Democrats' New 'Fairness' Push May Silence Conservative Radio Hosts, Critics Say

[Antigone]

We knew it was coming:

Democrats' New 'Fairness' Push May Silence Conservative Radio Hosts, Critics Say
By Fred Lucas
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
January 17, 2007

(CNSNews.com) - Democrats in Congress are pushing for legislation that they say would bring more balance to the media, but critics say would muzzle conservative voices.

The Fairness Doctrine, a federal regulation requiring broadcasters to present both sides of a controversial issue, was enforced by the Federal Communications Commission from 1949 to 1987, when it was dropped during the Reagan administration.

Many in the broadcast industry credit the dropping of the rule to the rise of conservative talk radio that became a booming industry, featuring personalities like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham.

Bringing back the regulation will ensure more even-handed coverage of political issues, said Jeff Lieberson, spokesman for Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), who has proposed the "Media Ownership Reform Act."

"The political interests of media owners can have a direct and indirect effect on the way news is presented to the public, so it's important that all sides are heard," Lieberson told Cybercast News Service Tuesday.

The Fairness Doctrine is a key component of Hinchey's bill, which also sets tighter limits on media ownership. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has proposed a companion bill in the Senate.

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[DoctorDoom]

The libeRATs can't compete legitimately in the radio marketplace (q.v., Airhead Amerikka), so they want to force conservative-dominated talk radio to give them equal time. How very typical. Of course they will not support forcing the liberal-dominated MSM to give equal time to conservatives.

[CountryGent]

Of course they will not support forcing the liberal-dominated MSM to give equal time to conservatives.Bingo! Give that man a case of cold beer!!:biggrin:

[Naturalized-Texan]

The Hush Rush Bill couldn't pass when the Dims controlled Congress when Clinton was president. It won't pass now.

[RED]

The congenital liars want it all, don't they? :mad:

[CountryGent]

The congenital liars want it all, don't they? :mad:

Yes they do.....and they work on getting it one little piece at a time.:flame::flame:

[Maggie_T]

Ok, right now I am SO incensed at this outrage that it's a good thing that we keep our weapons in a locked box and that I don't remember the combination to open it. :flame:

On my way home, I was listening to Sean Hannity's radio program. He was interviewing this congress-schmuck from New York - can't remember his name, never heard of the bastard. The way this ... thing lied through his teeth, did not answer ONE single question that Sean put to him and tried to filibuster instead, made me so mad, I had to turn the radio off.

I know it sounds childish, but all I wanted at that moment was for some big, brawny man to beat that liar to a pulp, and throw the remains into the garbage. Yes, I said it. Sue me.

When people lie so blatantly like this bastard did, nothing short of a bloody nose will do, in my book.

See, this is why I have been keeping away from politics. I just do not have the tolerance for liberal lies, distortions, double-standards anymore.

Hubby says that this will not pass. I said, we shall see. Now that CONgress in is the hands of con-artists, and that the chances of getting a liberal dictator in the White House grow daily, I do not have a warm fuzzy feeling about this.

And when you consider that you and I are the only ones who give a damn - Joe and Jane Blow being too busy watching mind-numbing TV garbage - my pessimism sky-rockets.

I must go. I will channel my frustration on the eliptical machine. I'll get it sparking, I can tell you. I've already lost 21 pounds, I might shrink to nothing.

Damn liberals! Damn the mothereffers to hell!

:flame: :flame:

[CountryGent]

I just do not have the tolerance for liberal lies, distortions, double-standards anymore.Amen to that Maggie! If we don't keep a close eye on the fox tho the henhouse won't have any hens!!:flame:

[Rhino]

If we don't keep a close eye on the fox tho the henhouse won't have any hens!!:flame:Yeah, Bill might get in there.

[jan]

On my way home, I was listening to Sean Hannity's radio program. He was interviewing this congress-schmuck from New York - can't remember his name, never heard of the bastard. The way this ... thing lied through his teeth, did not answer ONE single question that Sean put to him and tried to filibuster instead, made me so mad, I had to turn the radio off.

:flame: :flame:

Yeah, I was listening to that too. I also had to turn the radio off. Afterwards i got to thinking more about it and how it just profusley irritates me to no end ... and then I thought about coming onto the internet here and nicking myself as "the rabid conservative". I just dont know anybody else who gets as ticked off as I do at these leftists and their transparent natzi like agenda.

And then to add insult to injury we got all these republicans in congress now acting like they might actually enjoy spending the next 40 years as the minority party again.

I must be a "rabid conservative", cause Im mad as h*ll and I aint gonna take it no more! :flame: [/rant]

[CountryGent]

Yeah, Bill might get in there.

Do you mean Slick Willy? Oh Lord.......:rolleyes::flame::flame:

[RED]

and then I thought about coming onto the internet here and nicking myself as "the rabid conservative". I just dont know anybody else who gets as ticked off as I do at these leftists and their transparent natzi like agenda.

And then to add insult to injury we got all these republicans in congress now acting like they might actually enjoy spending the next 40 years as the minority party again.

I must be a "rabid conservative", cause Im mad as h*ll and I aint gonna take it no more! :flame: [/rant]

Hasn't seemed to be a problem here so far, so I guess it won't.

WELCOME JAN !!!:claps:

[jan]

Hasn't seemed to be a problem here so far, so I guess it won't.

WELCOME JAN !!!:claps:

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[DeclinetoState]

"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)" should be "Sen. Bernie Sanders (Socialist-Vt.)."

All right, carry on.

[blackwatch]

I keep saying "liberals" are not liberal, they are communists and/or communist sympathizer's, in many cases now they are 6-7 generation and have been taught they AREN"T communists, they just have new ideas, which happen to be almost 100 years old and follow Marx and Lenin and Chairman Mao teachings....remember ON PAPER liberalism looks great, the same as communism...."The socialist system will eventually replace the capitalist system; this is an objective law independent of man's will. However much the reactionaries try to hold back the wheel of history, sooner or later revolution will take place and will inevitably triumph." Mao November 6, 1957

[RED]

I keep saying "liberals" are not liberal, they are communists and/or communist sympathizer's, in many cases now they are 6-7 generation and have been taught they AREN"T communists, they just have new ideas, which happen to be almost 100 years old and follow Marx and Lenin and Chairman Mao teachings....remember ON PAPER liberalism looks great, the same as communism...."The socialist system will eventually replace the capitalist system; this is an objective law independent of man's will. However much the reactionaries try to hold back the wheel of history, sooner or later revolution will take place and will inevitably triumph." Mao November 6, 1957

Of course they're commies. But to them ... what's in a name? They use new ones every few months and the typical non-politico, they can't keep up to conservative and liberal or know what each represents. And..........here we are! :sad:

[Patriot Heart]

Laura Ingraham had the slimey creepy Hinchy on her show today also........she took him apart, but he has the clever, calm, sociopathic responses that make no sense whatsoever, but will fool a passing moronm, into thinking he is reasonable. A transcript of what was said would be funny if it wasn't so infuriuating. Maggie, let's both go get us baseball bats........

[RED]

Laura Ingraham had the slimey creepy Hinchy on her show today also........she took him apart, but he has the clever, calm, sociopathic responses that make no sense whatsoever, but will fool a passing moronm, into thinking he is reasonable. A transcript of what was said would be funny if it wasn't so infuriuating. Maggie, let's both go get us baseball bats........

Yeah, I heard that. The guy, like all libs, was a stone liar. Unfortunately, his lies and spin would go right over the head of the uninformed. PBS ... liberal? HUH? :rolleyes:

[Rhino]

I just dont know anybody else who gets as ticked off as I do at these leftists and their transparent natzi like agenda.You must not have been hanging around here very much. You got a long way to go to equal some of the anger here. Just watch Mags post when she gets really pissed! LOL!

[sunsettommy]

Many in the broadcast industry credit the dropping of the rule to the rise of conservative talk radio that became a booming industry, featuring personalities like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham.


The Liberals always had the same opportunities to succeed in the radio business.

They don't because few people want to hear their drivel.

What about NPR?

:smirky:

[RED]

The Liberals always had the same opportunities to succeed in the radio business.

They don't because few people want to hear their drivel.

What about NPR?

:smirky:


What about NPR? How about ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, & C-SPAN?

It's not about success. If Rush talks about political content for three hours, they should be able to respond for three hours, or it's just not fair. :sad: They want to take it out of the realm freedom to choose, because nobody chooses their inane babble, and force their point of view, by rule of law, for an equal amount of time.


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[Naturalized-Texan]

What about NPR?

:smirky:
Libs don't consider NPR to be liberal. They consider NPR to be balanced.

[Maggie_T]

Yeah, I was listening to that too. I also had to turn the radio off. Afterwards i got to thinking more about it and how it just profusley irritates me to no end ... and then I thought about coming onto the internet here and nicking myself as "the rabid conservative". I just dont know anybody else who gets as ticked off as I do at these leftists and their transparent natzi like agenda.

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My friend, I take second place to nobody in how ticked off I get at liberals' blatant dictatorship. I too think I am the only one and that depresses me. So it's nice to see someone else who reacts like me. Apart from my Freecer friends, that is.

And then to add insult to injury we got all these republicans in congress now acting like they might actually enjoy spending the next 40 years as the minority party again.

I hear you, love. Bunch of pussies, the whole lot of them. :flame:

I must be a "rabid conservative", cause Im mad as h*ll and I aint gonna take it no more! :flame:

Join the club.

[Maggie_T]

Maggie, let's both go get us baseball bats........

(Hastily hiding her .45) Oh ... ah ... yes, by all means, let's break out the baseball bats. :blush:

[Maggie_T]

Libs don't consider NPR to be liberal. They consider NPR to be balanced.

I know. The lying jerk that was on Hannity's show yesterday said that the New York Slime is balanced. :flame:

[S-T]

If this passes, the terrorists win (http://www.conservatibbs.com/2006/06/attacks-on-freedom-are-treasonous.html).

The Commies pushing this oughtta get a permanent vacation in Club Gitmo.

Quote that, FSTDT.

[Maggie_T]

S-t, liberals want terrorists to win. I don't care how much the lying hypocrites whine about my saying this and try to deny it. The truth is that they want America to fail. Their self-loathing demands it.

[hdmundt]

This nonsense is par for the course for lib Dims. Vigilance is a must, but I just don't see the content providers and radio networks (who make big bucks off the success of talk radio) being so weak that they can't drop-kick this stuff right out the door when the time comes. ('Sure hope they don't make me eat my words......)

[Rhino]

Considering the left leaning nature of the mainstream media, conservative talk radio is fairness.

[Maggie_T]

This nonsense is par for the course for lib Dims. Vigilance is a must, but I just don't see the content providers and radio networks (who make big bucks off the success of talk radio) being so weak that they can't drop-kick this stuff right out the door when the time comes.

Hannity (repeatedly) asked the jerk I mentioned what would happen to him (Sean) if he decided to ignore the "Fairness" nonsense. The other, of course, just went on blabbering about nothing and never answered the question. Which usually means the worst will happen.

('Sure hope they don't make me eat my words......)

Yes, I was going to say that. :rolleyes:

[Kathy30]

Ok, right now I am SO incensed at this outrage that it's a good thing that we keep our weapons in a locked box and that I don't remember the combination to open it. :flame:

On my way home, I was listening to Sean Hannity's radio program. He was interviewing this congress-schmuck from New York - can't remember his name, never heard of the bastard. The way this ... thing lied through his teeth, did not answer ONE single question that Sean put to him and tried to filibuster instead, made me so mad, I had to turn the radio off.

I know it sounds childish, but all I wanted at that moment was for some big, brawny man to beat that liar to a pulp, and throw the remains into the garbage. Yes, I said it. Sue me.

When people lie so blatantly like this bastard did, nothing short of a bloody nose will do, in my book.

See, this is why I have been keeping away from politics. I just do not have the tolerance for liberal lies, distortions, double-standards anymore.

Hubby says that this will not pass. I said, we shall see. Now that CONgress in is the hands of con-artists, and that the chances of getting a liberal dictator in the White House grow daily, I do not have a warm fuzzy feeling about this.

And when you consider that you and I are the only ones who give a damn - Joe and Jane Blow being too busy watching mind-numbing TV garbage - my pessimism sky-rockets.

I must go. I will channel my frustration on the eliptical machine. I'll get it sparking, I can tell you. I've already lost 21 pounds, I might shrink to nothing.

Damn liberals! Damn the mothereffers to hell!

:flame: :flame:

Vote for Tom Tancredo.

[Maggie_T]

I'll vote for anyone who stops this blatant attempt at obliterating the 1st amendment. :flame:

Bloody dictators.

[CountryGent]

I take second place to nobody in how ticked off I get at liberals' blatant dictatorship. I too think I am the only one and that depresses me. So it's nice to see someone else who reacts like me.I don't get depressed about this stuff but it sure plays hell with mah bowels........:sad:

[DoctorDoom]

Considering the left leaning nature of the mainstream media, conservative talk radio is fairness."I don't need balance. I AM the balance."
-- Rush L.

[Rhino]

Exactly.

[maxparrish]

The Hush Rush Bill couldn't pass when the Dims controlled Congress when Clinton was president. It won't pass now. I agree. It has too get by the Senate, and I expect it would not get the 60 votes needed. Of course, Bush might even get a little out of control and veto it.

Still it portends darkening skys, especially if a Democratic President or McCain wins. Currently the democrats are cautious, without their President in office they are not willing to stick their heads out too far on taxes, or (perhaps) even illegal immigration. Their moderates in Kentucky, Arizona, Indiana etc. are very vulnerable and it is always possible thet the conservative and traditionalist dumbpoo's that let them win might get off their asses and vote them out.

But with Hitlery, it will change rapidly. Their goal is simple: destroy the oppostion and deny it God given rights of expression for the next 10 generations. Soon bloggers may be required to register, and denied the right to express themselves before elections; then talk Radio will be effectively shut down; then Churchs will lose their non-profit status and government IRS monitors will stalk their pews.

They will not burn the Riechstag, or have an open Kristalnacht...but the burning and night of broken windows will happen as conservative voices are silenced, the lights of our movement snuffed...one by one.

Will we fight the way we should? Will we have sit-ins, political prisoners, resistence efforts, and demonstrations? No,probably not. We will be polite and good citizens, and like the Jews who were loyal Germans led to our metaphorical death camps.

I am glad I wont live long enough to see it...my heart has been broken enough.

[Maggie_T]

Still it portends darkening skys, especially if a Democratic President or McCain wins. Currently the democrats are cautious, without their President in office they are not willing to stick their heads out too far on taxes, or (perhaps) even illegal immigration. Their moderates in Kentucky, Arizona, Indiana etc. are very vulnerable and it is always possible thet the conservative and traditionalist dumbpoo's that let them win might get off their asses and vote them out.

But with Hitlery, it will change rapidly. Their goal is simple: destroy the oppostion and deny it God given rights of expression for the next 10 generations.



Exactly right. Max, we agree once more. :claps:

I don't understand why it is so hard for some people to understand that the left is EVIL. That's why we should NEVER have allowed liberals (a.k.a. lefties) to get to power.

[CountryGent]

I don't understand why it is so hard for some people to understand that the left is EVIL. That's why we should NEVER have allowed liberals (a.k.a. lefties) to get to power.I understand it very well. The Liberals were allowed into positions of power simply because of complacency on the part of Americans. It is difficult to keep up with politics when you are working a 70 hour week and being heavily taxed to pay for useless feel-good social programs......:rolleyes:

[Maggie_T]

So to amend the consequences of their complacency, voters went and voted for those who practically invented useless, feel-good social programs, and who are determined to sky-rocket voters' taxes in order to pay for those useless, feel-good social programs.

Yeah, makes sense. :rolleyes:

[maxparrish]

Exactly right. Max, we agree once more. :claps:

I don't understand why it is so hard for some people to understand that the left is EVIL. That's why we should NEVER have allowed liberals (a.k.a. lefties) to get to power.

When I look back on it, even I did not realize just how evil the Democrats/left was until I changed by viewing habits. Mind you, I always thought they were very evil, but these days they reek of it, my nostrils are filled with their vaporized bile, their burning sulfur.

Two primary reasons some people don't understand:

1) They view MSM and may read local liberal rags (NYTimes, SF Chronicle, LA Times, etc.) They are conservatives in spite of this propaganda din, but still don't "get it".

2) They live in traditionally conservative areas with nice Democrats as neighbors. Democrats, at the local levels of Oklahoma, Kentucky, etc. are often "Dixie-crats", the 'common man' traditionalist who respects conservative values and is unaware that he/she has more in common with today's Republicans.



For those that don't get it, here's the training camp program (could be esp. useful for the conservatives/pubs of the 15 nominally GOP (non-RINO) districts that voted for democrats in 2006):

a) Move to an undisguised left area: Vermont, California Coastal Areas - esp S.F., Madison Wisc., Berkeley, Portland Oregon, areas of Maine, Massachusetts & Connecticut. etc. Don't read anything but the front pages of local press. No TV MSM is allowed.

b) Get all your real news from: AP, Rush & Hannity, NewsMax, National Review On-lIne, Human Events On-line, and other conservative sources and sites (like this one).

c) You may also watch the history channel and discovery. You may even occasionally watch PBS Nova and Frontline AFTER 14 days.

d) Once a month watch a broadcast from MSM. Have heart shock paddles plugged in and jelled up...you may need it. Teach your dog to dial 911.

In thirty days you will be screaming at your TV (even when its off), writing fuming missives on the Internet, underlining passages in the Anarchists Cookbook, and going through the five states of conservative grief a couple of times a week.

It worked for me.

[MrSanity]

The Hush Rush Bill couldn't pass when the Dims controlled Congress when Clinton was president. It won't pass now.I hope you're right.

This bill has bothered me more than anything the Democrats have put on their agenda, as of now. The minimum wage hike was a given, and they might pass the embryonic stem cell research bill as well. I don't expect them to succeed in reinstituting the draft, however.

When I first got the news on this, I thought, "Oh, big deal. Dennis Kusinich. Nobody even takes him seriously. But more and more Democrats (and Bernie Sanders, the openly socialist congressman of Vermont) are backing up this stupid bill to push the authority of government towards unacceptable proportions.

This is tantamount to pissing on the constitution.

So you couldn't succeed with Air America, which got between $800,000 and $1.3 million in government funding (depending on which source I should trust more). Too bad. I'm sorry that's what happens when liberal Democrats say what they honestly believe.

The bill won't be "fair" to anyone in reality. Conservatives would demand two sides for every story from the Government Media Complex, which many liberals insist that it IS fair and balanced.

This is not democracy. This is dictatorship.

[MrSanity]

Ok, right now I am SO incensed at this outrage that it's a good thing that we keep our weapons in a locked box and that I don't remember the combination to open it. :flame:

On my way home, I was listening to Sean Hannity's radio program. He was interviewing this congress-schmuck from New York - can't remember his name, never heard of the bastard. The way this ... thing lied through his teeth, did not answer ONE single question that Sean put to him and tried to filibuster instead, made me so mad, I had to turn the radio off.I remember listening to it too. He's a power-hungry social engineer.

See, this is why I have been keeping away from politics. I just do not have the tolerance for liberal lies, distortions, double-standards anymore.I've "tried" not to pay to much attention to this socialist takeover of America. But I can't help myself. Watching this VietCONGress is like watching a car wreck. For as bad as you want to look away, your soul does not allow you to do so.

Or moreso, it's like watching your kids act like brats. You've got to deal with it if you care about your future.

[Rhino]

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[MrSanity]

I have a self-developed theory that the reinstating of the Fairness Doctorine is solely because the Demmunist RATS realize that talk radio keeps listeners informed.

When people are informed, Democrats lose elections.

So they must think, "Geesh... if only someone was there to interrupt Rush or Hannity every five seconds, we could not only heckle them out of ratings, but win more elections!"

Commie pervs.

[maxparrish]

I have a self-developed theory that the reinstating of the Fairness Doctorine is solely because the Demmunist RATS realize that talk radio keeps listeners informed.

When people are informed, Democrats lose elections.

So they must think, "Geesh... if only someone was there to interrupt Rush or Hannity every five seconds, we could not only heckle them out of ratings, but win more elections!"

Commie pervs.

You and a couple of informed conservatives have the same theory - although one wonders what portion of our elected representatives and Senators are awake enough to care. Certainly RINOs like McCain would want to shut us up.

The sad truth is that most of the remaining repbulicans no longer care about the party - they just want to get re-elected. They would rather get rid of conservatives and remain a minority party than "rock the boat" by permitting talk radio represent our concerns.

In the meatime, the fairness doctrine has been an evil idea for most of broadcast history - a doctrine that is supposed to give fairness in broadcasting but, in reality, lets the MSMedia "objective reporters" transmit propoganda will quashing contrasting opinions by conservatives. Have no doubt, it will require EVERY commentary by a conservative on either a major issue or candidate to be countered in an equal and equally forceful manner by liberal pinhead - the net result being that broadcasters will jetison a format which will lose money (liberals don't listen to radio).

HOW ABOUT SENDING IN THIS FAIRNESS DOCTRINE: If someone has somethng to say, and people want to hear - LET THEM ALONE. And if someone has something to say AND no one wants to hear it, THEN DON'T crash their audience.

Gee, this sounds like fairness, this even sounds like freedom of speech and assembly. Got it muttonheads?

[Lubbock]

The thing has been struck down [if you believe FOX]. The Dems sailed it into the air, and it didn't fly for fifteen minutes.

[S-T]

I just asked my member of Congress if he supports the fairness doctrine. (He was on the radio.) He danced around the question and never provided a "yes" or "no" answer.

Why won't Baron Hill answer a simple yes or no question? Where is Baron (http://www.WhereisBaron.com)?

[DeclinetoState]

When people are informed, Democrats lose elections.I was grading papers for another teacher who teaches an American Government class for high-school seniors. Many of the testees showed an unbelievable ignorance of basic facts about the Constitution, Congress, etc.

I can only hope they don't vote. :(

[MrSanity]

The thing has been struck down [if you believe FOX]. The Dems sailed it into the air, and it didn't fly for fifteen minutes.I didn't think it was going to fly for long, although it was nerve-racking when more and more Dems showed support for it.

[MrSanity]

I just asked my member of Congress if he supports the fairness doctrine. (He was on the radio.) He danced around the question and never provided a "yes" or "no" answer.

Why won't Baron Hill answer a simple yes or no question? Where is Baron (http://www.WhereisBaron.com)?He's an apparent revolutionary in the field of double-talk, from what it appears.