said by Karl Bode :

Perhaps more useful than the Fairness Doctrine would be a law requiring that FCC Commissioners be technologists and visionaries instead of partisan lobbyists?

said by RayW :

... we (as a group) do not get caught up in the lies that most professional politicians live with day in and day out but instead call things like they are.

Perhaps more useful than the Fairness Doctrine would be a law requiring that FCC Commissioners be technologists and visionaries instead of partisan lobbyists?

said by TK Junk Mail :

Yes, that will work. A government agency that doesn't care about costs or taxes or what the people want, but just wants the best broadband internet that taxpayer money can buy.

said by b10010011 :

It's Wal*Mart that only sells movies edited for content.

said by jaminus :

In a genuine free market, one without artificial entry barriers and tightly regulated business practices, we might actually have some genuine competition.

said by partisan hack Karl Bode :

Perhaps more useful than the Fairness Doctrine would be a law requiring that FCC Commissioners be technologists and visionaries instead of partisan lobbyists?

said by EPS :

Please look up the definition of a "strawman argument".

said by drslash :

A fine example of the strawman argument is Karl's article/OpEd.

said by funchords :

Please explain how Karl's OpEd is a straw man argument.

said by JPL :

Wait a sec... the fairness doctrine was what?:

"a highly-criticized former FCC policy that demanded "honest, equitable, and balanced" coverage of issues"

What?! It most definitely was NOT that. The fairness doctrine didn't affect things like news coverage, nor did it have anything to do with an 'honest' coverage of anything. It simply required that all radio stations give the same time to opposing view points. If you put on a show with a right-leaning slant, the fairness doctrine required that you give the same amount of time to a left-leaning voice. That left-leaning voice didn't have to talk at all about the issues that the right-leaning voice did (hence the idea of 'balance' is simply silly).

I can't imagine much that's more un-American than the fairness doctrine. It was an abridgement of freedom of expression - no more, and no less. The only reason that liberals want it back is because they can't seem to get a foot-hold in talk radio. It's not enough that they have virtually every news room, most papers (including those with the largest circulation), and most major 'news' magazines. They can't make their drivel palatable to a radio audience, so the left thinks it's a-ok to simply squash that speech.

said by qworster :

In other news, FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell said there is no recession, $4.00 gas prices really don't exist and that the tooth fairy will be leaving every American a thousand dollar bill under their pillow next Sunday night.