There Should Be No Fairness-Doctrine Secret Agenda
By Paul M. Weyrich
June 30, 2008
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So what's the problem? Why all the anxiety? Why don't Republicans in the House of Representatives accept the quiet assurances of the FCC and settle down? The answer, of course, is talk radio. It is the only form of communication that conservatives have through which they can certainly and consistently connect with the general public. Most major television and print media are dominated by liberals, but conservatives are successful on talk radio.
One may think that the liberals who dominate other media would be willing to overlook talk radio; they are not. H.R. 2905, the Broadcaster Freedom Act, sponsored by Representative Mike Pence (R-IN), is tied up in the House Energy and Commerce Committee waiting for a vote which may never come. The House Democratic Leadership opposes this legislation because it permanently would place the Fairness Doctrine in the ashbin of history, where it belongs. The Democrats want complete control of all media.
The FCC should make it clear to Republicans, Democrats and the public, as soon as possible, that it has no intention of reinstating the Fairness Doctrine in any way, shape or form. Also, the House Leadership should move H.R. 2905 out of Committee and give it a simple up-or-down vote on the House Floor. If they did, just about everyone might come out a winner.
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Paul M. Weyrich is Chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Foundation.
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