humanevents.com - 11/20/2008
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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 mandated that federally-licensed radio and ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/20/2008
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THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE, PARANOIA, AND RIGHT-WING SELF-PITY.... I've
been fascinated of late with the far-right hysteria about
the reemergence of the "fairness doctrine," because conservative activists are gearing up for a knock-down brawl against an ...
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The fairness doctrine, paranoia, and right-wing self-pity
mediamatters.org - 11/14/2008
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mediamatters.org —
On the November 11 broadcast of his nationally
syndicated radio program, Sean Hannity again suggested that President-elect
Barack Obama is to blame for the decline in the stock market and said of Wall Street's performance: "Wall Street keeps sinking. ...
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Hannity, Limbaugh promote myth of an "Obama recession"
digbysblog.blogspot.com - 11/17/2008
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Sunday, November 16, 2008 Losin' It by digby
The good news is that this country elected an
African American Democrat. The bad news is that it seems to have inspired an uptick in threats and violent rhetoric : That's true. They may be threats because ...
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The fairness doctrine, paranoia, and right-wing self-pity
Political Animal —
... railing against the "plan" to bring back the fairness doctrine, and unhinged propaganda about the "unprecedented government assault upon the First Amendment" that is allegedly on the way. The New Republic's Marin Cogan asked around, trying to find Democrats who actually support bringing the fairness doctrine back, or media-reform liberals who might push for action on this. ...
Fairness Doctrine Fears: A Fake Right Wing Firestorm
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... and the internet, eliminating the original "scarcity of resources" argument that underpinned the Fairness Doctrine in the first place, while greatly complicating a media sphere that the law couldn't handle well when it was implemented nearly sixty years ago.
Yet many people believe that the Fairness Doctrine is, for some reason, going to be making a return in 2009. George Will is warning his readers against it! Michael Gerson is advising Obama not to reimpose it! Kooky, episodic conspiracies are getting cooked up over it. And K. Lo at the National ...
The Fake Firestorm Of The Fairness Doctrine
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... and the internet, eliminating the original "scarcity of resources" argument that underpinned the Fairness Doctrine in the first place, while greatly complicating a media sphere that the law couldn't handle well when it was implemented nearly sixty years ago.
Yet many people believe that the Fairness Doctrine is, for some reason, going to be making a return in 2009. George Will is warning his readers against it! Michael Gerson is advising Obama not to reimpose it! Kooky, episodic conspiracies are getting cooked up over it. And K. Lo at the National ...
Some call it Fascism
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... a right-wing obsession, but the paranoia is not without precedent. The prospect of being in the opposition often brings out the worst in conservatives--paranoia and self-pity. Plus, when the conservative coalition seems threatened, there's no better way to unify the party than scaring up liberal bogeymen. Following Cogan's lead, the echo chamber -- asserting unfounded wingnut paranoia -- popped heads up like a choral version of Whack-a-Mole. [image] Taylor Marsh , Human Events , PoliGazette , Midwest Voices , The Heretik , ...
Ericka Andersen: It's Not Just the Fairness Doctrine
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... Julius Genachowski to replace FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and will "need only three votes from the five-member FCC to define localism his way," according to Human Events. "I can't think of anything worse than to have government in a position to dictate the content of information going over public radio," ...
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The Fairness Doctrine
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 ...
The Fairness Doctrine Returns. It Just Won’t Be Called That.
redstate.com 2/16/2009 — Here we go folks.
The Fairness Doctrine is going to make a comeback under the Obama administration. It just won't be via Congress and it won't be called the "Fairness Doctrine." It'll come via the FCC, involve restrictions on media ownership and ...
We Need a New Name for the Fairness Doctrine
corner.nationalreview.com 11/6/2008 — 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." ...
Rush Limbaugh is right: Fairness Doctrine stinks
voices.kansascity.com 11/20/2008 — By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Liberals who want to censor Rush Limbaugh and conservative talk radio are trying to bring back the Fairness Doctrine. Congress and Barack Obama better not take such an anti-free ...
What The Fairness Doctrine Will Bring Us
rhymeswithright.mu.nu 3/5/2009 — Coming soon to a radio near you in the event that the Obama Regime ever manages to bring back some form of the so-called Fairness Doctrine. First, this bit from no-talent actress, no-brain talk host Roseanne Barr. ohlmert you lie:...
The Fairness Doctrine fight is not over
thenextright.com 3/3/2009 — Adam Theirer, a scholar at the Progress and Freedom Foundation , notes that the Fairness Doctrine was part of a regulatory paradigm being pushed by the left and, in particular, the group Free Press . This fight is not over. Adam's piece is worth ...
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.
Talk radio is the most important ...
Fairness Doctrine?
mudvillegazette.com 10/30/2008 — Hey - I don't need no steenkin' Fairness Doctrine .
Here's Barack Obama backer Bruce Springsteen singin' about his days killin' yellow men in 'nam, and how tough it is to be a vet:
And here's one from Tunnel of Love - my favorite ...
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