Posted on 02/02/2012 7:51:58 AM PST by tutstar
Actual title is : It’s baaack! The plan to kill talk radio. Group advising White House wants to restore controversial policy
An organization that helped to craft President Obama’s environmental policies has recommended the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine, purportedly as a method of silencing critics of the theory of global warming.
The Presidential Climate Action Project, or PCAP, last year released an extensive list of recommendations for the White House in a 75-page paper entitled, “Building the Obama Administration’s Climate Legacy.”
Primary among the PCAP’s recommendations is that the Department of Energy should join the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) what is known as the Partnership for Sustainable Communities.
The Partnership, which distributes over $1 billion in grants, says it aims to “help communities nationwide improve access to affordable housing, increase transportation options, and lower transportation costs while protecting the environment.”
Another key recommendation in the report is the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine.
Reads the PCAP report: “National discourse today is tainted – and in some cases poisoned – by unbalanced ideological use of the public airwaves… To improve and better inform public discourse, it is time for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.”
The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the Federal Communications Commission that required the holders of broadcast licenses to issues of public importance in a manner that was, in the Commission’s view, honest, equitable and balanced.
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Even if they don’t bring back the Fairness Doctrine, these constant threats to bring it back stifles descent on the airwaves. Look at how mealy mouthed our best talk show hosts have been this election; Rush, Michael Savage, Drudge, etc, all afraid to come out against Romney or outright endorsing him.
Interesting tidbit about the ‘Peoples Receiver’ or ‘Goebbels’ Snout’!
Fixture in all old WWII spy thrillers.
Horzekrep
. Talkradio is not “pro -RINO”. It is conservative, anti-demlibs. It is for the more conservative person/position. If we don’t nominate the most conservative, that’s our fault, not talkradio’s !
Horzekrep
. Talkradio is not “pro -RINO”. It is conservative, anti-demlibs. It is for the more conservative person/position. If we don’t nominate the most conservative, that’s our fault, not talkradio’s !
And didn’t he state in his State of the Union address that he wants the Navy to have some sort of role in energy to homeowners? Right now I forget the details but doesn’t that smack of military having control of the running of one’s home?
I’ll comment on this proposal but I’m not willing to “endorse” any particular solution. It isn’t my job.
Thanks for the ping!
Didn’t the left already try to tax people on the “imputed value” of their homes assuming they rented part of it out? I suspect that this gem of legislation is just waiting for an Obama 2nd term to get enacted.
This is just more of the same leftist (communist) crap.
That is why it is VITAL that every single conservative or non-leftie votes AGAINST Obama this November. I don’t care WHO the damned GOP nominee ends up being. We must vote against Obama at all costs.
I’m more inclined to go with criminally stupid.
Why are so many Santorum supporters determined to alienate those of us who would otherwise be favorably disposed toward their guy? I like Rick....but idiocy like this makes me inclined to revisit that.
Hank
Welcome to China.
The term “progressive” is not one conservatives should use to describe those they oppose.
“Progressive” sounds happy:
“Yay progress!”
Yeswise, airways unfor crimethink.
I don’t care WHO the damned GOP nominee ends up being. We must vote against Obama at all costs.
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True. However, there seems to be a large contingent here on FR that will stay home, vote third party, or pull the lever for Obama, rather than vote for Mittens ... regardless of the cost to the rest of us or the destruction of the country.
They seem to style themselves as die-hard conservatives and strict Republicans.
Nixon didn’t last long in his second term. There is hope for history repeating itself if THE 1 is re-elected.
The MSM played a BIG part in getting Nixon out. They wouldn’t contribute to exposing and running Obama out of office.
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