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To: Titmouse

Indeed, we are imitating art and are living through “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. The libs believe that our economy is a severely and chronically depressed mental patient needing a “jolt” of electro-shock therapy. The pervasive fog over the mental patients is the mainstream news media—and the re-imposition of the “Fairness Doctrine” is the frontal lobotomy. A thought: instead of government imposing “we know it when we see it” fairness, why not just strengthen laws against libel, slander, and fraud to protect the innocent victims of the spoken and printed word (ie, speech and press)? Radio uses “public airways”? Well, commies and other libs speak in public universities AND books, newspapers, and magazines require use of public ROADWAYS, built and maintined by taxpayer dollars—UNLIKE radio, which transmits over free air......


7 posted on 02/17/2009 9:08:03 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

The fairness doctrine is coming, only it will be renamed something more palatable, like “The community access act,” or some such squeeze. David Axelrod (”senior Obama advisor”) was asked about the FD over the weekend, and he wouldn’t rule it out.


12 posted on 02/17/2009 9:57:38 AM PST by Titmouse
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