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	Fairness doctrine killed, long live the fairness doctrine

n2sooners

2-26-2009 4:37 PM

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2-26-2009 8:10 PM

willhelm

Misdirection.

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      that once required broadcasters to air opposing viewpoints on controversial issues. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/26/demint-tries-prevent-fairness-doctrine-revival/"><P>Republican Sen. Jim DeMint's
      amendment passed by a wide margin of 87-to-11. The South Carolina senator had attached his proposal, called the Broadcaster
      Freedom Act, to a bill to give the District of Columbia a voting representative in the House. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/26/demint-tries-prevent-fairness-doctrine-revival/"><P>However, Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin also won
      approval for an alternate amendment that would order the Federal Communications Commission to encourage radio ownership "diversity." </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/26/demint-tries-prevent-fairness-doctrine-revival/"><P>A
      DeMint aide said Durbin's measure will "impose the Fairness Doctrine through the back door by trying to break up radio ownership." </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/26/demint-tries-prevent-fairness-doctrine-revival/"><P>The
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