Senate Blocks FCC From Revisiting Fairness Doctrine

TheHill.com:

The Senate voted Thursday in favor of an amendment to the District of Columbia voting-rights bill that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reinstating the so-called Fairness Doctrine, which critics say would decimate conservative talk radio.

The Senate passed the measure 87-11.

Republicans have introduced the Broadcaster Freedom Act in the House as well, but Democrats are not expected to allow a vote on the bill. Legislation would have to pass both chambers of Congress and receive President Obama’s signature.

The FCC first implemented the doctrine in the late 1940s to balance the political content of broadcasters, requiring them to give equal time to liberal and conservative viewpoints. The agency scrapped the regulation in the mid-'80s after determining that it was no longer necessary because the public had a wide array of political news sources from which to choose.

Good. I mean, when even Bill Clinton comes out of his face to support a return of the Fairness Doctrine, the GOP has no choice but to step up and kill the momentum. Besides FOX, Liberals already dominate the press, yet the greedy bastards on the Left still aren't satisfied. Amazing.

Betsy McCaughey Reminds Us Why Keith Olbermann's An Ass

Newsbusters.com:

A health policy expert who Keith Olbermann eviscerated during Thursday's "Countdown" (video embedded below the fold) has officially challenged the disgraceful MSNBC personality to a debate concerning provisions in the soon to be enacted stimulus plan.In a press release issued Friday, Betsy McCaughey stated:

If Keith Olbermann of MSNBC could defend the health provisions slipped into the stimulus bill on their merits, he wouldn't be resorting to personal attacks on me. Olbermann calls me a shill funded by the drug industry (2-12-2009). That's not true...If Keith Olbermann has the courage, I invite him to debate me on his program...Mr. Olbermann, do you have the backbone (and the facts) to debate me?

It's funny that with all the attacks liberals are hurling at Rush Limbaugh (if he's so "insignificant", why even pay attention to him?), the most popular pundit serving the Left's interests would be the likes of Olbermann--who by the way, for all his over-the-top bias and projections, can barely garner half of Bill O'Reilly's ratings. Of course, Olbermann won't take on McCaughey's challenge because KO relies too much on lies, smears and Media Matters for his cesspool of a show. But yeah, he's still the best they got--any wonder why more and more Dems are pushing for the Fairness Doctrine?

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Another example of the kind of shenanigans a filibuster-proof Senate will take part in. Liberals have failed miserably in radio, so if you can't beat 'em, get rid of 'em.

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The Fairness Doctrine Is Dead

Of course, your liberal press has little to say about this:

The House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from using taxpayer dollars to impose the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters who feature conservative radio hosts such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.

By a vote of 309-115, lawmakers amended the Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill to bar the FCC from requiring broadcasters to balance conservative content with liberal programming such as Air America.

The vote count was partly a testament to the influence that radio hosts wield in many congressional districts. It was also a rebuke to Democratic senators and policy experts who have voiced support this week for regulating talk radio.

The absolute failure of Air America, the success of Bill O'Reilly and the continued dominance of Rush Limbaugh in radio is why liberals like Dianne Feinstein pushed for the re-entry of the Fairness Doctrine in the first place. Sadly, the fact that this bid of terrorism even made it to the House shows you just far liberals will go when they don't get their way.