Fairness Doctrine Watch: Sen. Stabenow makes new pro-gagging noise
You know grass-roots conservatives on talk radio and in New Media are getting under the Democrats’ skin when they publicly renew their Fairness Doctrine agenda again.
Loud Folks, keep cranking it up.
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You know grass-roots conservatives on talk radio and in New Media are getting under the Democrats’ skin when they publicly renew their Fairness Doctrine agenda again.
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Not to mention the fact that far-left radio tends to flop in a free-market system. That’s the real motivation for the (un)Fairness Doctrine.
Anti-American swine. Sorry, time to start calling a spade a spade. You can’t stand in opposition to the founding principles of the nation and still be a patriotic American. Or even an American for that matter. America is an idea and an ideal, not just a geographic location. Stand up for what made the nation great or don’t try and claim to be patriotic. It’s a lie and everyone knows it.
He may talk the talk, but he sure is not walking the walk you damn idiot.
On February 5th, 2009 at 5:19 pm, twofoot said:
Sorry, time to start calling a spade a spade.
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RAAAACCCIIISSSTTT!
Sarc/
Seriously, you’re right; anyone who speaks out in direct opposition to what our First Amendment stands for is not holding true to one of our greatest ideals.
If the first goes, the rest will not be far behind…
Deep Throat, she’s not !
I don’t think it would pass if they tried. But, I’m hedging my bets. I have a short-wave in the basement so I can huddle in the dark and listen to “Radio Free Rush” transmitting from a barge anchored outside the territorial waters.
If the democrats do this, people will be lining up to go to court, and every court case will be an embarrassment to the democrat party.
If The Obama thinks he’s being embarrassed now over his democrat party loyalist pay off package, just wait until he tries to shut up conservatives.
On February 5th, 2009 at 5:27 pm, Jeff2161 said:
Fairness Doctrine Watch: Sen. Stabenow makes new pro-gagging noise
Deep Throat, she’s not !
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LOL
On February 5th, 2009 at 5:28 pm, Dexter Alarius said:
I don’t think it would pass if they tried. But, I’m hedging my bets. I have a short-wave in the basement so I can huddle in the dark and listen to “Radio Free Rush” transmitting from a barge anchored outside the territorial waters.
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And I think we could count on Rush to do just that, if he really had to.
She’s been a whore for the left, for too long.
Debbie’s only private sector experience was, pumping gas at her daddy’s gas station when she was a teen. Another career politician. She’s not a whore though, I think she gives it away ideologically speaking…
OH! I get it. Disagreement is required. So free speech is only free if there’s mandatory contradictory speech too.
I guess that part was accidentally edited out of the Constitution. It’s really supposed to be there.
Stabenow’s husband was behind a major effort to bring liberal talk radio to our ears, but he failed. Could her family’s bank accounts blossom with the return of the Fairness Doctrine? Follow the money.
Michelle
The link you gave is working but the video is not.
What’s up?
I sent her a message through her website. I’m not a constituent, so she might not care…but neither do I. She’ll get one major fight on her hands. I’d suggest those living in her state email her…and I don’t think it’s a bad idea for the rest of us to do it either. Use your internet powers!
I mentioned that while our tepid candidate barely lost to her candidate, that she had best not judge our willpower and resolve by that.
Tell my why I should support giving public radio frequencies (how could they reasonably be called private?) to Republican operatives like Limbaugh who use them to spew lies?
Fox is a different story, it’s cable, which is private.
lgm, as usual, you show your dim-witted self.
Who determines what are truths and lies on your “public airwaves”? Who determines what talk is left-wing, right-wing, or neutral? Are you capable of understanding the difference between a journalist and an entertainer?
Sean Hannity was blowing a gasket over this on his radio show today. He challenged Stabenow to come in and defend herself, but I doubt she’d do it.
Honestly, Michigan is in the toilet and the only thing this worthless politician is concerned about is that we’re listening to talk radio.
*Sen. Stabenow needs to concentrate more on how to resurrect Michigan and less on what people listen to on the radio; There is no market for liberal talk radio, not even in L.A., which says it all about liberal logic(”Give them more of what they don’t want”); No greater fight will take place than when these socialists/marxists among us attempt to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine!
Oh no! She’s mine!
Time for a little “fair use” of Michelle and a link to this column in a few emails to my local groups.
I agree with you, but I think commieagle and IloveIran have him beat at the moment. Which is kinda scary…
Because they turn a huge profit? NPR is on the dole. They’re allowed to spew lies on my dime. Talk radio doesn’t cost you a nickel.
These people not only have the FCC they also have the people with guns-lots of them. The election of Obama and sweeps in both houses have emboldened the Fascist streak in them.
Besides the FCC, FBI, DEA, BATF&E they have Treasury, Elections Commission and a host of other agencies to make your life miserable should you resist the New World Order. lgm may be a twit but he speaks for millions in his willingness to give such power to one group of people over another.
When a Liberal talks of “The Free Exchange of Ideas” it is all one way. Be it Woodrow Wilson jailing people resisting his War Socialism, FDR’s outrageous use of the IRS, Ruby Ridge (Clinton) or this latest proposal on the Fairness Doctrine these people are indeed Fascist.
It is President Obama’s Friend who talks of 25 million dead in the re-education camps. lgm would most likely agree to that although I doubt he is ready to go public just yet.
Court cases? They would use the Patriot Act to try them in secret. Fear power, embrace your Rights As Free People under Natural Law.
Radio Free Rush? That works
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That every man be armed-you too ladies.
LGM … please do not let us meet…. you would be other than upright. Sorry, your rants give me that intent.
Sssh – don’t give her any ideas. She’s not the brightest bulb. She’s one of those twisted flickering CFL thingys.
OH no ! Hate speech! Report to the camp!
A Fairness Doctrine by any other name is still a Fairness Doctrine.
And accountability? Accountable for what?
Owning the airwaves and regulating them are two different things. Don’t be fooled. Cable is regulated, too. Cable was also subject to Fairness Doctrine rules before its repeal.
BTW – I am for Olbermann’s right to make an ass of himself. I believe in free speech. And the reason Conservative commentators dominate talk radio is a function of market forces, another concept (and American ideal)that eludes lgm.
D@mn quill pens were never good at holding ink anyway.
Why should I support giving money to your Ivory Tower so you can use it to spew lies?
Oh yeah, I have no choice since I am forced to pay taxes.
If you were not so isolated and out of touch in your Ivory Tower you would know the answer is obviously the free market at work.
A very good example of the free market choosing something other than liberal rantings in the media are the finances of many newspapers today.
Why, accountable for keeping full blown socialism from taking over ASAP, of course!
When Republicans were in the majority, dissent was patriotic. Now that Democrats are in the majority, dissent is unacceptable and has to be regulated.This post edited by Senator Stabenow and the Committee for Free (but balanced, we must always be balanced) SpeechPlease tell me this doesn’t mean that the Colmes cadaver will be coming back to Hannity’s show.
Naw. But he’ll likely get some ching from the stimulate democrats bill and start his own show for a few months.
I’ve said many times, censorship followed by a grab for our guns will start the .. well, we had one in the mid 1800’s
Let’s see. Oh…this is why:
It says nothing in there about “public airwaves”, “fairness”, or even “truth.”
So you don’t have a leg to stand on. It’s a right. Fundamental and enshrined.
Liberals are just jealous that liberal talk radio fails, and that conservative talk radio gets in the way of their own version of Pravda…
NPR, when I am not funding it then we’ll talk. And it is obvious you have never ever, ever in your whole life listened to Rush. That is a fact.
Okay lgm, then I would assume you believe that the New York Times and others of like-minded ilk should also be held to the same standard( well documented history of spouting left-wing lies dating back to the 1930’s). After all how is the NYT sent to its customers? Answer via public roadways, even though it is a private company. Hmm exactly the same as talk radio, via a conduit supported by taxpayer dollar. Yet none of you moonbats are talking about a “fairness doctrine for newspapers”!!!!
My question is this: who will act as the arbiter? Who will determine if an idea or statement is “liberal” or “conservative”? By what standard will one hold others “accountable” to ensure “transparency”? Wasn’t it the very liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer who said, “The remedy to bad speech is not less speech. It’s more speech.”? By this person’s standard of logic, every radio station will have to have rap, polka, disco, country, and alternative rock as well, right? People like her are the first to say, “well, if you don’t like watching ____, then change the channel. No one is forcing you to watch it.” Well, no one is forcing anyone to listen to Rush or Beck or Savage. I’m sorry for you that liberal radio can’t hack it in the talk radio market. Perhaps, just maybe, it’s the product, not the medium.
She needs to focus on the “accountability” and “transparency” of her own yard (e.g. Congress) before lecturing others on the subject.
How can we stop this usurpation of power?
Following liberal logic on this subject, one might be lead to believe that “fairness and accountability” in free speech must extend to free thought as well. What about prayer?
I reeeeely don’t think they want to go down this road… I can’t think of anything better to prompt a revolt. This may be the proverbial straw…
While I can still ask the question without the Obamatron secret police arresting me: How in the world does someone as incompetent and dumb as Debbie Stabenow get elected to high office? Is the University of Michigan medical school conducting some type of long term hallucinogenic drug trial in the water in that state?
No wonder the auto industry is sinking and Detroit is the hellhole of the upper midwest. With morons like Stabenow and Conyers, it will sink into Lake Michigan and maybe we will not have to waste federal tax dollars trying to prop it up.
There is nothing ‘fair’ about a free market enterprise. Supply & Demand win out every time. If you have a product which is in demand (Rush, Hannity, etc.) you have advertisers willing to pay big dollars to by time for. If you have an inferior product (Air America), you will not last too long in the marketplace.
The reason the left whines about support for a FD is that they cannot compete in a level playing field due to their intellectual disparity with the right. That being said, the real question is, ‘Could the left win any national elections without some manner of fraud being part of the mix?” I don’t think so.
Where are all of these supposed bastions of liberalism outside of college campuses and large popultaion centers? Are any located anyplace but the urban areas where fraud and welfare ‘Nannyism’ run rampant? Not really.
America is slowly being destroyed and overtaken by the same insane ideas that our Patriots have fought against, shed their blood for, and died to prevent, in the past.
Also, as we have been told by the left for many years concerning pornography, indecent lyrics, foul language, etc. “…if you do not like what is on, turn the channel!” The left tries to make it seem as if there were not any liberal choices in TV & radio broadcasting. Oh yes, I forgot. Those are moderate and center leaning ‘progressive’ channels and stations, and not liberal. Silly me.
Agreed, 1 of these days the dems are going to go to far removing 1 of our very important Articles in the Bill of rights and all Hell is going to break loose. Their pushing hard now and one of them with influence had best wake up before it starts, it won’t end pretty for anyone, especially the left.
Be prepared folks, it’s going to get ugly out there.
First, lgm, tell me why Michelle Malkin allows bloviating idiots like you — no, scratch that, your idiocy stands alone — to spew your obviously – and I mean absolutely obviously – stupid barbs. You really know how to stink up the joint, you moron.
We can always hope, can’t we?
But I imagine, have been told, they will use “Community Standards” to impose the Fairness Doctrine. And just who is that community? Great oaks from little ACORNS grow?
It’s about the money, right Stabenow?
You don’t remove all rights and liberty all at once. You do what Stalin promoted: You remove a little liberty here and there, and over time. One day, the people will wake up and find it all gone…like the frog in a pot.
Stabenow. God help us. This chubby little Nazi of the Left has never read, or maybe even heard of the U.S. Constitution. If she gets her way it will surely galvanize people of principal to rise up and throw her out. Or will it? Are we so numb from the steady drumbeat of propaganda from the mainstream media that we can’t think and don’t care? She, along with so many Demoncraps, present a clear and present danger to the nation.
Perhaps she should worry more about her husband’s hooker habit.
It’s right wingers that constantly play the victim, alleging that the entire mainstream media (with the exception of Fox News) is biased against them. Why, then, are right wingers the largest opponents are the fairness doctrine?
For one very simple reason – WHO GETS TO PICK “THE COMMISSAR OF FAIRNESS”?
HMMMM?
HA HA HA! That’s hilarious! Do you actually think anyone here doesn’t suspect that their next move will be to control cable, satellite and the Internet?
Comrade, the cables run down pulic streets do they not? The microwaves from satellites travel through public airspace do they not?
China has already demonstrated that if the Internet was a truly private avenue of disseminating information – it would be IMPOSSIBLE for the government to censor it. The fact that the government is able to censor the Internet proves in itself that it is a public avenue and therefore should be subject to government control.
On February 6th, 2009 at 9:21 am, Omu said:
It’s right wingers that constantly play the victim, alleging that the entire mainstream media (with the exception of Fox News) is biased against them. Why, then, are right wingers the largest opponents are the fairness doctrine?
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Perhaps the right wing “alleges” that most of the mainstream media is biased against them is because that happens to be the case.
And this could be seen as an attempt to circumvent the free market; if the people have made it clear (which they seem to have) that they don’t want to listen to far-left radio, it must be imposed on them, or the right must be silenced. That’s what we believe proponents of the Fairness Doctrine are really thinking.
Let me ask you this: Assuming that Air America was still on, should Al Franken and Janine Garafalo have been required by law to give “equal time” to, say, Limbaugh or Hannity, or else be forced off the air?
Little Debbie, who obviously has chowed down on way too many Little Debbie snack treats, has multiple domestic problems and conflicts of interest:
The young lady got arrested but Little Debbie’s hubby got a ticket. Evidently you need a license in Troy to be an operator and partake of life’s more basic pleasures.
HEY! Stop giving them any more ideas on what to try to tax next!
Like I said, how in the world did someone like Debbie Stabenow get elected? She seems like she needs her Zyprexa dose adjusted upwards.
Becaus
Let me try that again…
Because we belive in, and understand, the Constitution.
There is ample evidence to prove liberal media bias in most media outlets. Including studies by less-than-conservative universities like UCLA.
See: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Media-Bias-Is-Real-Finds-UCLA-6664.aspx
So we’re right.
We also think that there shouldn’t be laws prohibiting free speech or the media. Because that would be UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Besides, we’re not stupid enough to think all the media outlets would put anyone but a RINO on and call it “balanced” while Soros’ handpicked minions would infiltrate talk radio.
More to the point, liberal talk radio sucks and is incredibly unpopular. Which means liberal segments would drag down ratings of conservative shows, ruin sponsorships, and eventually force stations to cancel conservative shows. Which is the ultimate point of the (Un)Fairness Doctrine or its other forms. Not “fairness” or “balance”, but the shutting down of conservative talk radio because liberals don’t like it.
Why, then, are right wingers the largest opponents are the fairness doctrine?
Omu, just so you are aware: I would be just as vicious in fighting the “Fairness Doctrine” regardless of political leanings. It was a bad law and it should have stayed dead after the Supreme Court struck it down.
If liberal talk shows are failing, it is not the job of the successful ones to carry them on their backs. It never was.
Rush is our version of Mr. Universe, they may try to pull this “fairness” doctrine, but so long as we are alive and have a voice, they can never stop the signal. I seriously think we need to melt stabenow’s line if possible. Email HER and tell her she can’t get away with it.
I emailed her this morning and said: I concur 100% that we need the Fairness Doctrine. I absolutely believe that ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, all print, video, movies, series, academics, scientists, left and liberal pols and their staff all must include the conservative/traditionist philosophy whenever they discuss anything.
I do not expect to get an answer, but I will email/call or fax every congressperson and senator every day to stop this or at the very least make sure all of the above listed do as I think is only fair.
We need to start trying to get as many of the 46 million who voted on our side to join us now and until the next elections. How to do this?
Liberals want their voices heard much in the same way a 4-year-old brat wants Mommy to know that he wants that candy bar at the supermarket, and the method employed by both children and liberals to get their voices heard are pretty much the same: The Tantrum. And much as parents who learn over time to block out the crying, whining and prostrations of the brat, the American public dismisses Liberal whining about talk radio because, deep down, it’s just another childish tantrum best ignored by adults. Eventually (if we’re lucky) the brat grows up to learn that he can’t have everything he wants just because he has some misplaced notion of “fairness.”
Liberals, however, do not grow up — probably because as children they had stupid, unfit parents who bought them the goddamned candy bar just to shut them up. Now as full-grown childish adults, they continue to throw the same tantrums to get their way — just replace “Mommy” with “government” — and they always get their way because they now run the government. And they do it without adult supervision; think “Lord of the Flies” with direct access to your bank account.
VLWH
I HAVE A SOLUTION COMRADES! We already have the technology to solve this to everyone’s satisfaction! You have all heard of the V-Chip that is required to be in every TV set in Amerika, correct?
So I now propose the “F-Chip” for all AM radios sold in Amerika! (Talk radio can be be banned from FM and made music only). Firstly we divide the dial into two parts roughly at 1000 KHz. Evil Korrupt Konservative Kapitalist stations can have the lower half from 535-1000 and the supreme truth can be broadcast between 1000 and 1605.
The F-Chip will only allow you to tune in to one half or the other for some maximum amount of time, say 6 hours. So if you listen to the evil Kapitalist stations for 6 hours, the F-Chip will stop receiving reception on the lower frequencies. In order to continue receiving on the lower frequencies, you must tune to the upper glorious supreme truth frequencies and build back allowable time on the lower again.
Conrades, we have the technology to insure fairness – automatically! I will write to my representative comrade John Tierney to consider introducing this idea in the House and have no more of this senseless arguing on how to insure fairness on AM radio.
Stabenow is a cow, and a clueless one at that. She’s just after getting her husband a job, since his prior attempts to produce and sell liberal talk radio tanked because NO ONE LISTENED. Idiots. Truly.