Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) was asked by KKOB talk-radio host Jim Villanucci if, “There would be a push to reinstate the ‘Fairness Doctrine’?” His answer was, “I hope so.” Like all liberals, he thinks free speech should be protected just as long as all the speakers agree with him.
Senator Bingaman also said all media should be regulated “at a higher level.” Yet surely, he does not want America to end up like the old Soviet Union where all speech was controlled.
Therefore, to be fair, Congress should place into the ‘Fairness Doctrine’ that the right-halves of every newspaper in the country be preserved for and controlled by conservatives, and overseen only by conservative boards. The same fairness should apply to the news programming of all television stations. Of course, Senator Bingaman said none of that because he does not intend to control the free speech of the like-minded.
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I’d LOVE for someone to ask the senator just exactly what he means by “fair.” Because your description here is what fair SHOULD be (not that I want free speech run by ANYONE) but we all know that is most definitely NOT what they plan.
How on EARTH can these people claim they are for free speech and a free America when they’re pushing for this kind of thing??? The mind boggles….
BTW, I apologize for those who, because of obvious brain damage, elected Sen. Bingaman from our great state. Those of us who still have full control of our mental faculties have been working to stop this man for years but haven’t yet been able to overcome the hordes who have no common sense.
The Democrat attack on free speech may get quite extreme. FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell believes that the “Fairness Doctrine” could easily be intertwined with the net neutrality battle, which means they’ll govern the content on the web as well.
Just think about it … they’d just LOVE to shut the bloggers down!