A few weeks ago, I wrote on Jumping In Pools about a Congressman from California, who said she was in favor of re-instating the nisnamed "fairness doctrine" which if anything, silences more people, so I wrote this Congressman an email, and I got a very disturbing letter back, she was actually advocating for stricter laws by the F.C.C on radio stations, and a localism brand of the fairnes doctrine. Localism is where they can claim that a radio station is not airing enough local voices or public outreach programs (since when does the government have the damn authority to tell the FREE PRESS what to have on their shows?), and threaten to take away their license of fine them.
This is wrong on so many angles, especially with the Constitution, which is the highest authority in the land as to American founding documents, the First Amendment states as followed
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
A fairness doctrine would violate the freedom of speech & the freedom of the press, this is Un-constitutional.
Joseph Farah of World Net Daily, wrote about the fairness doctrine today, which included some reference to Ronald Reagan, and why he lifted the fairness doctrine in 1987.
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84807
I'll give you hint, because it was and is the right thing to do.
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1 comment:
As a Democrat, I agree with you about the "Fairness Doctrine", but I think World Net Daily as a website is a little crazy.
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