Today, the U.S. Senate banned the “Fairness Doctrine”. Actually, they sneakily banned the term “Fairness Doctrine” but left the concept available for future implementation. Legislation from Senator Jim DeMint to ban the FCC from using the FD was overwhelmingly passed. An amendment introduced by Senator Dick Durbin was also passed and essentially leaves the FD intact.
Senate Votes To Ban Return of Fairness Doctrine – 2009-02-26 22:05:56 – Broadcasting & Cable. Read More→
The recent call by prominent Liberals and Democrat leaders to re-impose the Fairness Doctrine is an unashamed push to impose censorship in favor of the Liberal agenda. They claim not to want conservative talk hushed on the radio waves but to give opposing views a chance to be heard. Liberal talk radio has been tried (Air America) and failed in most markets. Face it, the free market of ideas favors conservative talk radio. If listeners don’t like what is heard on a particular station, then change the dial. Isn’t that what more modest television viewers are told when objecting to some of the profanity and sexuality that is so common on television? Read More→
Since my political awakening on September 11th, 2001, with the image of the destroyed twin towers burned into my brain, I have become a conservative talk radio junkie. It began with daily doses of Michael Savage, a sprinkling of Lars Larson for a Northwest focus, and hourly news updates from Fox radio. Over time, I discovered all of the great conservative voices being broadcast over AM radio: the voices of Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Shawn Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Bill O’Reilly, Hugh Hewitt and Michael Medved to name several but not all. Read More→
