Thread: Obama Appoints Fairness Doctrine Backer

Obama Appoints Fairness Doctrine Backer

Monday, November 10, 2008 10:41 AM

By: Jim Meyers

President-elect Barack Obama has designated former Federal Communications Commissioner Henry Rivera to head the team that will select the next FCC chairman — an Obama move that bodes poorly for conservative talk radio.

That’s because Rivera is widely believed to support the reinstitution of the so-called Fairness Doctrine.

Originally instituted in 1949 by the FCC, the Fairness Doctrine required broadcasters over the public airwaves to give equal time to opposing political views.

Since talk radio is overwhelmingly dominated by conservative hosts, and liberal talk radio draws few listeners, the “equal timeâ€

Ok then, we demand "balance" from NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC etc. If not, we will know this is an attempt at crass liberal censorship.

I believe it was Media Matters who said that Obama was portraid in a positive mannor 68% of the time on CBS,NBC, and ABC while only 31% of the time for McCain. Can we say Media Bias?