DeMint: Don't 'censor' talk radio
Kara Rowland (Contact)
Monday, February 23, 2009
Buzz up!President Obama's effort to clear the air last week has failed to ease conservative fears that the White House and congressional Democrats are conspiring to dominate the airwaves.
At issue is the "Fairness Doctrine," a rule that, from 1949 to 1987, mandated that broadcasters present contrasting views on controversial issues. Despite Mr. Obama's denials, leading conservative talk-show hosts and their allies in Congress warn that a plan is afoot to revive the rule in camouflaged form with a simple goal in mind: silencing conservative talk radio.
After weeks of ambiguous signals, White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said Wednesday that Mr. Obama would not take up calls by leading congressional Democrats to resurrect the rule, dropped by the Federal Communications Commission in the last years of the Reagan administration.
"As the president stated during the campaign, he does not believe the Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated," Mr. LaBolt told Foxnews.com on Wednesday.
But that statement has not satisfied the skeptics, who insist Democrats are eager to muzzle the one medium dominated by conservatives - talk radio.
ASSOCIATED PRESS "I'm glad President Obama finally confirmed his opposition to the Fairness Doctrine ... but many Democrats in Congress are still pushing it," Sen. Jim DeMint said.
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proper interp. needed.
2 hours of Rush then 2 hours of Seder.
get it?
they've been choking out viewpoints and screaming @ "liberals " since the eighties.
All this means is that Americans may actually have to hear about global warming, the plight of the worlds disenfrachised people, and soyfu.
Kara Rowland (Contact)
Monday, February 23, 2009
Buzz up!President Obama's effort to clear the air last week has failed to ease conservative fears that the White House and congressional Democrats are conspiring to dominate the airwaves.
At issue is the "Fairness Doctrine," a rule that, from 1949 to 1987, mandated that broadcasters present contrasting views on controversial issues. Despite Mr. Obama's denials, leading conservative talk-show hosts and their allies in Congress warn that a plan is afoot to revive the rule in camouflaged form with a simple goal in mind: silencing conservative talk radio.
After weeks of ambiguous signals, White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said Wednesday that Mr. Obama would not take up calls by leading congressional Democrats to resurrect the rule, dropped by the Federal Communications Commission in the last years of the Reagan administration.
"As the president stated during the campaign, he does not believe the Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated," Mr. LaBolt told Foxnews.com on Wednesday.
But that statement has not satisfied the skeptics, who insist Democrats are eager to muzzle the one medium dominated by conservatives - talk radio.
ASSOCIATED PRESS "I'm glad President Obama finally confirmed his opposition to the Fairness Doctrine ... but many Democrats in Congress are still pushing it," Sen. Jim DeMint said.
------------------
proper interp. needed.
2 hours of Rush then 2 hours of Seder.
get it?
they've been choking out viewpoints and screaming @ "liberals " since the eighties.
All this means is that Americans may actually have to hear about global warming, the plight of the worlds disenfrachised people, and soyfu.
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