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[greeneyed_devil]

Reagan gave this guy the axe back in the 1980’s, leading to the FCC deregulation that allowed for the rise of conservative talk radio. Now Obama is looking to put him back at the FCC.

Can the Fairness Doctrine be far behind?

Henry Rivera, a longtime radical leftist, lawyer and former FCC commissioner, is expected to lead the push to dismantle

Comments

[rhonan]

Um, it does not take a change in the FCC commissioners to bring the fairness doctrine back. Congress can easily restore it legislatively. Should a member of the FCC commission try to block its implementation, they could then be removed by impeachment

[blimey85]

What the fuck are you talking about? How is Rush or Hannity keeping anyone from other viewpoints? They aren't on the only station. There is no government run media that you are limited to. Turn the station and watch/listen to something else if you don't like what they have to say

[rhonan]

Dude, I think, therefore I am a liberal. I am, in fact, the sort your ilk call a flaming left wing liberal. We don't actually expect Obama to fix thing right away, but at least his election insures that the kleptocracy that has been raping the American people blind to fund ever more staggering level of corporate welfair.

Personally, the fairness doctrine is not my prefered solution. I think half of the available broadcast spectum should be allocated to public media required to act in the public interest, and the rest of the space leased to private broadcasters at rates steep enough to keep the public media fully funded.