Posted by
Armanius on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:38:36 PM
It appears that even the FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell is concerned about how the "Fairness Doctrine" might be used in the near future. In an
an article posted in the Business and Media Institute website, Mr. McDowell stated that:
“I think the bigger concern for them should be if you have government dictating content policy, which by the way would have a big First Amendment problem.”
“The Fairness Doctrine has not been raised at the FCC, but the importance of this election is in part – has something to do with that. So you know, this election, if it goes one way, we could see a re-imposition of the Fairness Doctrine. There is a discussion of it in Congress. I think it won’t be called the Fairness Doctrine by folks who are promoting it. I think it will be called something else ..."
You will recall how Dems have been harping about bringing back the "Fairness Doctrine" to force radio stations to give equal air time to liberal point of views. Obviously, such a movie would be nothing but a blatant attempt to silence conservative talk shows that a majority of radio listeners prefer to listen to over their liberal counterparts.