When fairness equals a monopoy
Watch out, folks! This blog, Matt Drudge, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are all in the crosshairs of the loony left.
There is serious talk about reinstating the “Fairness Doctrine” if Dems take the White House in ‘08 and solidify their hold on both houses of Congress.
Of course, everyone knows that the “Fairness Doctrine” is anything but fair. In its demand that broadcasters provide equal time to anyone who feels their opinion has not been represented well or excluded, it results in a shutdown of everything but liberal opinion. Say Sean Hannity decides to spend his three-hour show critiquing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. All stations who broadcast Hannity would then be required to offer Pelosi three hours to respond.
The result? Most stations would choose to drop Hannity, rather than put on three hours of boring-as-hell Pelosi rebuttal.
The whole thing is aimed at eliminating talk radio, Fox news and conservative bloggers … the “new media,” who are responsible in the view of the lefties, for their electoral defeats of the past 10-15 years or so.
And don’t doubt that bloggers will fall under the scope of any new fairness doctrine that the Dems might create. Democratic congressmen Maurice Hinchey and Dennis Kucinich are leading the charge in the House and are simply waiting for President Hillary or President Obama to be anointed before moving full steam ahead, passing the conservative-squelching measures and then retiring to a Disney vacation home to enjoy the sounds of silence from the right.
Tags: Dennis Kucinich, Disney vacation home, Fairness Doctrine, Maurice Hinchey
