[codder too]

Durban's amendment goes after 'station owners 'and will do an end run around Demints bill. What ever happened to Roberts Rules ? Amendments can now be added and destroy the intent of the bill without ever being discussed and rejected prior to the vote????

We saw this in Massachusetts where we ended up having to urge the representatives to vote against a bill that had been "amended" making it opposite to what was intended.

[MWestMom]

“To encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership, and to ensure that the public airwaves are used in the public interest.”

This is more frightening than the Fairness Doctrine. It is so vaugely worded that it can be interpreted any way that it suits them.

This just took the battleground and placed it in communities where you will see station owners exposed to a full onslaught of local groups doing the fearless leader's dirty work while the Dems spend time covering their own butts with their “denouncing” of the Fairness Doctrine.

Chris Stigall sat in last night for Savage and he put the ball squarely in the court of the station owners to get on top of this thing.

What a slippery bunch! We're going to have to go over all legislation with a fine tooth comb - which is more than our voted representatives in government do!