Fairness Doct

Tonight while watching TV.  I came across a program on the Fairness Doctrine. The MC said their web address is:  www.aclj.com? Did anyone else see this program?  I skimmed through breaking news and didn't see any discussion about the re-instatement of the Fairness Doctrin. 

 

If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. 

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I did not see it T. and I don't know what you are wanting to know about the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE.  Liberals are always hollering about reinstating the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE, because people like Rush Limbaugh, Neil Boortz, et.el, "have too much influence on the public".

Conservatives say the libs are perfectly free to have their own programs, and do with NPR that the taxpayers pay for.  Liberals do not listen to talk radio, so they cannot get enough advertisers to stay on the air.

 

 

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I am wondering if the web address you want is www.aclj.org. ?   American center for law and justice

Hi MsBobbie,

 

I was only going by what I "heard" last night on the television program.  The sponsor said it was "urgent" to not let this be passed because it would mean the stations would have to give the "opposing" view equal time.  This is why I was asking in case there is a petition that I can sign against this issue.

 Thanks for your time and consideration. 

 

T 

 

 

 

 

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Teresa1954 said:

Hi MsBobbie,

 

I was only going by what I "heard" last night on the television program.  The sponsor said it was "urgent" to not let this be passed because it would mean the stations would have to give the "opposing" view equal time.  This is why I was asking in case there is a petition that I can sign against this issue.

 Thanks for your time and consideration. 

I will try to remember what someone much more knowledgable than I about this:  Something about the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) regulates the airways, and the President appoints the members of that commission.  Generally a Republican President will appoint conservative members and a Democrat will appoint liberal members.

There always seems to be some kind of Legislation pending to bring back the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE, but it does not get to the floor.  Wikipedia explains the history of FAIRNESS DOCTRINE very well.

In the past, liberals have tried to get radio stations to give equal time to the opposing view but it has not worked because, as I said earlier, liberals do not listen to talk radio. (They want to be entertained, that is why they do not know what government is doing under their nose)  More receintly some of the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE legislation has included wording that would force Rush and Neil to devote half of their program to the liberal view.

If we get another Democrat in the White House, and appoint liberals to the FCC, and enough Democrats in Congress and the Senate, that might well happen, but it won't matter anyway because they will erase our borders and shred out Constitution and Bill of Rights faster than anyone ever thought George Bush was trying to do.

I'll bet they already know how many dollars it will take to buy an Amero.  Look what they have already done....  created millions more 'just minimum wage earners' when they increased the minimum wage.

 

 

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When Americans shut down the phones during the vote on the comprehensive Immigration reform, Reid and another senator stood up and were so angry they threated a war against talk radio. The liberal faction does not want the conservative faction knowing whats going on, having the ability to converse about it, or having the ability to say anything to them about it. NumbersUSA often has good faxes and things to send on subjects that touch the conservative population Theresa. It might be a good start. That would be after checking the petition area on this sight. Then type in your search engine on your computer,  Petitions on the Fairness doctrine and see if anything comes up. The senate has been looking for ways to get us to shut up for a long time. We get in their way alot.

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In the old days it was called the broadcast EQUAL TIME RULE        U.S. Boadcasting Regulatory Rule

 The Fairness Doctrine used to be a fact in the old days.  Mostly the days before the internet.  If you had a Republican on a TV program you would have to have on a Democratic with the opposite point of view.  There are still some holders such as when you have a State of the Union after each side get a turn to their point of view.  Some cable stations sort of do it but I hate it as they yell at each other talk over each other and you don't even get your side of the issue explained.  Talk radio is doing fairly well on the Conservative side, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Michael Reagan, Savage and others.  Libs tried that and keep going bankrupt so they say it isn't fair and want the Conservative stations to give equal time to the Libs on their stations and to pay for it to boot.  Now that is not fair is it?  Now that is not free speech it it?  Now that is none of their business is it.  We can get the opposite view anytime we want on the internet thus no need for a Fairness Doctrine we don't want it back, ever.

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http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/E/htmlE/equaltimeru/equaltimeru.htm

EQUAL TIME RULE

U.S. Broadcasting Regulatory Rule  see the web site above

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I keep emailing Reid and telling him how much he offends me when he tries to tell me what I can and cant listen to. Its my right to listen to who ever I want. If they do this I hope they make it an open call in show so we can throw verbal tomatoes at these people.

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I know people who listen to radio and do not even own a television, but mostly people who listen to talk radio do so in their car.  The liberals say this is a 'captured audience' and only the conservative view is put forth.....

Like... can't people just turn the dial?

And what about this?  NPR ( national public radio ) and PBS (public broadcasting station ) are paid for with government funds, they genearlly are left leaning in their news reports, but the Liberals want these exempt from the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE

 

 

 

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Well thats certainly not fair is it? Whats your is mine and whats mine is mine.

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LitehouseBrite--  Thank you for the web address.  Now I can go and see what they were actually referring too.  I hadn't seen any information in NumbersUSA.  I usually go to their web site as far as knowing who, what, when and where. 

 

Thank you all for taking the time to "explain" this to me.  I don't want the gov.to tell me who I can/can't listen too.  Further more, I don't want my tax dollars being used to pay for an opposing view.  Especially one that goes against family values and beliefs.  

 

Everyone continue to keep letting the government know there we are still here and don't intend to go away either! :) 

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Here's the information:  " 10.05.07

The Fairness Doctrine
On this week’s episode, Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow is joined by Senior Counsel Stuart Roth and Jordan Sekulow from our Governmental Affairs Office to discuss the affects of the so-called “Fairness Doctrine” on conservative talk radio. 

 

So "apparently" this is only a discussion of what if?  Thanks again to everyone! 

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I would LOVE to hear Rush do a liberal point of view.  Given his creativity with language, I am sure it would be absolutely hysterical!

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I agree! :)

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CNSNews.com Fairness Doctrine Vote Not Happening, House Majority Leader Says Thursday, July 31, 2008 By Josiah Ryan, Staff Writer House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)On the Spot (CNSNews.com) - A bill to permanently ban the “Fairness Doctrine” – a dormant FCC rule that says broadcasters, mainly talk radio, must grant equal air time to opposing viewpoints – probably will not be voted on this year in Congress, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told CNSNews.com on Wednesday. Hoyer also joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in strongly suggesting that he would support reactivating the Fairness Doctrine, telling CNSNews.com that he is interested in “ensuring the availability of fair and balanced information to the American public.” Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.)Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), however, who wrote the bill – the Broadcaster’s Freedom Act – which would permanently ban the Fairness Doctrine, expressed surprise at Hoyer’s statement on Wednesday. Pence said that if Democrats maintain a majority in Congress, he thinks there will be a movement to restore the Fairness Doctrine. “No, I do not expect that bill [by Pence] to come to the floor, certainly not in the time that is remaining,” Hoyer told CNSNews.com. Hoyer’s office is in charge of scheduling which legislation is debated on the House floor. “There is a real concern about the monopoly of information and the skewering of information that the American public gets,” said Hoyer. “First, is to the monopoly. “Obviously, if one group, or a large group, controls information and only allows one perspective to be presented, that’s not good for democracy. That is not good for the American public. That is, of course, what the Fairness Doctrine is directed at, and it can have great merit. But there are obviously complications involved in that as well,” he said. Pence, however, elaborated on why he thinks the Democrats will push to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine if they retain control of Congress. “With the support of Speaker Pelosi and the majority leader for a return of the archaic legislation that, combined with the support of Senator Durbin, Senator Kerry, and Senator Feinstein, it seems very clear to me that should the next Congress remain in the hands of the Democrats, there will be an effort to restore the content regulation of the so-called Fairness Doctrine to the airwaves of America,” Pence told CNSNews.com. Pence further noted that when he added an amendment to temporarily ban the Fairness Doctrine to an appropriations bill in June 2007, 113 Democrats voted in favor of the amendment. But now that that he has organized a discharge petition that would force his bill (which permanently bans the Fairness Doctrine) to the House floor, not one Democrat signed on. “Democrats voted with us then,” said Pence. “But to this hour not one Democrat has signed the petition.” Hoyer voted with 114 other Democrats against the Pence Amendment in 2007. Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party, has not publicly addressed the Fairness Doctrine, but his spokesman made a statement opposing the reinstitution of the regulation on July 23. “Senator Obama does not support re-imposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters,” said press secretary Michael Ortiz, reportedly, in an e-mail to Broadcasting and Cable magazine. “He considers this debate to be a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible,” said Ortiz. Pence said he thinks pressure from Democratic leadership in Congress has caused many Democratic members to remain silent on the Fairness Doctrine issue.

Why not do what I did? I phoned Pelosi, Boxer and Feinstein (the real proponent of this "death of Talk Radio" being proposed by the Dems. I called and told their staffers that if they thought that shutting down talk radio was a form of "fairness", we would always have our back fences, internet, e mails, community forums, support groups, political advocacy groups, phones, blackberrys, etc. Their sleezy attempt to shut down conservatives would never work and I was "on" to them.

And, I have to ask why "Progressives" feel the need to shut down anybody who disagrees with them?

Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, et al, tried it. Didn't work, did it?

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Info I received...

From the Desk of:
David Martin
Executive Vice President


7/31/2008

Nancy,

On Wednesday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told CNSNews.com
that a bill to permanently end the threat of the so-called
Fairness Doctrine would likely not be voted on this year.
Hoyer however, did join House Speaker Pelosi in strongly
suggesting he would support reinstating the "Fairness Doctrine".

Over the last several weeks, hundreds of thousands of petitions,
phone calls and faxes generated by you, our fearless MRC Action
Team, have made the liberal House leadership increasingly uneasy
over their failure to bring the "Broadcaster Freedom Act" to the
floor for an up or down vote.

Should liberals hold their control of Congress, Rep. Mike Pence,
believes "there will be an effort to restore the content regulations
of the so-called Fairness Doctrine to the airwaves of America"--
effectively silencing conservative talk radio.

For the full CNSNews.com report:

http://www.mrcaction.org/r.asp?U=9759&RID=12505192


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and Freddie Mac? How about the fact that network news organizations
ignored serious concerns and even helped shield the mortgage giants
for more than 6 years leading up to the bailout?

Paul Gigot, editorial page editor and vice president of The Wall
Street Journal says Fannie and Freddie "couldn't prosper for as
long as they have without the support of the political left. ...
This includes Mr. [Rep. Barney] Frank and Sen. Chuck Schumer on
Capitol Hill, as well as Mr. [Paul] Krugman and the Washington
Post's Steven Pearlstein in the press."

Go here for the complete Business and Media Institute Media Myth report:

http://www.mrcaction.org/r.asp?U=9760&RID=12505192

Fairness Doctrine first then the internet next.

Let me get this straight.  For years and years the liberal media has been spewing their left wing agenda through all types of media including television news, newspapers, etc.  Now that conservatives finally have a voice, the libs are complaining that it's not fair?  Seems to me we already have a Fairness Doctrine in that conservatives are finally able to counter the left wing drivel we've had to endure all these years.

Pelosi and Reid HATE Republicans and conservatives and will do anything to hinder their voice, good for the country or not.  Usually not.  Their stance on this issue has nothing whatsoever to do with adhering to the U.S. Constitution.  It's all about politics and personal goals for those two haters.

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