This would be hilarious if it weren’t such a serious issue related to our free speech rights. The Nutroots left is actually trying to persuade people that they are ‘not’ in favor of bringing back the Fairness Doctrine – even though the things their advocating reeks of exactly the type of rules and regs and restrictions the Fairness Doctrine put in place. Seriously. Read some of the arguments posted at that link.
Jonah Goldberg received a press release from the Center for American Progress (also posted at Think Progress). Here’s what it said:
Because they no longer have a monopoly on both the MSM and the opinion media, some Congressional Democrats are crying ‘foul’ and indicating they’d support a return to the Fairness Doctrine. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) has played an active role in trying to bring it back. Now, according to two members of the House Democrat Caucus, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer are on board. Via the American Spectator (emphasis added):
Remember last year when conservatives (including me) were complaining about how certain liberals in Congress were threatening ABC’s broadcast license over the ‘docudrama’ Path To 9/11, which portrayed Bubba and Co’s approach to terrorism in an unflattering light? Many of us complained that it was chilling to see how far lefties in the government would go in an attempt to stifle the free speech of others. Liberals fought back that that wasn’t what they were doing, but even if it were, they argued that Democrats ‘weren’t in power’ so they were in no position to follow through on any threat.
Guess who’s trying to reinstate it?
