Fairness Doctrine Update
While Dems are ginning up talk about the fairness doctrine, Ed Schultz got a front row seat for Obama’s press conference yesterday. Isn’t that interesting?
I surely wouldn’t expect Rush, Levin, Belling, Hannity, etc to get any seating, but this isn’t really the message you want to send if you’re trying to sell the FD as the best thing for the country, right? I swear, all the political deftness Obama had during the campaign seems to have gone right out the window. Is it brazenness or ineptitude? Beats me.
I’m all over this story, obviously, because its item A-1 on the list of visible things Democrats plan to do to restrict the ability of dissenting viewpoints in the marketplace of ideas. As the only wing of any media that isn’t totally liberal already, it must be destroyed to consolidate manadatory leftward swoon of our populace.
Where ideas fail to win hearts and minds, Obama/Pelosi/Reid will overcome with fines, laws, and ham-fisted force. Your freedoms are dwindling, America.
Chris said,
February 10, 2009 at 7:33 pm
i heard about this on Mike Gallagher this morning, and he was all butthurt about it. That was right before he refused to let a left-wing caller speak and instead covered him up with a Reagan soundbyte that he’d already played three times, which i guess is what passes for debate on Conservative Radio, Inc… but, I digress.
If the FD is reinstated, rest assured that Rush will get a seat too
but honestly, I don’t see a problem here. Did any conservative host even ask for a seat at Obama’s first press conference, or are they just whining about it after the fact for ratings? Certainly, there were a lot of Lefties at the conference, but did anyone expect otherwise? Meh.
regulusred said,
February 11, 2009 at 10:23 am
Hannity has been campaigning for it, I believe. He’s actually offered Obama all the beer he can drink while in office for one interview a year.
Apparently, Obama’s press secretary says they’re going to take him up on it. Good for Obama.
Chris said,
February 11, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Ya I heard about that… I must say, that would be a sight.