reason.com - 10/30/2008
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First the good news: The fairness doctrine is still dead, and it probably will stay dead even if Barack Obama becomes president. The doctrine, a rule that gave the government the power to punish broadcasters for being insufficiently balanced, was killed off 21 years ago. It isn't likely to ...
michellemalkin.com - 11/4/2008
corner.nationalreview.com - 11/6/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
An e-mail: Hear, hear to Peter Kirsanow, but
one suggestion to the Corner and by extension NR:...
stop conceding the premise of the argument by calling an unconstitutional concept "The Fairness Doctrine." SDI was maligned by the moniker "Star Wars." ...
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We Need a New Name for the Fairness Doctrine
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Don't Fear the Fairness Doctrine:
The Volokh Conspiracy —
Jesse Walker thinks that re-imposition of the Fairness Doctrine is highly unlikely, even under an Obama presidency. Alas, he thinks there are many other things to worry about: First the good news: The fairness doctrine is still dead, and it probably will stay dead even if Barack Obama becomes president. . . . On June 25, in a savvy political move, his press secretary sent an email to the industry journal Broadcasting & Cable. Deftly deflating the scare, the secretary stated flatly that "Sen. Obama does not support reimposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters." Now the bad ...
Saul Alinsky Takes the White House
The American Spectator —
... (Even before imposing the Fairness Doctrine, they'll use
the Federal Communications Commission in other ways to put a
muffler on their opponents.) ...
Ericka Andersen: It's Not Just the Fairness Doctrine
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... When asked if it should be reinstated, Holder said he "wouldn't want to commit myself to something" on the issue. Michael G. Franc writes: " Holder’s evasive responses represent the first hint that the new Administration may re-open what has been 'settled doctrine' within the Department of Justice and in the courts for over two decades." Obama has said he won't support the revival of the Fairness Doctrine but Reason points out a host of other ways he can influence the airwaves with regulations. Most notably, he can use "localism," an FCC rule invested in ...
FCC Fine For Janet Jackson Nipple Exposure Still Unresolved
TalkLeft —
Janet Jackson's nipple, exposed for 9/16 of a second during the 2004 Superbowl halftime show, is still in the news. And the FCC is 2-for-2 in the Supreme Court this term. Last week, the Supreme Court decided that the FCC did not act arbitrarily when it revised its "indecency" policy in 2004. The Court upheld the FCC's decision to sanction the fleeting and singular utterance of a naughty word, even one blurted unexpectedly during a live broadcast. Today the Court vacated a Third Circuit decision that overturned the FCC's $550,000 fine ...
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talkleft.com 11/25/2008 — Patrick Ruffini berates his fellow Republicans for obsessing on the "threat" of the return of the Fairness Doctrine. It does seem a strange crusade, given that Democrats certainly are not clamoring for the return of the Fairness Doctrine and ...
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mudvillegazette.com 10/30/2008 — Hey - I don't need no steenkin' Fairness Doctrine .
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Defeating the Fairness Doctrine Now
corner.nationalreview.com 11/6/2008 — Imposition of some form of the Fairness Doctrine likely will be one of the Democrats' agenda items for the first 100 days of the new administration. It's important that conservatives begin working now to stop it.
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Obama's New Fairness Doctrine
humanevents.com 11/20/2008 — Get ready for an unprecedented government assault upon the First Amendment. President Obama will be at the heart of it. using his version of the Fairness Doctrine . In 1949, the Federal Communications Commission created the Fairness Doctrine, which ...
Fairness Doctrine
corner.nationalreview.com 2/19/2009 — Despite occasional denials from Democrats that the Fairness Doctrine will be revived, a number of Democrats have stated recently that the Doctrine should be reinstituted. The speculation is that the Fairness Doctrine, per se, won't be revived. Rather, ...
Corporate finance chiefs prefer McCain: survey —
Reuters: Politics 10/30/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chief financial officers of U.S. companies still prefer Republican presidential nominee John McCain over Democrat Barack Obama by a wide margin, but support for McCain is down from the previous quarter, according to a new survey. ...
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