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FCC Chief Says Fairness Doctrine Not Needed
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Posted on 07/27/2007 9:16:54 AM PDT by pillut48
WASHINGTON - (AP) - The Federal Communications Commission has no intention of reinstating the Fairness Doctrine imposing a requirement of balanced coverage of issues on public airwaves, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said.
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posted on
07/27/2007 9:16:57 AM PDT
by
pillut48
To: pillut48
Good for him. Who appointed this man?
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posted on
07/27/2007 9:24:04 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: RexBeach
To: Disciplinemisanthropy
Wow. Mr. Martin looks like he just graduated from high school.
Rove must have been his home room teacher.
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posted on
07/27/2007 9:29:37 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: RexBeach
To: pillut48; M. Thatcher
fairness doctrine ping
Rush can drop his moonbat caller ratio.
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posted on
07/27/2007 9:54:02 AM PDT
by
txhurl
To: pillut48
"Indeed, with the continued proliferation of additional sources of information and programming, including satellite broadcasting and the Internet, the need for the Fairness Doctrine has lessened even further since 1987," he wrote.
He gets it!
To: pillut48
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posted on
07/27/2007 9:58:53 AM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(THE TREE OF LIBERTY NEEDS TO BE WATERED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE BLOOD OF TYRANTS!!!)
To: pillut48
I don't put it past them to try ... but if the Dems really think they could censor conservative talk radio without sparking a near revolution in this country, they've lost all touch with reality.
The anger over the immigration debacle would seem like a Sunday School picnic in comparison.
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posted on
07/27/2007 10:05:58 AM PDT
by
Oliver Optic
(Never blame on strategery that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.)
To: pillut48
If a post 2008 majority D congress drafts a bill reinstating the FD and sends it to a D president who happily signs it, could the FCC be forced to impose the FD whether it wants to or not? That’s the question-though that quibble/musing aside, this announcement is great news!
To: pillut48
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posted on
07/27/2007 10:15:09 AM PDT
by
Gritty
(There is only one principle and standard for the liberals who dominate PBS. It's mine-L Brent Bozell)
To: Verloona Ti
“beware of Greeks bearing gifts”
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posted on
07/27/2007 11:58:38 AM PDT
by
Optimist
(I think I'm beginning to see a pattern here.)
To: smalltownslick
Didn’t Rush start his talk radio show in ‘87 or ‘88?
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posted on
07/27/2007 1:42:58 PM PDT
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX --Soccer Mom, Bible Thumper and Proud to be an American! RUN, FRED, RUN!!!)
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