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To: re_nortex

RINO Richard Nixon used his surrogates like VP Agnew to make anti liberal media speeches to tap into grassroots opinion, but then Nixon went wrong by using the Fairness Doctrine against his media enemies ranging from Conservative radio preacher Dr. Carl McIntire who advocated military victory in Vietnam to NBC News over a pension documentary.

I believe the liberal media and all media are protected by the First Amendment.

Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy and Johnson all went after conservative radio owners and broadcasters using FCC ‘fairness’ rules.

That was wrong, too......


192 posted on 06/13/2015 10:43:47 AM PDT by Nextrush ( FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, DON'T BE PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush
Nixon went wrong by using the Fairness Doctrine against his media enemies ranging from Conservative radio preacher Dr. Carl McIntire who advocated military victory in Vietnam to NBC News over a pension documentary.

I was a regular listener to Dr. Carl McIntire back in the 60s and well remember "Amen Charlie". McIntire's "Twentieth-Century Reformation Hour" was always solid in its attacks on communism and alerting listeners to the disruptive spread of liberalism in the Republic.

I believe the liberal media and all media are protected by the First Amendment.

Here I respectfully differ. As far as I know, seditious treason isn't encompassed by the 1A. If I'm correct in my analysis, then indeed outlets such as CNN and MSNBC aren't afforded such protection. At least that's my take colored by watching the leftist media ruin America over the past 70+ years of my life.

210 posted on 06/13/2015 4:05:24 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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