The media attempt to control the media continues. Fight Republican censorship.

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The GOP has lost control of the media. For eight years, the MSM has been at the GOP's beck and call. But as we've seen and discussed here on DU, in the last week or two the MSM is no longer in love with the GOP and is increasingly refusing to do their bidding.

So, now they're going after the media from a different angle. It's time to fight back.

First it was Us Weekly Magazine. Now it's Oprah.

On Friday a rumor started mysteriously (hmmmm, I wonder who would do a thing like that?) about Oprah having Sarah Palin on her show. This, as planned, made Oprah come out with the statement, "at the beginning of this presidential campaign when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a plat for any of the candidates." She went on to say that Palin would be a "fantastic interview," but that she wouldn't invite her to be on the show until after the November elections.

And Oprah has stuck to this rule: she has not once used her show in support of Barack Obama. Yes, she's been on the campaign trail with him, but there's been nothing political in any way for any candidate on her show.

Unfortunately Oprah was being set up.

The Florida Federation of Republican Women made the decision to boycott the Oprah Winfrey Show Saturday, after the media mogul refused to have Gov. Sarah Palin as a guest on her show until after the election wraps up.

"Women in Florida helped build Oprah into the icon she is today," Linda Ivell, President of the FFRW said in a statement. "We are deeply disappointed in Ms. Winfrey's decision to sit out the greatest political moment in the history of women since suffrage."

The talk show host denied accusations Friday that she was even considering the vice presidential nominee as a guest.

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The Florida Federation of Republican Women, the "largest political organization in Florida," celebrating the groups 58 year anniversary is also encouraging members to cancel subscriptions to O Magazine, Ivell said.

This isn't about Us Weekly or Oprah. This is about the GOP trying to control the media.
This isn't a dictatorship, it's a democracy. Apparently the GOP didn't get that memo.

While Oprah doesn't seem like the type to cower to anyone (just ask the beef association), a little support seems in order to stop the GOP. Yes, Oprah may not be the most popular person here, but again, it's not about her, it's about censorship.

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1. Sunday kick. 'Cause I'm sick of GOP control of the media.