Nadler: Fairness doctrine needed 'as long as it's the people's airwaves'

[cal04]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/138123-nadler-fairness-doctrine-needed-as-long-as-its-the-peoples-airwaves

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said on Friday that the Federal Communications Commission should reinstate the fairness doctrine for broadcast television to ensure that multiple sides of controversial topics are offered to the public.

“For over the airwaves TVs, I think they should bring it back,” said Nadler on Fox Business News with Andrew Napolitano.

“I think it makes sense for people to be able to hear as many sides of political opinions as possible, and as long as it's the people's airwaves that should be used for that purpose.”

Nadler’s comments come in the wake of the recent shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), which has re-launched the debate over what role heated political rhetoric plays in the spurring people to take violent actions.

[Rage for Order]

1. The internet also belongs to the people

Should the Fairness Doctrine include all websites on the internet? If you think it shouldn't, can you explain why not?

[ananda]

2. Yes, Net Neutrality should be part of Fairness in Media.

All media.

[madmax]

3. Had this argument to bring back the Fairness Doctrine

on WaPo's msg board in '99. Can't remember everything but, some Repug Legal Eagle said, it could never be brought back because it was Unconstitutional or something like that.

Any Dem Legal Eagles here know if that's the reason?

[UpInArms]

5. the white paper that was used to undermine the Fairness Doctrine in 1986

was written by Robert Bork.

The premise what that the Doctrine was unnecessary because people would look for more opinions if they did not agree with what was presented.

And, you can see how well that worked.

sigh

edit to add the following link:

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0212-03.htm

and to say - Scalia was in on this also

[madmax]

6. Thanks - this court - this court sucks.

They are blantanly bias. It's going to take at least another generation to rid of them. Unless after Obama we can elect another Dem. President - maybe.

Good link too. I'm sending it to my Son, we were talking about this 2 days ago. :hi:

[musette_sf]

4. AND TERRESTRIAL RADIO

(love that modern-day telecommunications word, that also basically means "Mormon Purgatory Lite" ;-) )

but seriously, I say the AM/FM radio too. That's the vile earworm that's been breeding since the late 80s.

If network TV news, and AM/FM radio news, had factual reporting, and honest presentation of and opinion forums about actual NEWS, without corporate/"religious" agenda and/or censorship, the rising of the level of the national conversation would float all boats, so to speak.

Seeing as the RW extremist media so avidly support the "rights" of corporations as "persons" with a "free speech" right that no natural person has - unlimited anonymous political contributions - they should have no problem with buying all the "free speech" they want on for-pay cable and for-pay radio.

(For the RW lurkers, a brief object lesson. Free speech = WF Buckley. "Free Speech" = Mark Levin. Republican = Eisenhower. "Republican" = Palin. You know that you know the difference, and for those who really don't know the difference, Wiki the examples provided here, for starters.)