Posted on 02/18/2009 5:29:01 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Will it be enough to stop Nancy and Co.?
Fox News:
President Obama opposes any move to bring back the so-called Fairness Doctrine, a spokesman told FOXNews.com Wednesday.
The statement is the first definitive stance the administration has taken since an aide told an industry publication last summer that Obama opposes the doctrine — a long-abolished policy that would require broadcasters to provide opposing viewpoints on controversial issues.
"As the president stated during the campaign, he does not believe the Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated," White House spokesman Ben LaBolt told FOXNews.com.
That was after both senior adviser David Axelrod and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs left open the door on whether Obama would support reinstating the doctrine.
"I'm going to leave that issue to Julius Genachowski, our new head of the FCC ... and the president to discuss. So I don't have an answer for you now," Axelrod told FOX News Sunday over the weekend when asked about the president's position.
It may not be called the “Fairness Doctrine”, but it will come back in some other form. Guaranteed.
Well it doesn’t matter what Obama thinks since Pelosi wears the pants. All she has to do is threaten to bop him on the head and he will all of a sudden be for it
0bama is Hillary's BOY.
Chillingly accurate prediction.
Equality in radio act or some equally absurd thing.
The Messiah said there wasn’t any pork in stimulus plan I.
He has to oppose it. For every liberal socialist rant, there would have to be a conservative constitution defending rave. He can’t have that now, can he?
bookmark
They’re going to make it simple for themselves – Just go down the list and decimate the bill of rights – by the numbers.
nice set up for Messiah to appear bipartisan
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