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The Fairness Doctrine

Michael Savage: Irrepressible Canary in Freedom's Mineshaft

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media

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Dr. Peter Breggin

What if conservatives take over the Congress and the presidency in the future? Do you want to set a precedent for federal control over talk radio and eventually television and the Internet as well?

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Senate Backs Amendment To Outlaw 'Fairness Doctrine'

Fox News | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

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

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Obama Opposes 'Fairness Doctrine' Revival

Fox News | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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

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Jason Linkins

Fairness Doctrine Ghosts Revived In George Will Column

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media

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Will is apparently among the paranoid-schizophrenics who have come to believe that the Fairness Doctrine is poised to make some sort of comeback.

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Life Isn't Fair but Media Should Be

Sherman Yellen | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media

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Sherman Yellen

It's time for the Democrats to take a long and hard look at that old Fairness Doctrine, revise it and restore it for our times.

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Issues You Won't Hear on Cable News

Charles Warner | Posted 10.03.2008 | Media

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Charles Warner

A new low point in cable news occurred this week with the focus on Sarah Palin's family issues. Even after Barack Obama correctly and firmly said tha...

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Study: 47% Of Americans Support Fairness Doctrine For Radio, TV — But Not For Internet

Rasmussen Reports | Posted 09.14.2008 | Media

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Nearly half of Americans (47%) believe the government should require all radio and television stations to offer equal amounts of conservative and libe...

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Fairness Doctrine Could Apply To The Web, FCC Commissioner Warns

Business & Media Institute | Jeff Poor | Posted 09.13.2008 | Media

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There's a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal...

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Fairness Doctrine? No!

Charles Warner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

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Charles Warner

My "Barack and Rush" blog created a relative storm of comments and disagreements on the issue of reinstating the Fairness Doctrine. In that blog I wr...

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Barack and Rush

Charles Warner | Posted 07.11.2008 | Media

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Charles Warner

Barack was right to dismiss the Fairness Doctrine issue: it might have been a good idea when it was first imposed in 1949, but it became outmoded and cumberson, in addition to being unconstitutional.

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Is the Tyranny of Right-Wing Radio Coming to an End?

Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media

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Rory O'Connor

Conservative fears of an impending Democratic attack on right-wing talk radio continue to escalate, despite ample evidence that such an assault is unlikely to occur.

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I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take It Any More

Norman Horowitz | Posted 06.22.2008 | Media

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Norman Horowitz

Certainly I do not want the government defining "fairness". What could be more frightening then the government trying to impose their definition of "fairness" on America's radio stations?

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The Power and Responsibility of our Nation's Broadcasters

Tim Robbins | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

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Tim Robbins

Broadcasters have the power to turn this nation away from the hatred and the divisive dialogue that has rendered such a corrosive effect on our body politic.

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