] "The government ought to make a greater effort to give a ] fair and balanced representation of political viewpoints ] on its airwaves to soldiers, sailors and airmen around ] the world listening," says Tom Athans, executive director ] of Democracy Radio, a nonprofit group in Washington that ] promotes political diversity on the airwaves. "It's ] important for the U.S. military, when using tax dollars, ] to not provide just one political perspective without ] giving consideration to opposing points of view." ] ] After the Florida recount in 2000, when overseas military ] ballots were an important element in Bush's narrow ] victory, the influence of what amounts to propaganda ] beamed daily to U.S. troops must be considered a domestic ] political factor of no small consequence. "There's no ] question when one-side programming like American Forces ] Network is presented to troops, it's going to impact ] their voting behavior," says Athans. I thought it was bad enough letting Fox and Clear Channel buy up as many stations as they could afford. From this article it clearly sounds like those heading up the Armed Forces Networks are taking sides and forcing their views on the troops and their families. Gee, wasn't there a movie made about this? Rush Limbaugh's forced conscripts |