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Obama Not In Favor Of Reinstating Fairness Doctrine
Fri, 02/20/2009 - 8:06am | posted by Michael Orion Powell
It looks as if Obama is taking the position against re-instatement of the Fairness Doctrine (which mandated that radio stations give alloted time towards differing viewpoints), according to Politico:
Until now, the Obama administration has remained mum when it comes to the Fairness Doctrine.
But now, White House spokesperson Ben LaBolt tells Fox News that “as the president stated during the campaign, he does not believe the Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated.”
Indeed, that was candidate Obama’s position last June.
The article also mentions a very strange development:
Recently, Democratic Sens. Tom Harkin and Debbie Stabenow have talked about reviving the defunct policy that regulated opinion on the airwaves. And it was reported yesterday that Henry Waxman was considering whether the Fairness Doctrine could apply to the Internet..
What on earth would be the justification for a Fairness Doctrine applied to the internet? The presence of blogs like this is living proof that the representation of ideas on the internet is truly democratic. Regulation of the internet by the government would just spell censorship, in my view.
I must be having a senior moment; was there an election I missed?
I don’t remember voting on all this crap in the bill.
Obama consistently opposed the Fairness Doctrine during the campaign. The Right needs this issue to gin up fear and support among the rank and file.
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