The Fairness Doctrine Equals Censorship

They don't want you to hear inconvenient truths.

Senator Jeff Bingaman made the mistake of openly stating what any rational person knows already about Obama and the Democrats should they win. They will impose censorship on the nation in the form of The Fairness Doctrine. In an interview with KOB Albuquerque Sen. Bingaman admitted that he wanted to put the Fairness Doctrine into effect in order to change the content of radio stations to more closely suit his personal views. Never mind that little pesky 1st Amendment. The important thing is to silence any dissenting voices that might object to the socialization of America and the end to freedom and liberty. Brian Maloney has the video.

On the other hand, Hugh Hewitt has said many times on his show that he thinks the chances of the Fairness Doctrine being brought back are just about zero. Keep in mind that in addition to being a radio guy, he is also a con law professor and worked in the Justice Dept. along side John Roberts. He thinks that in this day and age of super-abundant media choices, the claim that TFD is required for "fairness" would be laughed out of court. There is also a technical consideration that he mentioned, to the effect that reinstating TFD could be shown to be aimed specifically at a single industry, which is not allowed in law. (I am not a lawyer so I do not know the term for this, but since this is his field I am inclined to take his word for it) I hope for all of our sakes that he is right about this. Losing our freedom of speech would be a major blow and another step down the road to slavery that the Democrats have in store for us.

Then again, we can celebrate the fact that the operation of karma apparently continues unabated. The New York Times is free to write whatever they see fit to print. But for every action there is a reaction. Consider the following report on the declining status of the flagship of The Elite Media Monoculture:

The New York Times Co. reported a steep drop in third-quarter profits on Thursday, the latest gloomy earnings report in an industry battered by online competition and falling print advertising revenue. [And let's not mention it's complete and utter loss of any credibility].

The New York Times Co. said net profit fell by 51.4 percent in the third quarter to 6.5 million dollars, or five cents per share, from 13.4 million dollars, or nine cents per share, in the same period a year ago... Shortly after the release of its results, Standard & Poors said it was lowering the Times credit rating to "BB-," or junk status, while Moody's Investors Service said it was placing it on review for possible downgrade.