From the radio into jail if he has his way.
Rush, Sean, Mark, and Laura better get ready to move to statilite/internet radio.
Why am I not surprised?
That’s exactly what Obama would do; silence all opposition!
Obama has a stunning lack of respect for free speech, and the US Constitution ... Ask Joe the plumber and then follow up with Ms West of channel 9.
Most demagogues and tyrants have little tolerance for the people’s voice. It complicates things for them.
How else do you think they plan to make their trickle up poverty the law of the land.
Sirius stock is trading below a buck. If Obama wins, I may be investing in it.
Is there anything better than gov'ment cheese?
This ‘Fairness Doctrine’, if it were to be reinstated, will generate a lawsuit, whereas the SCOTUS will strike it down as unconstitutional, as it should.
Limbaugh is far too popular to be hushed.
If the fairness doctrine is enacted. It will be heavily challenged.
If it remains, it will be difficult to enforce.
If enforced, it will be abused.
If it somehow forces Limbaugh off the air, he will move to the internet. And if that is somehow silenced, Limbaugh can alway broadcast by shortwave radio from the Bahamas.
And with each attempt to silence conservatism, the left will only strengthen our resolve. Obama is not big enough.
Yep, illegally closing businesses that oppose That One. Not a freakin surprise at all.
I think 0bama is going to make us long for the “good old days” under Clinton, when this stuff wasn’t even joked about. (This is not to say I even remotely liked clinton, btw)
If that were to happen, it is my opinion that there would an enormous deafening outcry from millions of listeners of conservative talk radio. All those who supported the ‘fairness doctrine’ would be in the crosshairs of a public civil war which they would severely regret.
I remember all too well the Fairness Doctrine and, being a First Amendment issue, was something with which I used to be quite interested. I haven’t studied it that much of late except for the standard claim/counter-claim thing. Has anyone run across a good article that discusses this issue with some insight into what the majority of Congress thinks? Nothing too conclusory because it is pretty easy to find “yes they will” “no they won’t”. Just wondering if anyone has run across anything on the subject they find particularly interesting. Thanks!
Wow, you’d think that having the presidency, the legislature, 90% of newspapers and magazines, 90% of Hollywood, 80% of news broadcasters, 90% of Universities and public schools, 80% of the Internet infrastructure they’d be content.
I guess Stalin and Hitler complained of not having enough control too.
We have heard from a lot of Savage listeners who still refuse to vote for McCain. Who still insist 3rd party is the only way they will vote. Wonder how they will like it when their beloved favorite radio host is pulled off the air or balanced with the Randi Rhodes show that will follow him. If there is one issue that should unite ALL the conservative minded thinkers - it should and must be the fairness doctrine.
If the “Fairness Doctrine” is reinstated, then internet radio would REALLY take off.
I think there would be a positive impact on satellite radio also, but the impact on internet radio and the collapse of AM radio would be the biggest events.
i know union democrats that say
“what right does ann coulter (or rush limbaugh) have to say those things?”
We are on the verge of the American Marxist revolution.
Brought by a Marxist African-American Moslem, a man with 8 or 9 half brothers and sisters in Africa or abroad, ALL MOSLEM, but with a large following here.
Marxist revolutionaries always took control of the media first. It already happened here. This control will be only be stronger.
I'm just wondering how the millions of people who listen to Rush and other talk radio programs will react to such censorship?
February 21, 2008 - 8:12am
FCC MEDIA OWNERSHIP HEARING RECAP
Hundreds Line Up to Speak To FCC About Media Rules (includes video)
FCC urged to restrict media consolidation
Tribune’s Truthiness: Blame the Internet
_Testimony_
Obama Calls for Tighter FCC Regulation of Broadcasting
_Testimony_
* Obama Calls for Tighter FCC Regulation of Broadcasting
In a statement delivered by a staffer, Democratic presidential candidate and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama laid into the Federal Communications Commission for its dereguatory policies under chairman Kevin Martin, saying that it promoted “the concept of consolidation over diversity,” and he heartily endorsed tightening FCC regulations on broadcasters. “I believe the FCC media-ownership rules remain necessary and are critical to the public interest,” he said. “We should be doing more to encourage diversity in ownership in broadcast media, promote the development of new media outlets and the expression of diverse viewpoints,” as well as provide “greater clarity” of broadcasters’ public-interest obligations. Sen Obama said he “fully endorsed” new rules “promoting greater coverage of local issues and greater responsiveness of broadcasters to the communities they operate in. I also believe that broadcasters’ license-renewal requests ... should require greater FCC scrutiny and public input should occur more frequently.” He added that he “strongly requested” that the FCC “put out any specific changes they intend to vote on in a new notice of proposed rulemaking.”
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6480419.html?rssid=193
* Obama warns FCC on endgame for media ownership proceeding
“In the spirit of transparency and because of the importance of this issue to our democratic discourse, I strongly request that the FCC put out any specific changes they intend to vote on in a new notice proposal rulemaking, so that the American people have the opportunity to review them,” Obama’s spokesperson Corey Bennett told the audience at today’s FCC hearing on media ownership, held at Operation Push’s Chicago headquarters.
http://www.lasarletter.net/drupal/node/471
Just heard on a local show that the President of Francee calls Obama a “light weight”.