Obama Says No To Fairness Doctrine
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/6/2008 8:00:00 PM
Sen. Barack Obama's opposition to re-imposing the Fairness Doctrine may not be enough to put a stake in that issue, which continues to be exhumed by Republicans concerned that the doctrine might be used to suppress conservative speech.
But a source in the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would not rule out a push from House Democrats to bring it back, either in this Congress or the next.
The doctrine required broadcasters to air the other side of controversial issues of public importance. The doctrine's 1987 demise is seen as the catalyst for the rise of conservative talk radio and its often-pointed attacks on Democrats and their policies.
Obama's press secretary, Michael Ortiz, told B&C that Obama "considers this debate to be a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible." Obama is more concerned about achieving diversity through "media-ownership caps, network neutrality, public broadcasting, as well as increasing minority ownership of broadcasting and print outlets."
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Rush Limbaugh could only have achieved his following by lying to the
people, and appealing to their lowest and most tawdry instincts: hate,
racism, and discrimination, which he could do because there was no
"Fairness Doctrine".
He is considered to have had a major influence in the GOP takeover of
congress in 1992. He was made an honorary member of that congress
for that reason.
He could not have achieved this if he had had to face some factual
points of view offered by those who recognized his lies and distortions
-- through the Fairness Doctrine.
Any Democrat in Congress -- or President Elect Obama -- who does
not realize this is just playing into the hands of Limbaugh style hatred
and news distortion.
two7five7one - 11/10/2008 8:14:00 PM EST -
Rush Limbaugh could only have achieved his following by lying to the
people, and appealing to their lowest and most tawdry instincts: hate,
racism, and discrimination, which he could do because there was no
"Fairness Doctrine".
He is considered to have had a major influence in the GOP takeover of
congress in 1992. He was made an honorary member of that congress
for that reason.
He could not have achieved this if he had had to face some factual
points of view offered by those who recognized his lies and distortions
-- through the Fairness Doctrine.
Any Democrat in Congress -- or President Elect Obama -- who does
not realize this is just playing into the hands of Limbaugh style hatred
and news distortion.
two7five7one - 11/10/2008 8:12:00 PM EST
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