jay R. is "losing it" and maybe should retire and maybe get a show on NPR for his talents.

Sen. Rockefeller Suggests Eliminating FOX, MSNBC

Politicians like this sorely beg the question; where are term limits?

Really?

An AMERICAN politician urging that voices of dissent be quashed. Really? WTF? This is really disturbing. We need to get this dangerous pos out of office as soon as possible. Let's start a fund. clamc@yahoo.com

Wow

Maybe we should just silence all news and information outlets, broadcast, Internet, Paper, Books...all of them and just let our elected officials take care of US all. Bullcorn!

monopoly

Can I just point out that he was referring to the elimination of the companies themselves, not their censorship.

Don't we all remember how the media outlets have been consolidating into giant behemoths intent upon capturing their share of the consumer markets?

This statement makes sense to me.

As it is, these huge, heartless CORPORATIONS are the ones CENSORING for their OWN AGENDA.

Rocker..Fella

Someone should tell this globalist that the FCC does not/can not regulate cable TV

"cable television" is really swell!

Ummm, Foxnews and MSNBC aren't on the airwaves. They're on this newfangled thing called "cable television." Just connect your Philco set to the "cable" and you'll be all set. You'll think it's really nifty! Then again, maybe not. Lots of colored folk on there.

JackAss!

This idiot lives in the same commune with Pelosi! Throw this guy in jail with Rangle; what a communist!!

old fashioned tar and feathering

Don't waste any words debating Mr. Rockefeller. Good, quick old fashioned humiliating tar and feathering might get his attention.

Did Anyone bother to go to the original article in NYTimes?

It saddens me to realize so many people make knee-jerk responses to one author\'s opinion, instead of finding out what the Senator\'s comments were actually about and how they could actually affect any of us.
Many people picked out only pieces of the author\'s opinions to glum onto. Go back and read the last couple paragraphs where he agrees with the Senator\'s scripted statement.
I don\'t have any connection to Rockefeller and don\'t know his stand on issues but when I read this article, as well as the original, I see that what he said is being spun out of control. I do know a little bit about how congressional proceedings work.
In Congressional hearings, legislators on the committee (as well as witnesses) may make scripted statements that are then included into the official proceedings records. These are usually written by staff and the legislator to convey the official\'s position on the subject being reviewed. In addition, during the proceedings, probably before or after the official statement is read into the records, the person, in this case Rockefeller, might make additional comments, usually something more personal or spontaneous. In this case, Rockefeller shared his frustration with the TV stations on the extremes of the political spectrum, which he felt preyed on the \"entertainment\" value of making statements, instead of actually making sure all the statements are actually facts that can hold up to critical evaluation. Critical evaluation is the only thing that separates fact from opinion. He was stating his personal opinion.
It would be like the difference between wishing you could live at Disneyland and actually buying Disneyland so you could live there. One is a wishful thought, the other can be substantiated or refuted by further evidence.
So, in the author\'s rush to show his disapproval of Rockefeller\'s words, which were only a wishful opinion, the article implies that Rockefeller intends to force the FCC to do something. Rockefeller is NOT implying he is intending to do anything, just stating an opinion. None of us is going to lose either station or have any first amendment rights stripped. He was actually exercising his own right to express his opinion. Somehow it seems none of you believe anyone who disagrees with you should be allowed an opinion. How ironic! Please check out the original article. go to the NY Times website and enter \"Rockefeller\".
Then head to your local library, bookstore to borrow or buy a book on critcal thinking skills, or enroll in your nearest community college or university and take a course in a critical thinking skills(also called Logic) course so that you too can learn how to tell the difference between someone\'s opinion and facts that can be substantiated. It will help you to think for yourself in a world filled with lots of opinions touted as facts. Good luck!

WTF !?!?!?!

There is no excuse for this a-hole. None. We need to get rid of him ASAP. His thinking is a danger to anyone who values freedom. Is there no one in W. Virginia to run against this unamerican embarrassment? Absolutely the most disgusting thin to come out of a US Senators mouth. Ever.

he may be right

There's a little bug inside of me which wants to get the people of West Virinia to say to Sen. Rockefeller: 'Out. Off. End. Goodbye.' It would be a big favor to political discourse; those who believe in feddom, and to the American people, to be able to talk with each other and have some faith in their government and more importantly, in their future."

The Rockefellers

I thought the Rockefellers were all dead. And that their inbred offspring were all brain dead. I guess this proves it true.

Worthless!

C'mon West Virginia, why did you vote this Commie in?

Moron

Does this esteemed Senator not know that the FCC has no control over cable TV. You would think something so simple would not have escaped his high powered elite brain -- but nooooo just too busy trying to derail the first amendment. Go away jerk!!

Backwoods

Hain't they always been a little 'backward' in West Virginny?

Rockefeller Fox news comment

This is just another typical Democrat that has a problem with freedom of speach.This is really scary, this guy should resign from congress now.Sounds a little
like Hugo

Blue Bloods

There is just to much freedom left in this country for the elites of DC. Not content to chattel the future of our children under a debt of trillions, the Rockefellers would gag all who object.

West Virgina Senator Jay Rockefeller

Senator Jay Rockefeller heads a Senate Committee/Sub-Committee, that must approve all New Automotive Engine Technology. When David Rockefeller passes on, Jay Rockefeller is the person most likely to take David Rockefeller\'s place as Head of the John D. Rockefeller Family Fortune Manager. David Controls the J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, and Exxon Mobile. Suppose there was a New Technology that enabled an Automotive Engines to have No Octane Requirements for gasoline, and No Cetane Requirements for Diesel Fuels. Just a couple of years ago, Exxon had the Biggest Profits of any Corporation in the History of the Entire World! Exxon\'s profits are due to a Sweet Heart Deal the Big Four Anglo-American International Oil Corporations have with Saudi-Arabia. Then there is Jay Rockefeller in the perfect position to Block all New Automotive Engine Technology, such as The Mann Diesel Controlled Combustion Cycle, which enables Diesel Engines to run on Kerosene, which can be produced at Twice the Rate of Gallons of Motor Fuel per Barrels of Crude Oil, as can Diesel Fuel be produced from Crude Oil!
There is a similar Controlled Combustion Cycle, The Texaco Controlled Combustion Cycle which has No Octane Requirements, and can use motor fuels which can be produced at Twice the Rate of High Octane Gasoline, per Barrel of Crude Oil. If the U.S. Government were to mandate that all new Automotive Engines used one of the Two Controlled Combustion Cycle Engines, either the Mann Diesel, or the Texaco Gasoline, the Imports of Crude Oil for Automotive Engine Fuel would drop by One Twentith or more the First complete year of operation, and the same amount for about Twenty Years. The U.S. and the World would No longer need Crude Oil from the Mid-East, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, or Kuwait and the other Persian Gulf Emirates. Crude Oil Prices would steadily drop. These Controlled Combustion Cycles are not New, President Richard Nixon was going to mandate that all new U.S.Automotive Engines use them: the Cycles were perfected during the First Nixon administration, by University and Independent
Research Laboratories. But Big Western Oil opposed these Cycles, as they would drive down the price of Crude Oil to the production costs of Saudi Arabia, according to an Article in Barron\'s Magazine in 1976. These were also reviewed in Popular Science in 1976! The Western Oil Industry plus Soviet Russia, and Mexico. all dependent on High Oil Prices, joined together to force President Richard Nixon to resign, by the means of Character Assassination. The Crypto-Communist New York Times did the main job on President Richard Nixon to protect the Communist Soviet Union. Communism is a Jewish Heresy according to Professor Orthodox Rabbi Jacob Neusner. People that say they are Ethnic Jews only, are likely Marxists, if not Marxist Leninist s! A Communist rejects Moses rules in Deuteronomy 6:4-5: \"The Lord your God, is One God! You shall Love the Lord your God, with all your Heart, with all your Soul, and with all your Strength (Might.)\" This is the basis of Judaism and Christianity. The New York Times protected Imperial Germany: when its European Correspondant learned from and Interview with the King of Prussia, Kaiser Whilhelm, that Imperial Germany was planig a War of World Conquest, It listened to the Prussian Ambassador, and did not Publish the interview in which Kaiser Whilhelm revealed Imperial Germanies Plans to Conquer the Entire World! The NYTimes did not inform even the U.S. Government! As many people know the Communist Party of the U.S.A. shut down its \"Daily Work Newspaper,\" changing its name to People\'s Weekly, an ideological training ground for Young Communists. As for the Communist point of View, the New York Times is Far Superior Representative of the Communist Viewpoint, compared to the Old, \"The Daily Worker.\" Three Organizations, if they had joined together could have led protests and succeeded in blocking Adolf Hitler from coming to power: these are The New York Times, the ACLU, The Anti-Defamation League! People should blame the Holocaust on the NYTimes, and act accordingly! The Forcing President Richard Nixon form Office, caused a population loss of One Hundred and Fifty Million U.S. Civizens, as a result of the Oil Industry Economically forcing Abortions from 1973 to the present, November, 2010!

the final step into communisum

the senator is pushing for government taking over free speech one of the last steps to end freedom in america

You guys are all on the same page. congratz

the whole reason you don't understand what he's saying is because it's directed towards people like you. you get up in a big gang, and control everyone else into believing your point. he's not saying that we should get rid of the news stations because they have their own opinions, and his differ. He's saying that we should get rid of them because they're twisting and shaping news to fit their opinions. It's not giving all facts and information so the public can shape their own views, it's just giving some facts and providing enormous amounts of commentary to fit their opinions. you can't really take them off the air, and i think he knows that, but i would personally love them to be taken off, or not legally fit the definition of a "news" channel. unfortunately, rupert murdoc is an evil, rich sob that has too much control

rockeffer

What do you think is behind his statment. Just his name states who he is interesting in protecting, and it is not the average person.

Relax People

As usual the media takes something out of context. He wasn't talking about the FCC really taking them both off the airwaves. They're both useless bandwidth for thinking people, but the FCC isn't going to do anything, it's protected speech, Rockefeller was just giving his own idiot opinion, not saying he was going to introduce a bill or something. Anyone who gets all their news from either of those two "institutions" should probably take a step back and realize how dumb that is, and how many times in their lives they've regretted not hearing both sides of the story

Term Limits will solve the Rockefellar, McCain etal problem haunting US citizens...

Term Limits will solve the Rockefellar, McCain etal problem haunting US citizens...

Term Limits NOW!
We will castrate the political parties next.

Rockefeller's wife heads up public television in Washington, D.C.

Rockefeller's wife heads up public television in Washington, D.C.
did he forget to TELL US THAT!!

Rockefeller Center for Censorship...

Apparently, he, like many Dems, missed the message sent by the American People. Congress is the problem!!!!

Second, I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to slip in an earmark to create a Center for Censorship, but the sad truth is, if he had his choice he'd ban only Fox.

Rocker

I hope the new senator from WV can keep Mr silver spoon from making the people of WV look really ignorant.

JAY

Unfortunately I live in this pos senator's state, people who know the man personally are amazed at how incredibly stupid he really is.
If it were up to him, the Democrats would dictate every minute of our lives. When Hillary tried to ram the monstrous government healthcare down our throats the first time, dipstick Jay, on hearing 80% of the public opposed it, said , "we don't care what the American people want". I suppose since they passed Obamacare, he has been proven right.

FCC Rockefeller

What country does this elitist fool think he is living in?
China or North Korea?

POWER NEEDS IGNORANCE

The Left needs ignorance (and fear) to grow its power. Without the light of truth shined on their propaganda, they can and will subjugate the people. This is their goal.

It is the Left who strives perpetually for censorship ("Fairness Doctrine") and less information out there rather than more. They know their failed policies would be marginalized or dismissed by a learned, enlightened public.

Rockefeller pushed censorship on global warming

Rockefeller showed up at meetings at Exxon to push that company to only fund the left-wing pro-warming side of the global warming debate. Exxon subsequently increased funding for the warmists and cut off its small amount of funding to those who challenge the climate orthodoxy. Controlling who gets to speak is Rockefeller's MO.

Absurd!

How this man has managed to stay in office is beyond me....hopefully he will be voted out next time around. West Virginians are not stupid and just being a Democrat won't keep you safe Mr. Rockefeller...we went Republican for President the last two elections...and if Manchin doesn't do as he has promised he'll be out in 2012 as well...

OFF HIS ROCKE(R) FELLER

YEAH, LETS GET RID OF THE 1ST AMENDMENT WHILE WE ARE GETTING RID OF THE 4TH. MAYBE WE CAN THROW OUT A FEW MORE. ZEIG HEIL!!

We Da Hoses

The pimp masters in Wasington goin take away my Foxes! Man how I'm going pay for my new ride bro! This uppity white cracker needs to come down for some fun, can you dig it dude! He so white he almost see thru! Give me a break bro I needs this gig!

God forbid people know what you're doing!

"It would be a big favor to... our ability to do our work here in Congress." If your "work" is so great, publicity should not be a problem. Here's a thought - we don't want you to work! Go home. All of you.

On one point the Senator is correct...

I have to agree fully with the Senators statement that, "We have journalism that is always ravenous for the next rumor, but insufficiently hungry for the facts that can nourish our democracy."

However, one must also self-examine one's own priorities, and decide whether knowing who is winning on "Celebrity Dance" or the other horrid reality porn out there today is a positive addition to one's life.

Consciously expanding one's attention span, and developing a thirst for useful knowledge would likely be a more satisfying, beneficial habit.

However, Rockefeller's suggestion that government censorship of the media would be desirable should bring such condemnation that he have no other option than to resign. Still, I won't be holding my breath...

poor overwoked baybee

He says it would make his work easier...his WORK? That over privileged gasbag has no idea what work is.

my 2 cents

Funny how hed like to censor that, but not teen sex on the WB channel- or the violent murder dramas on other networks- its okay for us to be inindated with sex and violence, but not truth????????? HAHAHAHAHAHA Yeah- this is getting WAY out of hand- ALL INCOMBANTS SHOULD BE VOTED OUT! We need to clean up the nations capital, not the news channels- although I wouldnt be upset if Katie Curric found herself without a job... but that is my opinion- I am not calling for her to be sensored from giving a slanted view on politics and world news in general!

Where in his statement...

...does he "suggest government censorship"? I don't see it anywhere, and these clearly partisan reactions to an entirely rational (and, IMO, true) statement about the state of the media are evidence of the very damage (done by Fox, MSNBC, et al.) that Rockefeller is wisely and courageously citing.

Rockefeller

His phone lines are "experiencing an unusually heavy volume" ... do tell, wonder why. His voicemail is completely full. Maybe he just wanted some people to call his office to make himself feel relevant.... Nah, he's just an idiotic demoncrat.

Quieting the Opposition

Understand that Rockerfeller has no desire to shut down MSNBC. He would, however, love to shut-up the only "opposition" voice in the media. But he knows that to propose cancelling only FOX would look like the partisan move that it is. So, to shift attention he osses in MSNBC, knowing full well that their are plenty of left-wing news outlets remaining to carry his water.

witless but balanced

I can't be the only one to notice that Rockefeller made this pronouncement on the same day the House Republicans tried to defund NPR over its alleged political sins. One witless, misdirected and futile politcal gesture deserves another.

Rockefeller

Rockefeller is an idiot.

Sen. Jay Rockefeller

When Jay Rockefeller first became a Democrat senator from WV, you knew that he was simply an opportunist. Why a Democrat given his family background? The liberal politicians have had a free ride from the lion's share of the press for years. Finally, Fox with all its flaws has challenged their agenda - thankfully. All the commercial news media (whether print, TV over the airwaves, the Internet or cable) IS "selling" news. This is an unfortunate result of a capitalist society, but it is FAR preferable to its alternatives either from the left or the right. The Obama administration has set the tone for intolerance of the press when its views differ from the party line. This is indeed a serious threat to our free society. Jay Rockefeller is just paroting the party line, which is a sad commentary on his intellect and his grasp of the country's mood since Obama took office. I would not, however, describe his comments as facist - they are socialist through & through just like the philosopy of our hopeless president. WV should retire this guy to his life of inherited priviledge at the next opportunity.

Senator Rockefeller - Civility of Discourse

Given the choice between watching the shrill and often time phony exchanges between our elected officials on CSPAN and the intelligent discourse between opposing views on FOX News, I will take FOX News anyday! What Rockefeller doesn't want is for people to be reminded of how out of touch he and others in his party are out of touch with Americans-at-large.