We need more regulation and a better FCC, not the opposite. In the last 20 years Republicans have led the way in reducing regulations over broadcast media, and look what we have now. Twenty years ago a company like Clear Channel couldn't buy up two or three radio stations in a single market. As market share regulations have been scaled back to almost nothing, independent radio stations have dwindled. Television programming has foundered in much the same way. In years past, broadcast networks were required to buy a certain percent of their programming from other sources, but now they can produce almost all their content in house. The result is cheap, lousy reality tv, cookie cutter sitcoms, and not much else. When people talk about a golden age of television, they aren't just being nostalgic. Back when the FCC had more regulatory power and used it more wisely, television and radio actually were better.

As for censorship, it's more the threat of censorship if a certain level of decency is not maintained. The goal is not to silence dissent (which is much more easily accomplished now by large media conglomerates who own all methods of mass media and control waht he see and hear) but to have at least one level of filtering before the programs go to the public.