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
From Business and Media: Although a spokesman for President Barack Obama said the administration wouldn’t pursue the revival of the Fairness Doctrine, Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, S.C., wants Senate Democrats to go on the record one way or another on the issue. DeMint, chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, said on Feb. 19 he will [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
A bit of good news today: President Obama opposes any move to bring back the so-called Fairness Doctrine, a spokesman told FOXNews.com Wednesday. The statement is the first definitive stance the administration has taken since an aide told an industry publication last summer that Obama opposes the doctrine — a long-abolished policy that would require [...]
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” [...]
Monday, February 16, 2009
From Politico: If Obama’s position on the Fairness Doctrine is the same as during the campaign — and I have no reason to believe it isn’t – stating that clearly would quickly silence a lot of conservative critics who assume the Democratic president is going to push to reinstate the defunct policy. Otherwise, the Fairness [...]
Friday, February 13, 2009
From CNN: Representative Maurice Hinchey, a Democrat from New York is the latest to say he wants to bring back the “Fairness Doctrine,” a federal regulation scrapped in 1987 that would require broadcasters to present opposing views on public issues. “I think the Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated,” Hinchey told CNNRadio. Hinchey says he could [...]
Thursday, November 13, 2008
by Newsmax. As I noted previously, this man is expected to support a push towards the “Fairness” Doctrine. President-elect Barack Obama has designated former Federal Communications Commissioner Henry Rivera to head the team that will select the next FCC chairman — an Obama move that bodes poorly for conservative talk radio. That’s because Rivera is [...]