Yes, Actually, We Do Need To Bring Back The Fairness Doctrine

tipsgnob

tipsgnob

New Member
A couple of weeks ago all of the monolith of right wing radio was
literally hysterical about the possibility that the Fairness Doctrine
might be brought back. And then all of a sudden on Feb 26, 2009, with
no other warning, a nauseatingly named and so-called "Broadcaster
Freedom Act" was passed as an amendment to the DC voting rights bill
in the Senate. It happened so fast that none of the congressional
bill tracking sites have an update on this yet.

I'm of the opinion that the handful of hostile corporations who
have such a death grip on our political speech right now don't need
any more "freedom" to suppress even paid commercials they don't agree
with, and to coordinate secret advertiser boycotts of the few
progressive outlets in the so-called "free" market. The only point of
Broadcaster Dictatorship provision is to make the current extreme
wingnut bias of our media permanent, and to hold the DC voting rights
provision for ransom to do it.

Action Page: http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum943.php




 
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ilkhan

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Yes!! Lets take the marketplace out of business and replace it with government!! Look I hate Hannity (Love the video of him getting chased down the street by Ron Paul supporters like a linch mob, LOL) as much as any liberal well almost but the fact of the matter is Air America fails. I'm sorry, I've listened, While Jennine Garafalo is cute as a button Her politics just don't sell.

There is nothing Fair about the Fairness doctrine, It will be Government control of the media. The media (While I think its been co-opted by people with agendas) is supposed to be our watchdogs they are supposed to tell We the People what the hell is really going on. Do you think Bush would have let any of the nefarious shit he did get out if he controlled the Media?? HELL NO!!

So why give that power to anyone in Government?? When you know the system itself allows for people like Bush to get into Power??

Same thing with net neutrality there is nothing neutral about it! The Patriot Act, nothing Patriotic about it (IMHO)!! Don't Give these Fucks the opportunity!!
 
TheBrutalTruth

TheBrutalTruth

Well-Known Member
ilkhan said:
Yes!! Lets take the marketplace out of business and replace it with government!! Look I hate Hannity (Love the video of him getting chased down the street by Ron Paul supporters like a linch mob, LOL) as much as any liberal well almost but the fact of the matter is Air America fails. I'm sorry, I've listened, While Jennine Garafalo is cute as a button Her politics just don't sell.

There is nothing Fair about the Fairness doctrine, It will be Government control of the media. The media (While I think its been co-opted by people with agendas) is supposed to be our watchdogs they are supposed to tell We the People what the hell is really going on. Do you think Bush would have let any of the nefarious shit he did get out if he controlled the Media?? HELL NO!!

So why give that power to anyone in Government?? When you know the system itself allows for people like Bush to get into Power??

Same thing with net neutrality there is nothing neutral about it! The Patriot Act, nothing Patriotic about it (IMHO)!! Don't Give these Fucks the opportunity!!
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Unfairness Doctrine
Unrepresentatives (Those in Congress)
Unpatriot Act
No Secrecy in Banking Act

It's amazing, if you attach an Un, or add No to the front of most of the bills Congress Passes you actually get what they are really talking about.
 
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