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Fairness Doctrine Update

"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' without actually calling it such."
-The American Spectator, February 16, 2009

According to this American Spectator article,

"Waxman [Congressman Henry Waxman] is also interested, say sources, in looking at how the Internet is being used for content and free speech purposes. ... Do four stations in one region carry Rush Limbaugh, and nothing else during the same time slot? Does one heavily trafficked Internet site present one side of an issue and not link to sites that present alternative views? These are some of the questions the chairman is thinking about right now, and we are going to have an FCC that will finally have the people in place to answer them."

So there you have it folks, they’ve decide to knock out radio and internet at the same time.  Please folks, follow the links on my previous post and let our elected officials know that we want H.R. 226 and S. 34 to pass. 

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