voices.kansascity.com - 11/20/2008
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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 speech action.
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tnr.com - 11/20/2008
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tnr.com —
Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, and other friends have
spent the past year screaming about the horrors of...
Barack Obama. And, while it's true that they talked ad nauseam about socialism and the Weathermen and Jeremiah Wright, careful listeners would have ...
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Bum Rush
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/20/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
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"
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The fairness doctrine, paranoia, and right-wing self-pity
Political Animal —
... 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 enemy that doesn't exist. Everyone from obscure right-wing bloggers to Rush Limbaugh to Washington Post columnists are prepared for a fight that isn't going to happen. And yet, the nonsense doesn't stop. Perusing the news this morning, there are still more conservative columnists railing against the "plan" to bring back the fairness doctrine, and ...
Some call it Fascism
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... 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 , Newshoggers.com , Washington Monthly , ...
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