Fairness Doctrine
More Democrats Call for Censoring Talk Radio
Now Rep. Maurice Hinchey, a New York Democrat, wants to muzzle “right-wing” talk radio. “I think the Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated,” Hinchey told CNNRadio,Politico reports. The Democrat said he would have the now dormant doctrine attached to a bill he plans to introduce later this year overhauling radio and TV ownership laws.
Former president Bill Clinton [...]
Democrats Determined to Reimpose Fairness Doctrine
It seems the Democrats are determined to reimpose the Fairness Doctrine. Earlier this week, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said she would work on bringing back the federal regulation. “I’ll work on bringing it back. I still believe in it,” Eshoo told the Daily Post in Palo Alto. Eshoo [...]
10Feb2009 | Winter Ross Charlton | 0 comments | Continued
Schumer on Fox: Fairness Doctrine ‘fair and balanced’
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday defended the so-called Fairness Doctrine in an interview on Fox News, saying, “I think we should all be fair and balanced, don’t you?”
Schumer’s comments echo other Democrats’ views on reviving the Fairness Doctrine, which would require radio stations to balance conservative hosts with liberal ones.
Asked if he is a [...]
Bill Press: ‘Fairness Doctrine’ Will Remedy ‘Conservative Media Conspiracy’
Bitter over the decision, by the owner of the Washington, DC area radio station which carried his show and other left-wing hosts, to drop its liberal talk show format which didn’t garner enough listeners to even show up in the latest ratings, Bill Press charged in a Sunday Washington Post op-ed:
There is no free market [...]
