Liberty MavenThe Future of Freedom Foundation on The Future of Freedom Watch
October 6th, 2009 12:42 pm | by Marc Gallagher | Published in Andrew Napolitano, FOX news, Libertarianism, Liberty | 4 Responses
Jacob Hornberger has appeared on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s Freedom Watch (and FoxNews.com/freedomwatch) twice. Today, The Future of Freedom Foundation President gives his ringing endorsement of bringing the show to Fox television.
Fox News legal commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano’s Internet program Freedom Watch is one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of the libertarian movement. There’s never been anything like it and if it were to break out to the Fox News television channel, it would constitute nothing less than a revolutionary development in American politics.
Take a look at the guests that Napolitano has been having on his show: Lew Rockwell, Bob Higgs, James Bovard, Paul Armentano, Ron Paul, Roger Pilon, Tom Woods, Pete Eyre, Nick Gillespie, David Boaz, Peter Schiff, Walter Block, and many more. Every one of them is a major figure in the libertarian movement. I myself have been on Napolitano’s show twice.
How many times have you seen any of these guests on the mainstream television talk shows or even on the cable television talk shows? My hunch is that your answer is “Rarely, if ever.”
For years, conservatives and liberals have played their little games of pretending to have debates over policy, acting as if there were fundamental philosophical differences between the two. In actuality, the debates have always been over which form of statism is preferable — conservative statism or liberal statism.
I attended a FFF sponsored event at George Mason University last night. Robert Higgs delivered one of the best speeches I’ve heard yet. He compared and contrasted the Great Depression with our current economic woes. Look for the video later this week. You don’t want to miss it.
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October 6th, 2009 at 7:39 pm (#)
Thanks for sharing this post Marc. Bumper and the rest of the crew at http://FFF.org are top-notch and I couldn't agree more with him about the potential 'Freedom Watch' has to get folks to think for themselves.
October 7th, 2009 at 5:44 pm (#)
I talked with Judge Napolitano back in March in St. Louis and asked him, "How does Fox News continue to allow you to talk about Freedom, which is so anti Establishment and against their routine Republicrat agenda? It's hard for me to imagine how they haven't or won't soon fire you because they historically have not promoted Liberty."
He replied, "I have a signed contract that says they CANNOT control the content of my program." I think he said it was a 10-year agreement.
Now I don't know how or why the powers that be at Fox signed that agreement, but they DID. I bet you the signer of the contract with Judge Napolitano has been fired, or if not, there's a pro Liberty faction at Fox who's telling the guys who pull the strings to take a hike.
I love it.
October 7th, 2009 at 5:53 pm (#)
This is the most informative post in the [short] history of this site. Thanks, Joe.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:01 am (#)
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