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AXELROD OPENS DOOR TO FAIRNESS DOCTRINE
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... on broadcasters,” said press secretary Michael Ortiz in an e-mail to B&C late Wednesday.But that was just a lie. David Axelrod moved towards government censorship today this way: WALLACE: Will you rule out reimposing the Fairness Doctrine? AXELROD: I’m going to leave that issue to Julius Genachowski, our new head of the FCC, to, and the president, to discuss. So I don’t have an answer for you now. Ed Morrissey sums it up: It’s an easy question. Does this ...
HOT AIR: "Obama administration no longer issuing denials on Fairness Doctrine"
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WE ARE WITNESSING THE REBIRTH OF STALINISM: ED/HOT AIR: Remember when the Left laughed at conservatives’ concerns over the Fairness Doctrine? Barack Obama already said he opposed the reimposition of the FCC rule, they said. After all, Obama’s campaign gave this definitive statement in June 2008: “Senator Obama does not support re-imposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters,” said press secretary Michael Ortiz in an e-mail to B&C late Wednesday.ED CONTINUED: ...
The Obama administration and the Fairness Doctrine
Sister Toldjah —
Think President Obama is planning on keeping his campaign pledge to not bring back the Fairness Doctrine, as so many other Democrats have expressed interest in doing? Guess again.
Shoulda known.
Rasmussen: Public opinion flips on ‘Fairness Doctrine.’
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Hot Air this morning linked to an interview with David Axelrod where he declined to make talk of suppressing free speech via “the Fairness Doctrine” an instant non-story. On the one hand, I would like to think that the current administration is not so foolish as to think that trying to institute a program that will instantly galvanize every Red-represented-by-Blue district in the country (it’ll galvanize the regular Red districts, too, but that’s another issue) is a good idea, but apparently just over half of the country disagrees with me on that. On the ...
HOT AIR: Obama administration no longer issuing denials on Fairness Doctrine….
Instapundit —
HOT AIR: Obama administration no longer issuing denials on Fairness Doctrine.
Around The Sphere
The Moderate Voice —
... The Fairness Doctrine: Has there been a shift on the part of the Obama administration on this issue? And some more thoughts and links ...
Remember when they said the “Fairness” Doctrine wasn’t coming back?
Cold Fury —
Remember when they said the “Fairness” Doctrine wasn’t coming back? Posted by Mike @ 12:05 PM Monday, 16 February 2009 Nah, me neither. But Captain Ed does , and Erick Erickson knows that gross and unconstitutional restrictions on freedom of speech and dissent are coming back . And if you know anything at all about what usually takes place under socialist regimes such as the junta currently operating in DC, so do you. Update! I almost forgot to include the money quote — well, one of several, actually — from an unnamed liberal-fascist House Energy and ...
How fair is that?
The Reaction —
... , the FCC policy that ensured that there was an equal airing of political points of view on broadcast stations, but I suppose the best reason for talking about bringing it back is that is drives right-wingers crazy. ...
Henry Waxman Meeting With FCC Staffers To Discuss “A Form Of The Fairness Doctrine”
Nice Deb —
... Progress and Move on.org are of course, both heavily funded by George Soros.
The American Spectator Prowler also reported on Waxman’s interest in investigating radio talk show hosts in October of ‘07. Staffers were supposedly to compile reports on Limbaugh, Hannity, and Levin to make them “uncomfortable” about what they say on the radio.
Meanwhile, ominously, the Obama camp is no longer issuing denials on the Fairness Doctrine. Ed Morrissey asks: ...
A new version of the Fairness Doctrine
Betsy's Page —
We're going to see some sort of Fairness Doctrine this year. Henry Waxman is on the case. But they're not going to try to implement the Fairness Doctrine of old that mandated equal presentation of issues. Ed Morrissey notes that Obama spokesmen are no longer issuing the categorical denial of the President's interest in imposing the Fairness Doctrine as Obama has been clear in stating during the campaign And as ...
