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To: conservatism_IS_compassion
In my coffee shop "bored meeting" I have been recently arguing that the Fairness Doctrine is welcome if it applies to all reported news as well.

Think of the spot that puts liberals in. Objective news is one thing they would fight.

13 posted on 12/16/2008 7:47:28 AM PST by Loud Mime ("Only the dead have seen the end of war" Plato)
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To: Loud Mime
In my coffee shop "bored meeting" I have been recently arguing that the Fairness Doctrine is welcome if it applies to all reported news as well.

Think of the spot that puts liberals in. Objective news is one thing they would fight.

The great problem is that when the fox is in charge of guarding the chicken coop, he defines "objectivity" for his own convenience. Which is exactly how they fight objectivity - by defining "objectivity" as whatever they want to say.

No, the answer is that the government is not competent to define objectivity, and would not be constitutionally authorized to engage in censorship based on objectivity, even if it actually knew what it was.


15 posted on 12/16/2008 8:04:08 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (We already HAVE a fairness doctrine. It's called, "the Constitution." Accept no substitute.)
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