Media Research Center Brent Bozell is taking his war against NBC over the editing of an audiotape to a new level, demanding that Congress to harass a private business in service of the MRC’s right-wing agenda.
That’s the only conclusion one can draw from the MRC’s April 10 press release:
Today, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell announces the media watchdog is calling upon Congress to investigate Comcast / NBC News for the intentional editing of the George Zimmerman audio that was broadcast multiple times and subsequently flamed the fires of racial hatred and animosity:
“NBC is laughing at the public. Last week we said we would have more to say if their behavior in this matter didn’t change. Given their continued irresponsibility, today we open up a new front. “
Bozell is not demanding this because NBC violated any federal law or policy — at no point does he identify any such violation. It’s because Bozell has made NBC his enemy, and he wants Congress to play along.
Bozell whines that “This is a complete violation of the public trust” — but Bozell provides no evidence that Congress has ever involved itself with such matters in a private business.
The only justification Bozell provides for congressional involvement in the editing of an audiotape is that Comcast, NBC’s parent company, “is in the midst of a business deal with Verizon requiring approval by the Federal Communications Commission and the United States Department of Justice; the public policy issues related to the approval of this deal are so critical that the United States Senate held hearings on the matter.” But this proposed deal involves Comcast selling wireless spectrum to Verizon — it has nothing to do with NBC. Which just further proves that Bozell’s goal is harassment.
Bozell is playing politics here — nothing else. He wants Congress to help him destroy a business that he has been spectacularly unsuccessful at doing on his own.
Make no mistake: NBC’s destruction is what Bozell wants. Not fairness. Not justice. Destruction.