Sign the petition. Call your congressman. Kill the “Fairness” Doctrine
About the Author: Born in Boston, I lived and worked in the D.C. area for a time, but have spent most of my life in Tennessee, where I graduated from the University of Tennessee. My political philosophy could best be described as eclectic, though mostly right of center. Read more from this authorThose who fail to act for the preservation of liberty deserve the tyranny they receive. Free speech is under assault by the politically expedient Democrats who want to use the powers of the FCC to batter opposing viewpoints.
To read more about the Fairness Doctrine and the current push for it, go here.
To sign the petition for the Broadcaster Freedom Act, go here.
To contact your local representative, go here.
To see Congressman Mike Pence’s website (he is the hero leading the charge against this), go here.
(8-24-08, Note: the portion of the U.S. House site that helps you write to your representative is down. I assume it is just temporary.)
(8-24-08, 8:00 p.m. The House site seems to be back up and running now.)
- Wake Up America! Nancy Pelosi and The Fairness Doctrine
- Radio Independence Day: The Fairness Doctrine
- Send your letters to the editors of papers all over the world for free.
- No surprise, race-card dealer Obama even lies about imagined threats
- Pacifica Radio Interviews Mike Gravel and Gets Stung Big Time !!
Nancy Pelosi YOU ARE DANGEROUS TO OUR FREEDOMS SO HARDLY FOUGHT FOR, PAST AND PRESENT !! DO NOT REVIVE THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE !!! NO CENSORSHIP !!! PELOSI IS SO DANGEROUS !!! STAY AWAY FROM TALK RADIO !!! THANK YOU! SML
Can’t get to petition signing sites. Do not take away our
freedom to listen to differing opinions. I am older now and
have seen all our freedoms being eroded by a government that is no longer for the people. I want to listen to opposing
opinions and you don’t have the right to take that away
from us. If you can come up with something better I would
have listened but you haven’t. This is not socialized America even if you feel it is. I don’t want to live in a global socialized communistic world so stop it.
PELOSI IS THE SCURGE OF USA POLITICS…SELF-SERVING,DAMNING,LYING,&COMMIE TO THE CORE…SHE ALONE WANTS TO BLOCK ALL LIBERTY & CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES USING HER POSITION IN THE HOUSE TO BRING DOWN ALL OUR RIGHTS BY ANY MEANS, IRRESPECTIVE OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY & STATES RIGHTS…LOOK @ CALIFORNIA ….ITS A MESS!! THEN MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 50!!!! PELOSI IS GUILTY OF SEDITION UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AS ORIGINALLY GIVEN TO US…SHE IS FORCING ALL ACTIONS THAT BRING US TO A TRUE FIAT GOVERNMENT!! WE AS AMERICANS MUST RISE ABOVE THESE RADICAL LIBERAL COMMIES THAT WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO TAKE AWAY ALL OUR FREEDOMS….USING JUST THE STROKES OF PENS IN CONGRESS AND THE JUDICIARY!!! THOMAS PAINE WARNED US IN “COMMON SENSE” …..FREEDOM DOES NOT COME WITHOUT A GREAT PRICE….PATRICK HENRY…” GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH”…..& EVERY MAN BE ARMED IN DEFENSE OF OF OUR WAY OF LIFE!!! WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE AS EACH INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN TO RISE UP AND UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION & THE BILL OF RIGHTS ABOVE THE WISHES OF ALL THOSE THAT WANT TO DESTROY US FROM WITHIN……
I am a low-income conservative with a narrow concern I have never seen addressed. Broadcasters licensed to operate over the scarce public airwaves have an obligation to serve the public interest.
Since the “Fairness” Doctrine was retired, talk radio has flourished. In general, I applaud this, and am a regular listener.
However, my low-income status allows me to see a glaring void which has been unaddressed by profit-seeking broadcasters. (Please don’t suggest that elitist NPR serves low-income Americans!)
Where is there talk radio for low-income Americans? Specifically, where are the low-income talk show hosts? You don’t - and won’t - see them in a market-driven medium. (Who would spend advertising dollars to reach a demographic with little or no economic power?)
Letting the market decide in a medium with narrow bandwidth has not served and will not serve the interests of low-income Americans who desire talk radio which addresses their concerns.