Hannity coming unglued over FAIRNESS DOCTRINE.

[eagler]

Just heard Hannity commenting on Kucinich's support for the FD.He warned listeners to expect more of this and claimed that it is an effort to silence talk radio. THE TRUTH is that opposing viewpoints were silenced over the airwaves with the abbrogation of the doctrine in 1987. The purpose of the fairness doctrine is not to silence anyone but to allow for the diversity of opinion and to force accountibility for what is said. It is no coincidence the as soon as the FD was stopped in 87, Limbaugh came on the air in 1988 and things have gone down hill since.
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2053

[Homer12]

1. Hannity knows he's lieing through his Teeth

He just doesn't want compition.

[trumad]

2. Now if it was the Un-Fairness doctrine...

they'd love it.

[Rex]

3. Of course he is. The FD would make him liable for all the bullshit he

spews 24/7. It would put a stop to what I consider criminal behavior by the M$M.

[Ron Green]

4. Oh, but don't you know it's the FREE MARKET that determines what's on the airways?

(Including the notorious "marketplace of ideas.") If liberal talk radio could SELL PRODUCTS it would be in every market.

:sarcasm:

[eagler]

9. Just imagine if you will someone like John stewart opposite

Limbaugh or John Kerry being allowed to defend himself aginst the swiftboaters or Bill Clinton being able to tell how he did in fact take measures against terrorism - but was silenced due to the lack of an adequate forum to rebutt all the critics. That's what having a FAIRNESS DOCTRINE is all about. It's not meant to silence anyone.I can guarantee it will make talk radio a whole lot more interesting - hence, more profitable.

[IWantAChange]

5. Repug BizzaroWorld doesn't want any diversity of opinion - just blind obedience.

[rubberducky]

6. How sweet it is!!!!

Someone needs to ask him, "how would the FD be silencing talk radio???". It IS "fair and balanced" isn`t it??

[Marie26]

7. LOL LOL LOL

I just love this new Congress! Endless entertainment & schadenfreude.

[LisaM]

8. How can it matter to the Fair and Balanced network?

If they truly examine all sides of each issue fully, as they claim, it will simply be business as usual.

[fooj]

10. Boo f*cking hoo.

[spanone]

11. Return the Fairness Doctrine. Put Faux out of business. They can't exist on the truth.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

12. Tucker was coming unglued about this as well.......

saying that it wasn't Congress' job to regulate this problem, and he questioned Kucinich "what about free speech". More yuks to follow with his crack panel.

[eagler]

13. What about free speech and what about the duty of Congress

to ensure that the people are allowed to control THEIR airwaves?

[Supersedeas]

15. in order words--the corporate keepers get to maintain the means of spewing propoganda

[frylock]

16. because everyone knows that free speech didn't exist in 1987

[fasttense]

14. The fairness doctrine is something the corporate media

doesn't want. They don't want to be fair, they want only their lies to make it on our airwaves. That way corporations can simply push their own point of view without bothering about the truth. Don't you just love monopolies, I mean free markets and deregulation?

[edbermac]

17. Hannity is ALWAYS coming unglued.

That's their schtick.