Fairness Doctrine or Hush Rush

We have been hearing a lot about this over the past few weeks, and you can be it will really heat up more and more as things go along.

What is the Fairness Doctrine?

The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that required the holders of broadcast licenses to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was politically balanced as judged by a government censor. It should not be confused, but often is, with the Equal Time rule. The Fairness Doctrine deals with matters of public importance; the Equal Time rule only deals with political candidates. - WIKIPEDIA

What does this mean to you if it is re-enacted? What it means is that for every hour of Conservative talk there must be equal time for Liberal Talk. That means every station that carries Rush Limbaugh will have to carry a counter point to him for the same amount of time.

The problem is, Liberal Talk Shows do not work. Many stations have tried and then dumped them because the didn't draw listeners. If the stations can't support the counter point to Conservative talk then the will have to dump them.

We will need to keep a close watch on this and act if necessary to stop this. This is Censorship to the letter.