Supposedly, the hated Trent Lott has also come out strongly against “the fairness doctrine.”
Just what does he suppose is the "other side"?
Nothing we want to hear about I am sure ~ after all we are spending near a trillion dollars to get rid of its primary exponents.
yep
Norm Coleman added his No Fairness Doctrine amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill, but the Democrats kicked it out.
“When Coleman, R-Minn., tried to bring up his amendment Friday to a defense authorization bill, Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat who chairs the Armed Services Committee, objected. Levin’s office said he objected because the amendment belonged in the Commerce Committee’s jurisdiction, and because it would have taken up time while the Senate was trying to debate Iraq.”
The reason the Democrats gave sounds reasonable, but they don’t follow this on other matters, so they are 2-faced. The Democrats and Levin snuck in an amendment on no “Hate Speech” (ie, can’t say negative things on homosexuals or minorities without facing prosecution) in the same bill and had no problem with that being outside military matters. I say both types of amendment should be debated on the merits and not snuck in another, necessary bill.
I am afraid of the government stepping in and regulating content…They should be able to tune into whatever they want to tune into and they shouldn’t be thinking that back home someone at the FCC is listening and monitoring and deciding what is fair and what is balanced. Let the people decide. Let the market decide. Let the first amendment flourish.Kudos to Senator Coleman. He made a great argument for freedom.
Exactly right!
Orwellian name for this unfair doctrine?...Why it's "THE Fairness Doctrine!" Of course!
In fact, it's "BRING BACK THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE!"
Bring things back to where they were before? Why that's original intent! That's conservative, anti-progressive thought! We should all be pleased!
This reminds me of how we lost the term "RED STATE" as a bad name for Commies....or even that commies are bad (see Sicko/Cuba).
Those who tagged the previous debate as "AMNESTY" instead of "Immigration Reform" won that debate.
If we don't own the language here, then we don't win the debate. Dims know this.
I’m curious. As this goes on, should I comment to my Senators that I will be at their offices with a pitchfork or a torch if this comes close to become a law.