Fairness Doctrine hammered 309-115

The Hill ^ | June 28, 2007 | Alexander Bolton

[kromike]

Generally-speaking, I find it interesting that the dhimmocrats are dusting off this old mothball mislabled as the "F.D."

They're (ir)rationalizing that just because it was enacted in 1929 and let expire in 1988 that somehow it's got enough "street cred" to justify its resurrection.

Like the McKennedy Destroy-America-via-Shamnesty Bill, the F.D. is a dumb idea. I guess that's why liberals are so enamored with it; like the battered wife in love with a scumbag husband, dhimmocrats just can't let go.

[LibertyRocks]

One can only hope...

[KevinB]

3 losses for the rats today, fairness,cheney funding and amnesty, being a majority sucks haha

4 losses including the Supreme's decision on school race-based programs. It has been a good day to be a conservative.

[I_like_good_things_too]

Any time this is brought up, the conservatives need to suggest that this will be done at exactly the same time that there is a fairness docrtine instated for all other forms of media, including hollywood movies, tv shows & “the news”. And schools.

[SierraWasp]

THUMP BUMP!!!

[Chode]

and the RATS, take another one in the...............HA ha!!!

[GATOR NAVY]

House Democrats argued that it was merely a Republican political stunt because there is little danger of the FCC restricting conservative radio while George W. Bush is president.

Would that be the same George Bush who signed that abomination to the First Amendment, Campaign Finance Reform?

The same George Bush who just saw his pet amnesty bill shot down, in large part because of talk radio?

George Bush is a Republican, he's not a conservative. I certainly wouldn't take it for granted he's against the Fairness Doctrine.

[mainepatsfan]

Man it felt good.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Seems like Washington perks for liberal Congressmen are more interesting than Paris Hilton, too.

[windsorknot]

"Rush and Sean are just about as important in the scheme of things as Paris Hilton...."

If you replaced Obey with Paris Hilton, no one outside of Congress would notice the difference.

[LdSentinal]

CFR would have passed even if Bush vetoed it.

[LibertyRocks]

You know... I thought Democrats supported Freedom of Speech??? Oh, yeah, I forgot... not when it interferes with their SOCIALIST AGENDA, or it comes to views that are in contrast to their delusions. This is totally in line with those over on DU who were praising Chavez for shutting down the TV stations and beating college students who had the gall to protest for freedom of speech...

If they tried to institute the so-called “fairness” doctrine upon the mass media (TV or Papers), you can bet it wouldn’t get far at all, and any sponsors of such legislation would be facing recall actions in a heartbeat...

Censorship of any sort by the government is not ‘fair’ at all, and shame on those Representatives on both sides of the aisles who believe the government should be doing so. MORE speech helps the debate on any issue, not less, and not some so-called ‘fairness’ rule that completely ignores that there may be more than 2 sides to an argument, or more than 2 offered solutions (not all things in this country can be split down the middle or fall into a two-party division).

Thank the Lord we won 2 battles today that for the moment preserve our Republic...

[6SJ7]

“We ought to let right-wing talk radio go on as they do now,” he said. “Rush and Sean are just about as important in the scheme of things as Paris Hilton...

I guarantee Americans know who Rush, Sean, and Paris are. Who the heck is David Obey. (The really notable people only need their first name and you know who they are.)

[keepitreal]

Wow. It was a good day in Washington.

[indcons]

When it rains good news, it pours.

[hsalaw]

“I have this old-fashioned attitude that when Americans hear both sides of the story, they’re in a better position to make a decision.”

Sure. Tell it to the MSM, the alphabet networks, most of the cable "news" programs, and the alleged "institutes of higher learning." Then, when they have all complied with the requirement of letting "Americans hear both sides of the story," we'll talk about radio.

[gpapa]

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll599.xml

[LibertyRocks]

Yep, and I have the unfortunate displeasure of having this idiot ‘represent’ me... I hope the GOP finds someone to kick this idiot out when he comes up for re-election — I’ll gladly help...

It’s really too bad he doesn’t realize what is wrong with this bill in regards to the Constitution, and speak out about Freedom of Speech as the reason the government shouldn’t be involved in actions of this kind... I guess that would be asking too much...

[Tamar1973]

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on Tuesday that the government should revive the Fairness Doctrine, a policy crafted in 1929 that required broadcasters to balance political content with different points of view.

If this were the 1920's when each city had only ONE radio station, he might have a point but today, there are scores of radio stations in every market and people can chose to listen to whatever they want. The only reason he's upset is that liberal talk radio is so bad, liberals don't even want to listen to it!

[Zack Nguyen]

Lots of good news today!