I have something to say about this “Fairness Doctrine”…crap. You first, Obama. Obama goes on this town-hallin’ mission to convince his kingdom of the need for this ridiculous, over-porked, socialist spending package, because, let’s be real, it’s more spending than stimulating, and proceeded to give us the Gorbachev special. Buy some bull-s***, get communism for free! And it didn’t seem that our “transparent” and ”open” president was concerned about presenting both sides so that one may come to his own conclusions, rather he weaved his usual web of manipulation and deceit. So, now come the benefits of this trillion dollar package, and realize, it is a packaged deal, we take white-out to many of our Constitutional Rights. One of which is the Freedom of Speech. The liberal crew is trying to shut-up perceived conservative analysis of news events. What you call conservative analysis, I call logic, something the left is harshly lacking. This is leftist “logic”- do what I say, not as I do. They want to silence those who keep a watchful eye on Washington, and seek to promote those media outlets that maintain their fairytale. We all know how biased media is- NBC, CNBC, ABC, CBS, and MSNBC, Washington Times, the LA Times, The New York Times- all puppeteered by Obama. I am reminded of Richard Gere’s media-manipulation scene in “Chicago”- “How can they hear the truth above the roar?” I highly doubt these media outlets will be censored with this “fairness doctrine”. 90% of our population still holds to traditional, conservative values, yet 10% of the population is determining our future. How is this happening if not for the spin of the liberal media? We on the right must be sure to watch our p’s and q’s, yet my family is inundated with sexualized and immoral TV shows, movies, and commercials. And I ask, what’s fair about that? I thank God for people like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, Dennis Prager and Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter and Mike Gallagher- they are facing a major assault right now from the leftist loons that now run our country, but I say, keep it up till they shut you up! Blog and stand on the corners with signs, whatever you have to do, but proudly stake your claim on the First Amendment!
February 17th, 2009 at 5:37 am
I think one thing that needs to be considered is how this may backfire on the liberal left. You see, we all know the mainstream media is left leaning and studies showed that during the election, they presented a more favorable view of Obama with more stories about all the “hope” at the same time presenting McCain in a more negative light and as just an extension of the Bush administration.
If they, the leftists, get their wish, they will have to include all forms of media in their “doctrine” meaning the conservatives will finally get their chance to present their side of the story on these mainstream outlets. Can you imagine the likes of Chris Matthews of MSNBC having to give Rush Limbaugh equal airtime to counter any claim he makes or one of his left wing puppets makes? Won’t happen. What about the New York Times, will they be required to provide a balance of stories above the fold between conservatives and liberals? Will they be required to employ just as many conservative editors as they do leftists? Probably not.
The Fairness Doctrine is just another example of the liberals trying to “tell” the people what they want and not listening to what we are asking for. The market dictates what the people want and proved this with the miserable failure of Air America. If we, the people, really wanted to hear that type of hate speech and rhetoric, we would have supported Air America and they would be a resounding success right now. But that’s not where we are as a country, in my opinion.
Heck, Air America would have had no problem at all making if all the tax cheats on the left would have just donated the tax money they failed to pay the IRS to the station, but that’s a topic for another post…