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To: LMAO

The Fairness Doctrine is slime proposed under a fair name to steal our freedoms. There is no resemblance to an acknowledgement that the Freedom of the Press retains the responsibility to fact check and that if the “facts” they tell are false and damage is done there need to be consequences.


169 posted on 02/29/2016 8:18:16 AM PST by JayGalt
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To: JayGalt

You said..
“The Fairness Doctrine is slime proposed under a fair name to steal our freedoms. There is no resemblance to an acknowledgement that the Freedom of the Press retains the responsibility to fact check and that if the “facts” they tell are false and damage is done there need to be consequences.”

You’re not aware of the history of the Fairness Doctrine, are you?


172 posted on 02/29/2016 8:22:12 AM PST by LMAO ("Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more" Anthem by Rush)
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To: JayGalt

Here’s the link

2/27/2016, 5:22:53 PM · 49 of 74
Darksheare to All

For all who think it is a great idea:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3116989/posts
“Conservative website shuttered after libel ruling [Free Dominion]”
http://freerepublic.com/tag/freedominion/index?tab=articles

Free Dominion was our sister site in Canada.
“Opened” libel laws were used to silence them.


175 posted on 02/29/2016 8:32:07 AM PST by LMAO ("Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more" Anthem by Rush)
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