Fairness Doctrine punishes honesty
Selwyn Duke at American Thinker points out that a revived Fairness Doctrine only punished communicators who are honest about their beliefs. After all, who’s to label the various sides of the debate if...
View ArticleA petition against free speech?
Democratic congressfolk have launched a petition against Rush Limbaugh for his statement that he hopes that Obama fails to get his policies implemented. This is from politicians who somehow persist in...
View ArticleLighting the fuse on the Fairness Bomb
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell has reminded Democrats that their Fairness Doctrine gambit may backfire and see them lose all existing leverage over radio and television programming. In a string of...
View ArticleOne-way accountability
Debbie Stabenow, a Democratic senator from Michigan, is on record as advocated the revival of the Fairness Doctrine, but note how the perspective is remarkably undemocratic. Now, whether it’s called...
View ArticleFairness Doctrine is coming sooner than anyone thought
Obama’s two main spokesmen, David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs, have both refused to put to rest rumors that the administration is planning to reintroduce the Fairness Doctrine. With the country facing...
View ArticleAt least one Democrat is against the Fairness Doctrine
Self-described liberal Democrat Camille Paglia complains that her party has betrayed its soul by thinking it can monitor and control the ideological content of the mass media. Good for her, but where...
View ArticleObama, at least, denies he wants to reintroduce the Fairness Doctrine
At least we have some good news, that on the eve of a Rush Limbaugh op-ed on the FedDoc, an Obama spokesman suddenly discovered some clarity within the administration and said that Obama will stand by...
View ArticleRush asks Obama for a weasel-free answer
Rush Limbaugh’s WSJ op-ed asks Obama to rule out all forms of content-monitoring and control on radio. I have a straightforward question, which I hope you will answer in a straightforward way: Is it...
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