Government 'fairness' cops

WorldNetDaily ^ | August 4, 2007 | Joseph Farah

[Delacon]

It's coming. It's not a threat. It's a promise. If Democrats retain control of both houses of Congress and capture the presidency in 2008, the Fairness Doctrine will be back – this time as the law of the land – as surely as you are reading this column. It's not a prediction. It's a guarantee. What we witnessed earlier this year was a flurry of calls for reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine by prominent Democrat politicians from Dianne Feinstein to John Kerry to Dick Durbin. Consider that the trial balloon. The real thing – the nuclear-powered zeppelin – will be soaring in 2009 if and when Democrats regain full control of the federal government, as they believe is their birthright. Immediately, they will begin protecting their re-election bids in 2010 and 2012. One of the most important steps will be passage of a legislative version of the Fairness Doctrine, formerly only a rule of the Federal Communications Commission until 1987. As I pointed out earlier this week, it was 20 years ago today President Reagan taught the AM band to play. You absolutely must read the August issue of Whistleblower magazine to full comprehend how the free flow of information we take for granted today will come to an abrupt end less than three years from now if Democrats have their way. Anyone opposed to their official censorship, their intolerant and heavy-handed control of broadcasting, will simply be characterized as unfair. It's happening already. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., sponsor of the MEDIA Act, an Orwellian acronym for "Meaningful Expression of Democracy in America," explains it this way: "Fairness isn't going to hurt anybody. I just can't imagine these people who want to fight against fairness."

[Delacon]

Pass the Broadcaster Freedom Act(making reinstatement of the fairness doctrine illegal) that was passed in the house but shot down by senate dems 2 weeks ago.

[Brilliant]

As long as they make the liberal TV networks “fair and balanced,” I’m in favor of it.

[LdSentinal]

This is the same Joseph Farah who endorsed Ho Chi Kerry for president in 2004.

[Ahithophel]

It’s worse than that. The new Fairness Doctrine will be enacted via a comprehensive bill to include limitations and censorship on the exchange of ideas over the Internet.

[California Desert Rat]

Bingo. I believe the LIBRATS are looking to impose an ideological straightjacket on political speech, ultimately at the barrel of a gun. “The Fairness Doctrine” is their way in. It’s pure Stalinism.

[CarryingOn]

Worst nightmare. The day after Hillary Clinton is sworn in to office the executive orders will be delivered. Americans who care about such things as liberty and freedom and the protection of individual rights and understand what our Constitution says will think they have woken up in North Korea, Iran or Venezuela. From that point on it gets really ugly.

[socialismisinsidious]

You see, it's all about "fairness" – that's what the Fairness Doctrine is all about, to these insidious speech police.

That about sums up everything Loony Libs do...fairness is the hallowed ground in which socialists wallow. In their quest to make things "fair" they dismantle societies and drag everyone down (except for those in power) to the same crappy level (think health care...they want to cover everyone with the equivalent of Medicaid and call it Universal Care).

After radio they will go after the Internet (other totalitarian societies already are) and politicians from both parties will jump on board. In the last election the Internet hurt the Democrat-Socialist party (think Dan Rather) but the Republicans know it could easily have been them.

[Obie Wan]

Freedom of speech, JUST so long as you say what we tell you to say !!!

[Delacon]

“This is the same Joseph Farah who endorsed Ho Chi Kerry for president in 2004.”

But this is definitely a “don’t shoot the messenger” situation.

[Delacon]

“This is the same Joseph Farah who endorsed Ho Chi Kerry for president in 2004.”

But this is definitely a “don’t shoot the messenger” situation. Hell, if Hillary Clinton wrote this editorial, I’d have posted it.

[coydog]

So what makes them think that they can control ALL of the net? Simply incorporate outside the U.S. to a friendly data haven and do the same with the servers.

[WVNan]

Conservatives had best be planning how to broadcast from off-shore or from a moving van.

[GitmoSailor]

I smell Hillary!!!!!!.... And not like Her!!!!!...

[contra9602]

If the Democrats ever attempt to shutdown First Amendment then it should be up to the millitary to step it and restore democracy in this country.

[WireAndWood]

"Pass the Broadcaster Freedom Act ... "

Apparently you believe that the Dems might suddenly stop all of their dishonesty at the prospect of trampling one more law.

[PoParma]

“I smell Hillary!!!!!!....”

Comm’n! Stop this code language! Let’s be clear and honest! You are smelling camphor!

[skinkinthegrass]

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[Ahithophel]

I don’t know what makes liberals think but their agenda is pretty clear: squelch any opposing viewpoints and the dissemination of same.