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Pelosi Supports ‘Fairness Doctrine’
by John Gizzi - (Human Events)
The speaker of the House made it clear to me and more than forty of my colleagues yesterday that a bill by Rep. Mike Pence (R.-Ind.) to outlaw the “Fairness Doctrine” (which a liberal administration could use to silence Rush Limbaugh, other radio talk show hosts and much of the new alternative media) would not see the light of day in Congress during ’08. In ruling out a vote on Pence’s proposed Broadcaster’s Freedom Act, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-CA.) also signaled her strong support for revival of the “Fairness Doctrine” — which would require radio station owners to provide equal time to radio commentary when it is requested.
Experts say that the “Fairness Doctrine,” which was ended under the Reagan Administration, would put a major burden on small radio stations in providing equal time to Rush Limbaugh and other conservative broadcasters, who are a potent political force. Rather than engage in the costly practice of providing that time, the experts conclude, many stations would simply not carry Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and other talk show hosts who are likely to generate demands for equal time.
At a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor yesterday, I asked Pelosi if Pence failed to get the required signatures on a discharge petition to get his anti-Fairness Doctrine bill out of committee, would she permit the Pence measure to get a floor vote this year.
“No,” the Speaker replied, without hesitation. She added that “the interest in my caucus is the reverse” and that New York Democratic Rep. “Louise Slaughter has been active behind this [revival of the Fairness Doctrine] for a while now.”
Pelosi pointed out that, after it returns from its Fourth of July recess, the House will only meet for another three weeks in July and three weeks in the fall. There are a lot of bills it has to deal with before adjournment, she said, such as FISA and an energy bill.
“So I don’t see it [the Pence bill] coming to the floor,” Pelosi said.
“Do you personally support revival of the ‘Fairness Doctrine?’” I asked.
“Yes,” the speaker replied, without hesitation
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how about a fairness doctrine for CNN?
June 25th, 2008 at 8:53 amThis is why they need to take away our guns … they want to silence the opposition to their move toward communism and they know they cannot get to their ‘view of world’ when there is a chance of armed resistence.
June 25th, 2008 at 8:56 ami’m not a fan of Rush…but the libtards already have their grubby hands on the news media and schools.
besides, commentary to libs means not listening and repeating robotic statements over and over whilst being egotistical and condescending.
June 25th, 2008 at 9:08 am“You see, it’s… it’s no good, Montag. We’ve all got to be alike. The only way to be happy is for everyone to be made equal”
- The Captain
June 25th, 2008 at 9:26 amFahrenheit 451
BTY is that pic from the movie Brazil? One of the great films of our time…
June 25th, 2008 at 9:27 am“fairness” doctrine coming from people who go out of their way to shut us conservatives up. sorry but the libs have rode in on a trojan horse and are now beginning to come out and show themselves. it is becoming more obvious by the day what they want, and that is to pursue their commie/Marxist agenda.
im sick of these bastards trying to take away our freedoms while blaming the President for doing just that. Party of the people my ass, we have heard that before.
June 25th, 2008 at 9:51 amNo one cares what liberals think, see Air America
June 25th, 2008 at 10:11 amThe “Fairness Doctrine” is double plus ungood.
June 25th, 2008 at 10:21 amOF course she does! The Marxists want total control of everything–TV (they already have), cable (already have,except for maybe Fox), radio (except for talk radio), newspapers, colleges, public schools, state agencies, energy industry (they already have–by using environmental laws to hamstring), etc. The are giddy because GWB wasn’t vigilant it defending the GOP brand, and he let it be destroyed (there wasn’t much he could do about it, because of liberal media bias, but there were some things). So, they see they are on the precipice of resuming their dominance of US public policy where they left off in 1980. See, Clinton wasn’t liberal enough for them. He was a “centrist.” Clinton wasn’t even liberal enough for his wife.
June 25th, 2008 at 10:23 amok i have a question. how the hell are we letting a small number of people in this country dictate to the rest of us? are we not working hard enough to take this country back? we need to come up with more ideas because whatever we come up with, im willing to work as hard as i can and do whatever my part will be. i already participate in all kinds of programs that include signing petitions, informing people of things and sending emails to everyone i know.
but can we do more?
June 25th, 2008 at 10:59 amThe Dow Jones dropped today due to weak retail sales. I think some explanation is necessary. TV advertising is paid for by Gap, Old Navy et al. by a vehicle by a vehicle called “commercial paper,” which is a 60 or 90 day bond. Getting your name out there brings in sales, and enables the retailer to pay off the bond with the interest, and get a boost in sales. Since Obama has bought up any and all spare ad slots, and combined with tight lending practices by banks, sales are down. Now that the campaign is over the TV networks will be hungry and will put pressure on lenders to make sure that their own revenue stays high. The solution is to boycott TV so that their obvious bias comes back to haunt them.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:27 pm