Jun 26 2007
Feinstein might push for fairness doctrine
Here we go again. On the heels of the reports of Boxer and Clinton discussing this a while back is a current confirmation that the issue is alive and moving in the Senate.
Feinstein might push for fairness doctrine
U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., said Sunday she is "looking at" the possibility of reviving the fairness doctrine for U.S. broadcasters.
Feinstein, speaking on "Fox News Sunday" with Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., said talk radio in particular has presented a one-sided view of immigration reform legislation being considered by the Senate.
What a shock. Talk radio is currently mostly conservative and the conservatives generally oppose the bill, so the talk radio has been negative.
So what?
U.S. talk radio is dominated by conservative voices.
"This is a very complicated bill," said Feinstein. "Most people don't know what's in this bill. Therefore, to just have one or two things dramatized and taken out of context, such as the word amnesty -- we have a silent amnesty right now, but nobody goes into that. Nobody goes into the flaws of our broken system."
Feinstein said the measure before the Senate "fixes those flaws" but that doesn't get presented on talk radio, which she said "pushes people to ... extreme views without a lot of information."
God, why is this so hard to understand? Talk radio is opinion radio, not the news. It is not intended to act as a public service to report all sides of the issue to be fair. It is the opinion of the host.
And the reality is that the conservative voices are the real issue, not the imbalance. If the stories favored her, she would be mum.
Does she think the networks have an obligation to report fairly, considering they are biased liberally? Will she hold Dan Rather's feet tot he fire over Memo-gate?
Will she also go after the newspaper editorials which are also dominated by liberal voices? No, just the inconvenient voices in talk radio.
Asked if she would revive the fairness doctrine, which used to require broadcasters to present competing sides of controversial issues, Feinstein said she was "looking at it."
"I remember when there was a fairness doctrine," she said, "and I think there was much more serious correct reporting to people."
Garg. Talk radio shows are not about reporting. Deal with it.
For all the talk about Bush destroying the Constitution and our civil rights, the Democrats are certainly determined to curtail free speech. After all, if she insists on holding talk radio to a reporting standard, she has to back off allow them freedom of the press, right?
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