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Dem Sen On Fairness Doctrine (video)
youtube.com - 10/22/2008
Dem Sen On Fairness Doctrine (video)
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Jeff Bingaman wants the Fairness Doctrine back

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Riehl World View:  Dem Senator: Fairness Doctrine Is A "Higher Calling"

RedState: Conservative News and Community:  Dem Senator calls to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine

Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog:  Amanda Carpenter: Dem Senator Yearns for Fairness Doctrine

Pat Dollard | Young Americans:  DeMint To Force Senate Vote On Bill Banning Fairness Doctrine

reason.com - 10/30/2008
Beyond the Fairness Doctrine: Barack Obama says he wouldn't reintroduce the Federal ...
— reason.com — 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 ... (more) Beyond the Fairness Doctrine: Barack Obama says he ...

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cnsnews.com - 10/23/2008
Democratic Senator Tells Conservative Radio Station He’d Re-impose Fairness Doctrine--on Them
— cnsnews.com — (CNSNews.com) A prominent liberal Democratic senator, while being interviewed on a conservative talk radio station Tuesday, said he hopes a new administration and Congress will re-impose the Fairness Doctrine on radio and TV broadcasters. Sen. Jeff ... (more) Democratic Senator Tells Conservative Radio Station ...

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Dem Senator: Fairness Doctrine Is A "Higher Calling"
riehlworldview.com - 10/22/2008
Dem Senator: Fairness Doctrine Is A "Higher Calling"
— riehlworldview.com — Bingaman defected from Hillary to support Obama. He's the guy talking about a new Fairness Doctrine yesterday - audio below from the Jim Villanucci show on KKOB . Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has gained the Senate majority with the ... (more) Dem Senator: Fairness Doctrine Is A "Higher Calling"

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Dem Senator: Fairness Doctrine Is A "Higher Calling"
Riehl World View — Bingaman defected from Hillary to support Obama. He's the guy talking about a new Fairness Doctrine yesterday - audio below from the Jim Villanucci show on KKOB. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has gained the Senate majority with the defection and endorsement of a former Hillary Clinton supporter, Senator Jeff Bingaman. ...

Dem Senator calls to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Chopping down on free speech and shutting down the opposition H/T to Dan Riehl for this: If the Democrats get to 60 seats in the Senate, this is one of the many things that they will do to rig the system in their favor. Last week, I wrote up a list of other things that they will try. ...

Amanda Carpenter: Dem Senator Yearns for Fairness Doctrine
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman (N.M) said he would really like to see the Fairness Doctrine reinstated on Jim Villanucci's show. Bingaman said he thought talk radio was "more intelligent" before it the law was lifted and that broadcasters should have a "higher calling than just to reflect a particular point of view. Here's the audio and I transcribed it all below:

DeMint To Force Senate Vote On Bill Banning Fairness Doctrine
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Obama said he’s not for the Fairness Doctrine coming back. Business And Media Institute: Senator to Force Vote on Bill Banning Fairness Doctrine Sen. Jim DeMint plans to introduce amendment on D.C. Voting Rights bill to prevent FCC from censoring talk radio. By Jeff Poor Although a spokesman for President Barack Obama said the administration wouldn’t pursue the revival of the Fairness Doctrine, Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, S.C., wants Senate Democrats to go on the record one way or another on the issue. DeMint, chairman of the Senate Steering ...

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Jeff Bingaman: You know what would be sweet? Bringing back the Fairness Doctrine — Hot Air » Top Picks
The closer we get to a filibuster-proof Democratic majority, the more I think my earlier take about them wanting to avoid pushing this is wrong. [...] Read the rest »
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If you missed last Saturday's NARN First Team interview with Brian C. Anderson--editor of City Journal--you can now listen to it commercial free here. We spent most of the interview discussing the looming return of the Fairness Doctrine and the irony that the same Leftists who cry censorship ...
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Can I get an "Amen," brothers and sisters? — The Reaction
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