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Even George Will
Political Animal —
EVEN GEORGE WILL.... We've past the point at which this can reasonably be described as foolish. Now, conservative apoplexy about the non-existent drive to reinstate the "Fairness Doctrine," is just annoying. George Will, who one might expect to know better, devoted 740 words in a nationally syndicated column to railing against a legislative initiative that no one seriously wants or expects to pass. Because liberals have been even less successful in competing with conservatives on talk radio than Detroit has been in competing with its rivals, liberals are seeking intellectual ...
Broadcast 'Fairness' Fouls Out
The New Editor —
George Will:
Reactionary liberalism, the ideology of many Democrats, holds that inconvenient rights, such as secret ballots in unionization elections, should be repealed; that existing failures, such as GM, should be preserved; and, with special perversity, that repealed mistakes, such as the "fairness doctrine," should be repeated. That Orwellian name was designed to disguise the doctrine's use as the government's instrument for preventing fair competition in the broadcasting of political commentary.
Because liberals have been even less successful in ...
No fair
The Reaction —
By Mustang Bobby George F. Will joins the growing chorus of right-wingers who are speaking out against the re-imposition of the Fairness Doctrine. Reactionary liberalism, the ideology of many Democrats, holds that inconvenient rights, such as secret ballots in unionization elections, should be repealed; that existing failures, such as GM, should be preserved; and, with special perversity, that repealed mistakes, such as the "fairness doctrine," should be repeated. That Orwellian name was designed to disguise the doctrine's use as ...
Fairness Doctrine Ghosts Revived In George Will Column
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... that George Will has penned a piece in this past Sunday's Washington Post about the Fairness Doctrine, of all things. Will is apparently among the paranoid-schizophrenics who have come to believe that the Fairness Doctrine, which sought to balance the political viewpoints found on terrestrial radio back when that was a scarce commodity and which never really worked to anyone's liking, is poised to make some sort of comeback. You'll note in Will's piece that there is not one single name of anyone of any import who could play even an ancillary role in making the revival ...
Fairness Doctrine Ghosts Revived In George Will Column
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... that George Will has penned a piece in this past Sunday's Washington Post about the Fairness Doctrine, of all things. Will is apparently among the paranoid-schizophrenics who have come to believe that the Fairness Doctrine, which sought to balance the political viewpoints found on terrestrial radio back when that was a scarce commodity and which never really worked to anyone's liking, is poised to make some sort of comeback. You'll note in Will's piece that there is not one single name of anyone of any import who could play even an ancillary role in making the revival ...
