Will: Obama Victory Would Bring Fairness Doctrine Back

Broadcasting & Cable, ^ | September 18, 2008 | John Eggerton

[AlexW]

With Obobo they don't need no stinking fairness doctrine.
They would just hang people like Rush as traitors of the state.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Well they're already trying to silence any opposition so I would answer with a resounding

YES!

[messierhunter]

"a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible."

If only someone would craft a law that requires opposing viewpoints to be given equal time on the airwaves when a controversial subject is brought up... oh wait, I think someone did, and I think they used to call it the "Fairness Doctrine." How can anyone fall for this idiot's double talk?

[Ouderkirk]

wouldn’t it be something if the evening news had to give conservative balance to their leftist talking points?

But the drive-by media will insist that they are journalists who by definition are objective, thus the fairness doctrine does not apply to them.

That they can say this with a straight face is beyond me.

[SERKIT]

Based on three execution-type murders who were members of Barry’s church, and a detractor who was “disappeared” by the Delaware AG following a news conference, we have a LOT more to worry about than the Fairness Doctrine. No accusations, but the facts have been obfuscated.

[word_warrior_bob]

First off, I give Øbama ZERO chance at winning, so I’ll answer the question using an alternate universe with Øbama as President.

The outrage would be nothing like we’ve ever seen before and Øbama would be seen as a fascist extremist.

Will Rush Limbaugh be co-hosting the news with Katie Couric, or will this only apply to “right wing” speech.

Enacting this would DESTROY the democrat party with the exception of the far, far, far left, reducing them to the fringe party they deserve to be.

[word_warrior_bob]

He’s so desperate he’s telling his true believers to get in their neighobors’ faces about what racists they are if they don’t vote for The One.

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Video of Øbama telling people to “get in their face” will make a crushing ad against his whole B.S. about the post-partisan, bring us together campaign.

Bring us together? You mean bring us to blows.

Obama supporters who want to get in my face can get in the back of the line of 9/11 truthers who I would like to get in my face first. lol

[Biggirl]

Second it!

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

If somehow the 'Fairness Doctrine' was instated at some point, then Conservatives & Republicans could invoke fairness in Big Media News Outlets, both in print and television.

We could demand Rush Limbaugh be given air time ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR etc....

We could demand it, yes - but who would broadcast our demand? NBC?

The reality is that if the Fairness Doctrine were reinstated, the EIB would go to satellite radio (as well as the Internet, presumably. And AM broadcast would probably die.

[wac3rd]

It is surreal that PBS and NPR are funded by taxpayers; every network, magazine, newspaper and college, save a few, are all Left Wing and they want more “balance”?

The oppose e-verify, too.

At what point do we re-take this country back?

[expatguy]

Fairness doctrine... you must be kidding. Obama is going to bring a LOT more than that - look at what he is doing now to discredit and silence his critics.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[Safetgiver]

Per the Wall Street Journal September 11, 2008, “Obama’s Lost Years,” Obama graduated from Columbia University (to which he transferred after his first two years at Occidental College in California), with a degree in Political Science without honors, so had a GPA less than a 3.3, and perhaps far, far lower, perhaps even in the 2.0, C range. His roomate Sohale Siddiqi indicated Obama itially felt alienated, felt “very lost,” and used drugs to get high, which could have led to very low grades initially. The roomate indicates that he then turned serious and “stopped getting high.” Obama transferred to Columbia because “I was concerned with urban issues and I wanted to be around more black folks in big cities.” Based on his less-than 3.3 GPA, it seems likely his admission to Harvard Law School was based not on his own merit, but rather on Affirmative Action. Obama through September 11, 2008 has continued to refuse to release his Columbia transcript with the exact course details and GPA.....As an Affirmative Action student, he feels he needs to ‘get back’ at those he made him one. ?????