Fundies: Fairness Doctrine...would force Fundie radio to promote abortion and "homosexual lifestyle"

[marmar]

:wtf: They get nuttier by the minute.



from the American Family Association's One News Now:



'Fairness Doctrine' not so fair
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/8/2008 10:05:00 AM

Members of Congress don't seem to want to budge on blocking the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" from again being imposed on broadcasters.

Last summer, 100 Democrats signed on to a one-year ban on implementing the Fairness Doctrine. Congressman Mike Pence (R-Indiana) is working on getting that ban passed this session. "...ow almost a year after filing , not one single Democrat has signed a petition to give us an up-or-down vote on the House floor," he points out.

The Fairness Doctrine, which was reversed after 40 years, essentially gives the government the right to censor broadcasters, says the lawmaker. "The primary danger of the Fairness Doctrine is that it would bring back content regulation to the airwaves of talk and Christian talk radio," warns Pence. According to the Indiana Republican, re-implementing the policy would mean, for example, that stations critical of abortion and the homosexual lifestyle would be forced to give proponents equal airtime.

"The federal government actually had the power (when the policy was in effect) to come in and dictate that radio stations that dealt with controversial issues would have to carry an equal amount of programming representing the alternative point of view," Pence explains. "You know, that sounds very reasonable and very fair, if you will -- but the net effect over those four decades was not that radio stations that carried conservatives also carried liberals. It was that stations didn't carry any talk programming or Christian programming at all."

Efforts to establish a liberal radio network -- Air America Radio -- have not met with the same success as conservative and Christian talk radio. After launching in early 2004, that network filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2006 and was sold to Green Family Media the following March.


http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=169074

[LWolf]

1. I support a modern, updated version of the fairness doctrine

that would include cable, satellite, etc..

[tridim]

2. Well, closeted homosexuals like Pastor Ted would certainly benefit from this. nt

[JHB]

3. Mark Pence, Republican Liar...

...but then, I repeat myself.

(credit to Mark Twain)

Pence seems to have forgotten that religious radio and tv existed for the entire time: they weren't chased off the air, nor were they forced to air contrary viewpoints.

But then, religious stations tended to stick to religion, and weren't so free with mixing politics into the sermons.

[BOSSHOG]

4. pence knows his audience

He is lying about the fairness doctrine but his audience does not care because he is telling them what they want to hear.

Why do religious zealots and members of the republican party fear:

- The Fairness Doctrine
- Swearing to tell the Truth

[unpossibles]

5. wait a minute

aren't these the same folks who want public schools to "teach the controversy"?

[KamaAina]

6. Most fundie radio and TV is squatting on noncommercial *educational* frequencies

they managed to convince the reich-wing FCC that "educational" includes telling people what to do with their surplus Social Security checks. :eyes:

Another favorite trick is the abuse of "translator" stations, which are supposed to be low-power repeaters that let FM stations be heard in dead spots within their service area (caused by mountain ranges, etc.) So could someone explain to me why a fundie outfit in Twin Falls, Idaho called "The Effect" has a translator station on O'ahu?! :wtf:

[Lifetimedem]

7. The fairness doctrine cuts both ways

Imagine them having to find a show to balance Countdown and Verdict ,,,LOL

[ColbertWatcher]

8. If that's true, all the more reason to support it! n/t

[guitar man]

9. no it wouldn't

All they have to do is STFU about politics and stick to their religious topics and they wouldn't be affected. As soon as they launch political attacks, then that would be different. They have gotten waaay to mixed up in politics and now they don't want to get out....tough.