Leaving alone the rest of the Media. There is no equal time on PBS and the rest. The Liberals are boycotting Fox and trying to take Fox down. Mrs Edwards seeks to deny Ann Coulter a Forum, So would you conclude that the Liberals believe they are the only prople who have the constitutional right to speech?
Trent Lott and Goober Graham will be taken care of.
2007-06-27 07:39:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The fairness doctrine was needed at one point in time because there were not enough news outlets. You basically had 3 (ABC, CBS, and NBC) before Reagan killed this doctrine. Today we have too many choices to get our news and some are fair to both and others are not.
However why do we need government control over freedom of speech? That is what the fairness doctrine is, the control of speech on public airways.
Why did Air America go bankrupt? It went bankrupt because it was goofy. They offered no ideas, no independent thought, etc. I listened to it several times at lunch and all they did was bash Bush for an hour.
I simply see the fairness doctrine as a way for the democratic party to control free speech in this country. Reagan ended it because it was violating this simple constitutional right.
If talk radio is so bad, why is it so popular?
2007-06-27 07:54:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy, what a misrepresentation of the facts. Liberals are boycotting Fox News? No, they just don't watch that crap. Saying that Fox News is a mouthpiece for the Republican Party and the White House is not "trying to bring it down," it is just stating the obvious.
Coulter is cruel to a woman dying of cancer who has lost her son, and you support that?
Edwards seeks to deny Coulter a forum? Not... Anyone, liberal or conservative, should and has every right to fight back when a creep like Coulter disrespects the death of her son and even uses it to attack her husband for personal gain. Coulter is a despicable person who says the nastiest things she can think of just to get publicity and to sell books.
Her hate speech does not deserve a forum, but she does have the right to free speech, no matter how reprehensible that speech is. Edwards never tried to deny her that right. But Edwards has a right to free speech too, and a right to respond when such an immoral, deplorable attack is made on her and her family.
2007-06-27 14:51:30 · answer #2 · answered by Don P 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In 1969, the Supreme Court upheld the fairness doctrine. It was always law in the United States since the advent of radio. Later, 1987, the FCC overturned the doctrine, under, a Republican administration. Congress sought to enforce the fairness doctrine but Republican administrations stated that such legislation would receive a veto from the President. Now, a new democratic Congress is bringing up the issue. Two corollary rules of the doctrine, the "personal attack" rule and the "political editorial" rule, are as follows. The "personal attack" rule was pertinent whenever a person or small group was subject to a character attack during a broadcast. Stations had to notify such persons or groups within a week of the attack, send them transcripts of what was said and offer the opportunity to respond on the air.
The "political editorial" rule applied when a station broadcast editorials endorsing or opposing candidates for public office, and stipulated that the candidates not endorsed be notified and allowed a reasonable opportunity to respond.
he Fairness Doctrine is NOT about limiting free speech. It is about broadcasters giving fair and balanced treatment when attacking a person or entity's character, or, endorsing a candidate.
2007-06-27 14:47:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
As a conservative, i will correct some of your statments to try and keep you from looking like an idiot.
#1 Edwards is not trying to deny Coulter a forum. She just wants Ann to act her age, and stop acting like a dumbass.
#2 I know of no one that boycotts fox news. Even i do not watch it, but it is a free country. Only morons get all of the news from 1 source, regardless of what source it is.
#3 I know of no liberals who believe they are the only ones entitled to free speech.
Now a question for you. What do you hope to accomplish by asking such a asinine question. Do you think acting like a 5 year old will sway votes? Do you think embarrassing yourself helps our causes?
Go ahead and report me for exposing you as a fraud. That will show you as a hypocrite too. Maybe free speech is only for you?
2007-06-27 14:51:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mrs. Edwards challenged Ann "the %&@$" Coulter to a debate on serious issues. But Ann attacked saying she was denying her free speech. And that is not the case.
2007-06-27 14:54:04 · answer #5 · answered by Global warming ain't cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fox isn't really serious news. And anyone that has seen a total of 5 minutes of a Fox broadcast will see that it is opinion with some news thrown in just so it can classify itself as a "news network".
I wouldn't waste my time if I were running for the Democratic nodd for president. The voters that back me wouldn't be watching that anyways.
You go where your voters will be, stupid. Not where you will be chastized. My 2 year old daughter could tell you that.
2007-06-27 14:48:40 · answer #6 · answered by volleyballchick (cowards block) 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The fairness doctrine is nothing more than propaganda & censorship. Those who advocate it want nothing more than to force people to have to listen to things that they are not interested in. By making stations give equal time to other points of view, they censor programs that would normally be played that ratings have shown people are more interested in. If people wanted to hear that, Air America would be making money hand over fist. Instead, they're bankrupt. Don't mess with the First Amendment.
2007-06-27 14:54:01 · answer #7 · answered by Trav 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I listen to PBS and can assure you that they give equal time to conservatives. I have heard them do so .
The fairness doctrine applies to all broadcast news - TV and radio. And the equal-time clause kicks in when a newscast takes a position AGAINST someone or some group.
No rebuttals needed if there are no partisan hit jobs.
2007-06-27 14:48:04 · answer #8 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fox is a sham. It's nothing more than a mouthpiece for conservatives that can't get their crazy, racist, close-minded ideas heard anywhere else. Republicans are being heard just as much as anyone else, the difference is now people are starting to realize just how stupid they really are.
2007-06-27 14:53:27 · answer #9 · answered by rowd149 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Elizabeth Edwards did NOT seek to deny Coulter a forum, she simply asked her to stop making personal attacks like calling her husband a ****** or having a bumber sticker on his car bragging about having a dead son, etc. And why should fairness and equal time scare you?
2007-06-27 14:46:34 · answer #10 · answered by Raven 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋