First Amendment Lawyer Robert Corn-Revere, in his book The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder, discusses a man that he has determined is the equivalent to a spiritual successor to the infamous censor Anthony Comstock: and to our great detriment, he is now part of our current administration. A vehement, confusing, and god-driven grifter, Bozell is known for two things: forming conservative activist groups aimed around censoring American media, and not doing his own work. It’s anyone’s guess what he actually does other than get angry at liberals considering he doesn’t even write his own articles or books, relying on a writer named Tim Graham to ghostwrite them for him, an open secret that led to his column’s removal from certain publications. Despite the fact that he clearly has no idea what he’s doing or talking about in most cases and that his ideology is inextricable from his personal interpretation of Christian Nationalism—or perhaps because of these factors—he’s been hand-waved into the CEO position of the United States’ US Agency for Global Media otherwise considered to be the propaganda arm for the country.
Though some have considered this agency relatively useless in the past, it has also been criticized for having very little congressional oversight, something that could spell disaster if the agency decides that its powers could expand beyond what’s been previously utilized. Bozell, now in a position that could be considered that of “real” power, cannot be trusted to wield it with any tact or intelligence considering his record of ham-fisted grifts and attempts at censorship. One of his more infamous scandals was in trying to blame World Wrestling Entertainment for the death of a little girl he claimed was murdered by a boy who was imitating wrestling he saw on TV—a claim that was in no way backed up by fact and cost his organization 3.5 million in damages. Speaking of his “organization,” it’s worth looking directly at where Bozell gets his money to waste.
The Media Research Center or “MRC” is considered a conservative media “watchdog” seeking to call out or quash news stories that might hurt some billionaire’s bottom line. It’s really no wonder that they get a shit load of their money from ExxonMobil since much of their efforts have sought to suppress news discussing climate change. It’s also worth noting that the bulk of their donations come from Robert Mercer: a known real-life Lex Luthor who’s played a role in the destabilization of not only Europe (by way of Brexit) but the U.S. (by way of Trump and other underhanded funding via Citizen’s United). The subgroup of the MRC, The Parents Television and Media Council (PTC) claimed to have the goal of promoting “decency” in the entertainment industry, echoing sentiments often used by other Christofascists in their attempts to ban material featuring characters or elements of life they consider subhuman or “other” such as stories from and about transgender folks or other minorities. In fact, “decency” was one of the specific words utilized by Goebbels himself in his speech during the infamous book burning in the Opernplatz in 1919 where the Nazis destroyed materials from The Institute of Sex Research in Berlin: one of the first places to study LGBTQ+ elements in the modern world.
It might be low hanging fruit to mention that Bozell’s son and namesake (the IV), was convicted for his role in the January 6th terrorist attack on the United States Capitol in 2021, actually managing to breach the building itself and enter the Senate Chamber, clearly illustrating that the shit fruit doesn’t fall far from the shit tree and that these rotten conservative money-morality families are about as immoral and traitorous as they come. When it comes to the folks who make all their bucks off the grift of “Protect Children” or “Promote Decency,” you’re sure to find that their own “morals” has been long dead, sacrificed on the altar to the God of Greed. Now that Bozell could head up the whole country’s propaganda machine, there’s no telling what he’s going to try to put his filthy hands on in the name of “decency.”
It’s important at this point to assure that we’re doing everything we can to save, print, and conserve every single piece of “indecent” media we possibly can. It’s not just Eat-A-Beaver Dusty Deever out there in Oklahoma who’s got a bee in his bonnet about about degenerates like us—in time, Bozell and the Trump Regime might actually start putting their Nosferatu-esque shadow fingers where they’re not wanted: in our porn stash. Mark my words, this kind of guy thinks he’s on a mission from God Himself and pathologically cannot mind his own fucking business. Steel yourselves, and do not obey.