Much more here too...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=Fairness%20Doctrine
freepers unite
Do not call this the “Fairness Doctrine”
It is the Censorship Doctrine. Orwellians must NOT be permitted to practice doublethink on us.
NOTHING will draw more people to hear the conservative message than by trying to censor or supress it. Think about it...
BTTT
Phrasing the argument like this bumps the whole issue up against the 1st Ammendment, where it should be.
Collectively, conservative talk radio has tens of millions of listeners. From the syndicated Big Names (Limbaugh, Hannity, etc) to your local guy on the 1,000 watt station, the conservative talk show hosts will scream bloody murder and rally millions of listeners to the cause of exposing the 'Fairness Doctrine' as a blatant, unconstitutional suppression of political speech, aimed at silencing conservative opinion on the radio airwaves by an over-reaching, Democrat political machine in Washington, now drunk with power and acting like Fascists while posing as 'protectors' of 'fairness'.
Not to mention the fact that syndication companies and AM radio station owners will band together to stop the suppression of conservative talk radio, for pure financial survival if not for political ideology. These entities have money and would keep this in court for years.
While I'm concerned about a resurrection of the hated 'Fairness Doctrine", I believe that, ultimately, it would be 'a bridge too far' for Democrats and would fail, while exposing the Obama administration and more importantly, the Democrat party and it's congressional partisans (Pelosi, specifically) as anti-free speech.
I hope the left realizes this and abandons ideas of trying to re-instate the Fairness Doctrine but I fear that they are so besotted with their power (and Obama's lofty poll numbers) that they'll foolishly try - and ultimately, fail.
“reinsating” it would be series and hugh!
Does anyone ever consider National Public Radio and other liberal talk radio when they look at the talk radio situation? Heck, the governments subsidize that.
Repealing the “””””fairness doctrine””” for the libs was fine... until it gave birth to ....RUSH!!! They’ve hated it ever since.
To the HATERS.. which part of ..”CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW” do you Orwellian THOUGHT POLICE not Understand???