It would take too long to summarize the whole thing. Go read it here. But the main point is that CNN is using spurious DMCA claims to take down embarrassments. So, let’s keep the heat on.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
The Foundry: [T]he Durbin amendment doesn’t actually address the Fairness Doctrine itself. Supporters of such a direct attempt to reimpose the doctrine know that such an direct attempt to return to the speech-muzzling rules of the past would be doomed to failure. Notably, even President Obama has declined to support such a step. Instead, the [...]
Friday, February 20, 2009
Rush Limbaugh at the Wall Street Journal: When I began my national talk show in 1988, no one, including radio industry professionals, thought my syndication would work. There were only about 125 radio stations programming talk. And there were numerous news articles and opinion pieces predicting the fast death of the AM band, which was [...]
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Several interesting developments on this front. As we linked below, the Obama Administration came out clearly saying they oppose the reimposition of the Fairness Doctrine — which seems, puzzlingly, to contradict a lot of things other Democrats, including Obama appointees, have been saying. But is that the whole story? Maybe not. Again, as we’ve noted [...]
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Julian Sanchez at Ars Techniica: [T]he upshot is to suggest that if stations air a disproportionate amount of conservative talk programming—especially the most popular, nationally syndicated shows, such as Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity—this counts as prima facie evidence of market failure to meet their public interest obligations by reflecting the diversity of concerns in [...]
Monday, February 16, 2009
From American Spectator (scroll down): Senior FCC staff working for acting Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps held meetings last week with policy and legislative advisers to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman to discuss ways the committee can create openings for the FCC to put in place a form of the “Fairness Doctrine” [...]
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
SENATOR TOM HARKIN (D-IA): Well, anytime – just let me know Bill. I love being with you, and thanks again for all you do to get the truth and the facts out there. By the way, I read your Op-Ed in the Washington Post the other day. I ripped it out, I took it into [...]
In a recent post, I linked Conservative Oasis’ notion that hate speech laws might be a backdoor approach to the re-imposition of the “Fairness Doctrine” or other government control of content. Today, we see this: In a petition to the FCC this week, the National Hispanic Media Coalition claims that hate speech is “prevalent” on [...]
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Multichannel News: FCC commissioner Robert McDowell had a message for Democrats, or anyone else contemplating trying to reimpose the fairness doctrine: The move could undermine the justification for existing localism and children’s TV regulations, and could be used against public radio. He also suggested it would not come back wearing a big sign saying, “it’s [...]
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Conservative Oasis, “Obama’s Potential Threat to First Amendment Rights”: With a new President will come a new Chairman of the FCC. Just like the Dept. of Justice and Attorney General, this figurehead can, and likely will, have a potentially chilling effect on “communications” without even putting a pen to anything that has the word “Fairness [...]