Broadcast Blackout of Left’s 'Fairness' Doctrine Push

NewsBusters ^ | November 12, 2008 - 10:32 ET | Rich Noyes

[HonestConservative]

Thomas is getting up there as well.

[HighlyOpinionated]

I don’t think it’s possible to insist on Fairness Doctrine laws on the Internet. If so, DU and daily Kos would have to accept FReepers giving the ‘other’ or ‘correct/right’ side of every post there. Huffington would have to accept and print articles by the right. I would think it would be the Libtards who would be screaming the most.

Hey, we can all go to DU and cause great storms to brew there as easily as they come here to do the same.

Right/Correct or Left/Wrong?

[upchuck]

This should have no effect on cable news televison networks or sirius/XM. It will however, put AM radio out of business...again.

IMHO, you misundermate the power of the Executive Order.

nObama, being a Chicago thug, will ram it through and dare anyone to challenge it. Watch.

[TaxRelief]

Sirius and XM merged into a single entity.

The merged entity, SiriusXM, is on the verge of bankruptcy.

[TaxRelief]

You have good points. Rush could help SiriusXM remain solvent, but I’m sure they would find a way to control Satellite radio as well.

[rmlew]

Lots of us thought that the Supremem Court would do its duty and strike down McCain-Feingold and overturn the Connecticut Supreme Court on Kelo. How did that turn out?

[reasonisfaith]

“They’re not going to silence us, folks. They’ll try to play “whack-a-mole” but our message will continue to re-surface. Any closely elected Dem Senator in an anotherwise red state would be gone in the next election for hitching their wagon to this.”

I believe you’re right. The American people are an immovable force.

[reasonisfaith]

“end of America”

You know, there’s an interesting dynamic at play here. All those leftist loon voters out there got that way because of excessive freedom. It’s not like people in the middle east who have never known freedom and almost need to be dragged against their will from out of the rubble of a dictatorship into the prosperity and freedom of democratic-based society.

I believe vast numbers of liberal Americans would revolt once they realize their freedom is being taken.

[karlkat]

Thanks for the link, I’ll try to pass it on to Cornell Law Institute, perhaps they can add to the notes section

[woollyone]

been a long ten years eh?

[taildragger]

It is not us I want to hear Rush etc on XM, It is the liberal doing the commute board that stumbles upon a talker and something clicks. That was me 21 years ago....

I don't trust the Obaminates, my guess is they will go after XM as well. Then we are stuck with Shortwave....

[domeika]

Maybe the answer here is a pre-emptive strike.
We should start a campaign to contact each and every news organization, talk station, newspaper, network and local TV...ie. every midia outlet the left controls...and demand free rebuttal time. Be it a rebuttal to a news story, or a recipe you don't agree with, it doesn't matter. Of course they will decline, because the fairness doctrine is not in effect. However, they would be forced to see that there are two edges to that blade and they can expect a cash gash themselves, and would then throw their weight against it.

[Munz]

Bye FR I’ll miss you dearly. :-(

[Kowdawg]

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Seems to me that McCain/Fiengold has already taken care of this pesky clause.

[Eastbound]

"Remember how well the Romans did with trying to supress that pesky Christianity...."

Yes. Brings to mind the saying, 'It's hard to kick against the pricks.'

The more you kick, the deeper the point goes until you're infected with the truth of the matter.

[Eastbound]

"...long ten years..."

Yes. It's really amazing to me to see how much JimRob thinks more and more like me all the time.

;)

[woollyone]

sounds like the growth my father went through

*grin*

[Eastbound]

LOL!

[mdmathis6]

They can track by IP, so even fake names don’t provide protection...so I use my real name. I might as well be doomed but keep my integrity and self respect intact!

[an amused spectator]

“The Declaration of Provocations”, perhaps?