PrintJuly 17, 2007
The Fairness Doctrine Engine Starter
Could we all hit Pause on the outrage remote just a moment? I know it is the most delicious fun to roll tape on our conservative outrage when Democrats propose to think about a proposal to study an investigation to reinstate the FCC Fairness Doctrine. But let us not lose our heads.It is perfectly understandable that the United States Senate, according to Frederic J. Frommer of the AP, is too busy debating the war in Iraq to vote its support for the First Amendment and drive a nail once and for all into the odious Fairness Doctrine. But the solons will probably get around to it next week.Anyway, talk radio is a problem, and something must be done about it.Even Sen. Trenthorn Lottherd (R-WB) knows that.The liberal policy analysts at the Center for American Progress know it too. After exhaustive policy analysis they have discovered a national problem. It is"The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio... the complete breakdown of the public trustee...(Read Full Article)
