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Dems Eager to Regulate Talk Radio, Pence Plans to Defeat Fairness Doctrine
Townhall.com ^ | June 27, 2007 | Amanda Carpenter

Posted on 06/27/2007 9:32:27 AM PDT by DCJeanGrey

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1 posted on 06/27/2007 9:32:30 AM PDT by DCJeanGrey
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To: DCJeanGrey

I’m looking forward to the fight. This is going to be great fun!


2 posted on 06/27/2007 9:33:52 AM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: DCJeanGrey
I like what Micelle Malkin says...

"When the Left fails in the marketplace, it turns to government."

That about says it all.

3 posted on 06/27/2007 9:35:18 AM PDT by BigFinn (You don’t have to be smarter than a fifth grader to oppose this bill.)
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To: DCJeanGrey

I’m sure this includes the defunding of PBS and NPR.

Right ?


4 posted on 06/27/2007 9:35:32 AM PDT by colonel mosby
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To: P-40

They overwhelmingly won the 2006 national elections yet they still cry like babies and fear an educated public.


5 posted on 06/27/2007 9:36:10 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: DCJeanGrey
The people want to hear both sides of the issue?!? Who is Durbin kidding...He wants to hear both sides of the issue, take a poll, then make a decision. These people make me sick!
6 posted on 06/27/2007 9:37:05 AM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: DCJeanGrey
I would agree this is a great idea, with one very important condition:


That no taxpayer money ever may be used to fund "public" radio or television, directly or laundered through "foundations" or tax exempt "public interest" groups.

I'd buy into that.

7 posted on 06/27/2007 9:37:29 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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I really hope that they push this, because there will "unintended consequences"-- ones that they are not going to like very much.

Aside from that MSNBC report, last couple of days, showing the laughingly misnomered "mainstream" media leans 63% to 90+% Democrat:

Where bias and cluelessness intersect


MSNBC features a report on the campaign contributions by MSM journalists. The report is based on the public records of the Federal Election Commission. I doubt anyone will be surprised to learn that of the 144 journalists who made political contributions from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign, 125 journalists gave to Democrats and liberal causes...the notion that the press corps as a whole can be unbiased, fair, and objective would be fanciful even if it were not contradicted on a daily basis by its work product...The MSNBC piece confirms just how fanciful. It notes that "The Ethicist" at the New York Times equates the degree of ideological fervor reflected in his contribution to MoveOn.org with that of coaching Little League, donating to the Boy Scouts, or joining the Catholic Church. Journalists this clueless couldn't keep their bias out of a story even if they wanted to. To comment on this post, go here. Permalink 

And I've documented the overwhelming leftwing bias of the media for years & years:

-From my file "89% Voted"( for Clinton...)--

Let's give 'em a choice- "OK boys, we'll let your guys on talk radio- if Larry Elder, Rush, and Mike Reagan get equal time on all the networks, papers, and magazines.

Fair is fair...

8 posted on 06/27/2007 9:38:34 AM PDT by backhoe (Fred Thompson- because No Other will Do...)
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To: DCJeanGrey

Ok, we can regulate talk radio and force it to present both sides. Just as soon as we can regulate Television, newspapers, Hollywood, NPR, and even college professors to ensure non-bias.


9 posted on 06/27/2007 9:38:55 AM PDT by narby
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To: DCJeanGrey

Apparently they aren’t afraid of losing dominance in the television marketplace due to re-instituting the fairness doctrine then right?

Actions and consequences, something the left never seems to be able to equate...


10 posted on 06/27/2007 9:39:18 AM PDT by jurroppi1 ("You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think." - Milton Berle)
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To: DCJeanGrey

Regulating free speech: that’s what liberals and RINOs like best.


11 posted on 06/27/2007 9:39:33 AM PDT by gunservative
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To: DCJeanGrey

I almost want them to pass it. Because I believe the current Court would strike it down pretty quickly. Can’t be sure about the future composition of the court however, and it will always be a pipe dream for leftists as long as they believe its possible.


12 posted on 06/27/2007 9:40:51 AM PDT by Blackyce (President Jacques Chirac: "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.")
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Naturally leftist ‘RAT scumbags are unconcerned that virtually all of the MSM leans well to the left, that NBC-CBS-ABC-CNN-NPR-PBS and nearly 100% of the largest metro newspapers are all in the tank for the ‘RATs.

The “Fairness Doctrine” is a load of crap. The ‘RATs dominate the ranks of so-called “journalists” 9:1 and have never cared about any honest, balanced presentation of issues.

They are just upset that conservative views that have been slandered, distorted, and squeezed out of the MSM began turning up in radio programming.


13 posted on 06/27/2007 9:41:07 AM PDT by Enchante (Reid and Pelosi Defeatocrats: Surrender Now - Peace for Our Time!!)
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To: Publius6961
It may not be obvious, but when government (taxpayer) money is used for broadcasting anything that is not a safety issue or an emergency defense matter, directly or indirectly is propaganda

.
There is never an exception.

14 posted on 06/27/2007 9:44:41 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: P-40

Were it to be instituted I want to see the TV broadcasters cry, which are 99% liberal.


15 posted on 06/27/2007 9:46:12 AM PDT by sportsterinred
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To: mosaicwolf

It is also an inidication that they are speaking from ignorance.

As far back as I can remember, Rush has always given the liberal view (usually first) and then summarily shredded it.

Both views are presented.


16 posted on 06/27/2007 9:47:27 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: DCJeanGrey
Phil Valentine of WTN says it well. Let the radio stations decide what to air based on revenue, also known as the capitalist approach.

Air America had to PAY for their airtime and this is known as the infomercial approach. nuff-said
17 posted on 06/27/2007 9:49:05 AM PDT by eyedigress
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To: Blackyce

You emulate my thoghts..Roberts and Suypreme Court,
except the usual libs, will uphold the first amendment
so fast that the Dems ignorance would show the world what
they are all about. Good time to rule on rhis would be in Oct.’08
before the election,, and after Dems put foot in mouth
again....JK


18 posted on 06/27/2007 9:49:07 AM PDT by sanjacjake
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To: Blackyce
I almost want them to pass it. Because I believe the current Court would strike it down pretty quickly. Can’t be sure about the future composition of the court however, and it will always be a pipe dream for leftists as long as they believe its possible.

Respectfully, no. Letting it through to pass, and be signed, in the hopes that the SCOTUS would overturn it, is EXACTLY how we got stuck with the Incumbency Protection Act of 2002. (sorry, McCain Feingold)

If these people want to talk about "fairness", how about starting with a major presidential debate that is moderated by someone other than a barking leftist (witness the 2004 debates, Lehrer, Gibson, Ifill, Schiefer [sp])?

19 posted on 06/27/2007 9:49:32 AM PDT by Christian4Bush ("Polls are for strippers and liberals." Caller to Rush, 6/5/2007)
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To: DCJeanGrey
This whole "fairness" nonsense is a total red-herring. The dhimmocrats want to simply shut down & shut up that which they disagree with.

And THAT, Ladies & Gentlemen, is Fascism..

20 posted on 06/27/2007 9:50:19 AM PDT by kromike
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