Fairness Doctrine

Putting Talk Radio on Trial at the FCC

Sue Wilson | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Fcc, Zapple Doctrine, Scott Walker Recall, Fairness Doctrine, Conservative Talk Radio, Fcc Talk Radio, Talk Radio Fcc, Equal Time, Wisconsin Talk Radio, Talk Radio Fairness Doctrine, Media News
Sue Wilson

I believe I have found the legal means to put Talk Radio on trial at the FCC -- and perhaps eventually at the Supreme Court. The Wisconsin recall of Governor Scott Walker presented a golden opportunity.

Read Post

The French Presidency Is a Bargain

Sophie Meunier | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: France, Elections, Media, Campaign Spending, French Elections, Campaign Finance Reform, Fairness Doctrine, Campaign Finance, World News
Sophie Meunier

Money is a good thing to have in a French electoral campaign, to be sure, but there is not that much money can buy.

Read Post

The Bob & Chez Show 3/8/12

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Rush, Abortion, Rush Limbaugh, Fairness Doctrine, Birth Control, Republicans, Arizona, Bill Maher, Media News
Bob Cesca

This week we discuss the Rush Limbaugh advertiser boycott; verbal rape; PSAs on the Limbaugh flagship station; Maher's defense of Limbaugh; comedians and commentators; the Fairness Doctrine; good Rush versus bad Rush, and other topics.

Read Post

Fairness Doctrine Demise Gives Rise to the Public Interest

Sue Wilson | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Public Interest Obligations, Fairness Doctrine, Media Reform, Fairness Doctrine Radio, Fairness Doctrine TV, Fairness Doctrine Talk Radio, Media News
Sue Wilson

In August, 2011, the final nail has been pounded into the coffin of the Fairness Doctrine.

Read Post

FCC Officially Ends Fairness Doctrine

The Hill's Hillicon Valley | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Fcc Broadcast Rules, Federal Communications Commission, Fairness Doctrine, Fcc, Fcc Fairness Doctrine, Fcc Media, Media News

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the elimination of 83 outdated and obsolete agency rules on Monday, including ...

Read Whole Story

Turning Down the Radio, Slice by Budgetary Slice

David Coates | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Progressive Institutions, Democratic Party, Federal Deficit, Cuts, Republican Party, Public Broadcasting, Clear Channel Communications, Fairness Doctrine, Politics News
David Coates

The removal of a public broadcasting subsidy of $445 million will not materially ease the budget deficit, but it will materially damage a precious American institution.

Read Post

The Ugly American Is Back

Simon Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Christina Taylor Green, First Amendment, Obama Speech, Bbc, Obama Tucson Speech, Freedom of Expression, Fox News, Political Polarization, Citizens United, Fairness Doctrine, Civil Discourse, Politics News
Simon Jenkins

Free speech needs its own discipline, however enforced. The best rebuttal of the politics of hate is a torrent of love, and if not love then at least of facts.

Read Post

Protect the House! Don't Let GOP Bullying Win!

Don C. Reed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Gop, Stem Cell Research, Fairness Doctrine, Democrats, Scare Tactics, Republicans, Politics News
Don C. Reed

Normal free speech rights can be dangerous for Democrats. But if you are a Republican disrupting a Town Hall meeting held by a Democrat, then shouting/screaming is expected behavior.

Read Post

Why Did Donna Brazile Use the F-word in Oprah's Magazine? (Hint: Rush Limbaugh)

Sue Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fcc, David Brock, Oprah Winfrey, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Fairness Doctrine, 1996 Telecommunications Act, Donna Brazile, Ronald Reagan, Oprah, Glenn Beck, Media News
Sue Wilson

To the uninitiated, bringing Fairness to the public airwaves -- radio and TV -- is a no-brainer. But to Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, and Rush Limbaugh, bringing back the "Fairness Doctrine" could be a call to arms.

Read Post

Letters Threatening Governors; Talk Radio's War of The Worlds Moment

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion and Politics, Fox News, Talk Radio, Mental Health, Fairness Doctrine, Fcc, Politics News
Stephen Herrington

Orson Wells was censured for scaring millions people. But talk jocks tell tales of scare everyday as a matter of journalistic prerogative, and the FCC has little influence on the content of broadcasts.

Read Post

Sam Stein On Obama's Energy Plans: Once Again, The President Is Negotiating Against His Own Party (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Ed Schultz, White House, Congress, Environmentalists, Nuclear Power, Obama, Fairness Doctrine, Democrats, Barack Obama, House, Senate, Oil Drilling, Sam Stein, Michael Medved, Energy Bill, Republicans, Politics News
Huff TV

Huffington Post political reporter Sam Stein joined conservative radio host Micheal Medved Thursday on "The Ed Show," to discuss everything from Presi...

Read Post

California Needs The FCC To Restore The Fairness Doctrine

Roy Ulrich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Propositions, Fairness Doctrine, Fcc, Ballot Initiative, Los Angeles News
Roy Ulrich

Disingenuously titled "The Taxpayers Right to Vote Act," Proposition 16 uses the initiative process to solidify the monopoly power of one company at the expense of California citizens.

Read Post

Lessons From the Right: Obama Tries to Regain the Message

Sue Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heritage Foundation, Air America, Rush Limbaugh, 1996 Telecommunications Act, GOP Retreat, Fox News, Danny Goldberg, Obama, Alternet, Fairness Doctrine, suewilsonreports.com, Organizing for America, President Barack Obama, Glenn Beck Fox News, Sean Hannity, Conservative Talk Radio, Glenn Beck, Media News
Sue Wilson

President Obama understands he must reach the American public with the facts. Still, Fox News and, more importantly, talk radio will not allow their audiences to hear the unvarnished truth.

Read Post

Those Who Hate The Fairness Doctrine Should Love Net Neutrality

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fcc, Fairness Doctrine, Net Neutrality, Media, FCC Net Neutrality, Media News
Art Brodsky

If conservatives truly understood the Fairness Doctrine, then they wouldn't go around using it as a justification for opposing Net Neutrality.

Read Post

Jason Linkins

World Net Daily Targets Valerie Jarrett

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Lloyd, Fearmongering, Worldnetdaily, Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Fairness Doctrine, Glenn Beck, Eat the Press, Politics News

I recently made note of the fact that Fox News contributor Bill Kristol "set up Valerie Jarrett as the right's next target of insane hounding." And lo, as predicted, here are your friends at World Net Daily leading the way.

Read Whole Story

Blah, Blah, Blah, It's A Business

Nelson Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Talk Radio, Conservatives, Fairness Doctrine, Don Hewitt, Business News
Nelson Davis

Rule number one for current talk radio success seems to be to demonize a person, his or her belief system, or an entire political party.

Read Post

Here's How You Can Strike Back Against Right-Wing Cable, Radio

Bill Mann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Savage, Fcc, Obama, Fairness Doctrine, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Media News
Bill Mann

We should talk about pulling local radio-station licenses, plus other effective and practical measures of attacking the real problem -- the right-wing media malice machine.

Read Post

Jason Linkins

Obama FCC Nominee Comes Out Against Fairness Doctrine (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Julius Genachowski, Fairness Doctrine, Right Wing Radio, Media News, Eat the Press, Media News

The paranoia that Obama would be getting all up in the radio tubes and force talk radio to start presenting an equal array of opposing viewpoints, thus destroying America, has persisted.

Read Whole Story

Senate Votes To Ban Return Of Fairness Doctrine

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fairness Doctrine, Senate Fairness Doctrine, Media News

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to bar federal regulators from reimposing a policy, abandoned two decades ago, that required balanced co...

Read Whole Story

Senate Backs Amendment To Outlaw 'Fairness Doctrine'

Fox News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Demint, DC Voting Rights, Fairness Doctrine Talk Radio, The Fairness Doctrine, Fairness Doctrine Radio, Fairness Doctrine, Fairness Doctrine Internet, Politics News

The Senate approved an amendment Thursday that would outlaw the so-called "Fairness Doctrine," an off-the-books policy that once required broadcasters...

Read Whole Story

Obama Opposes 'Fairness Doctrine' Revival

Fox News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fairness Doctrine TV, Fairness Doctrine Talk Radio, Obama Fairness Doctrine, The Fairness Doctrine, Fairness Doctrine, Fairness Doctrine Radio, Fairness Doctrine Internet, Barack Obama, Politics News

President Obama opposes any move to bring back the so-called Fairness Doctrine, a spokesman told FOXNews.com Wednesday. ...

Read Whole Story

It's Time to Resuscitate the FCC

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Television Licenses, Bill Clinton, Bernie Goldberg, Ronald Reagan, Fairness Doctrine, Clear Channel Radio, The New York Times, Lou Dobbs, Media Power, FCC Chair Mark Fowler, Federal Communications Commission, Fox News, Public Airwaves, The Washington Post, Bill O'Reilly, Reinstating the Fairness Doctrine, Media Consolidation, Media Corporations, President Barack Obama, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

Why do all the right-wing television personalities fear the Fairness Doctrine so much? Could it be because if it were reinstated they would have to enter into a real public debate?

Read Post

Jason Linkins

'Fairness Doctrine': Ann Coulter Joins Paranoia Festival

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fairness Doctrine, NBC News, Ann Coulter, Eat the Press, Media News

So, I get emails from Ann Coulter now. And terrifyingly, these emails detail the dreams she has, at night.

Read Whole Story

Jason Linkins

Air America Founder: Rush Limbaugh Is Right

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Right Wing Radio, Fairness Doctrine, Jon Sinton, Air America, Limbaugh Air America, Media News

As we've been documenting, the latest paranoid delusion among media purveyors on the right is that a revival of the "Fairness Doctrine" -- a mid-20th ...

Read Whole Story

Jason Linkins

'Fairness Doctrine' Advocate Identified

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Right Wing Radio, Fairness Doctrine, Media News

As I've mentioned before, one of the singular concerns of the Right since the election of Barack Obama is the paranoid fear that the "Fairness Doctrin...

Read Whole Story