Are you Frightened by the Democrat's Recent Threats Against FREE SPEECH?

Question

With Feinstein, Kerry, Clinton, Boxer and Durbin talking about bringing back the anti-First Amendment Fairness Doctrine, is America taking a sharp left turn towards Nazism?

Answer 1

Don't you have it backwards?
The Fairness Doctrine was a regulation of the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which required broadcast licensees to present controversial issues of public importance, and to present such issues in what was deemed an honest, equal and balanced manner.

Answer 2

The fairness doctrine was in place for many years, until Regan got rid of it. What is it about fairness in broadcasting on public air waves that Republicans have a problem with? It sounds like you are the one who is afraid of free speech.The policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission that became known as the "Fairness Doctrine" is an attempt to ensure that all coverage of controversial issues by a broadcast station be balanced and fair. The FCC took the view, in 1949, that station licensees were "public trustees," and as such had an obligation to afford reasonable opportunity for discussion of contrasting points of view on controversial issues of public importance. The Commission later held that stations were also obligated to actively seek out issues of importance to their community and air programming that addressed those issues. With the deregulation sweep of the Reagan Administration during the 1980s, the Commission dissolved the fairness doctrine.

Answer 3

* "A license permits broadcasting, but the licensee has no constitutional right to be the one who holds the license or to monopolize a... frequency to the exclusion of his fellow citizens. There is nothing in the First Amendment which prevents the Government from requiring a licensee to share his frequency with others.... It is the right of the viewers and listeners, not the right of the broadcasters, which is paramount."

U.S. Supreme Court, upholding the constitutionality of the Fairness Doctrine in Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, 1969.

Answer 4

No, because there hasn’t been any Democratic threat against free speech. You obviously don’t understand the Fairness Doctrine.

Absolutely no free speech will be threatened by reinstating the Fairness Doctrine. Stop the hysteria and educate yourself.

Answer 5

I thought when Bush trashed ALL the amendments we took a sharp right turn toward Nazism. You do know the Bushes supported Hitler don't you. Bush is a Nazi who has taken away our civil liberties.

Answer 6

I would be VERY pissed. Not frightened. I don't care what the message is, or how offensive it is. If some liberal or conservative wants to put a spin on some news story, that is their right to do so. I would be more pissed by a person not being allowed to do it, reguardlessly of their political affliation.

Answer 7

Please... they already control, Entertainment, Hollywood, the media, now they want AM radio too. Too funny. Is so funny too they wait until conservative radio listeners are in arms even over their own party. If they go after conservative raidio, they also have to be fair and go after NPR, Air America, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, FOX. I would love to watch Rush host the CBS evening news lol. Bye bye Katie. WE listeners, or the public, can control our own radios thank you very much Mr. Super Senator.

Answer 8

Another Ann Coulter wannabe.

Answer 9

Actually away from it - the media was remarkably neutral and pro-Bush for far too long.

Answer 10

What free speech????? Didn't know there was some left.