The FCC yesteday effectively killed the Fairness Doctrine, which had been effectively deregulated since the Reagan Administration, along with about 80 other rules affecting broadcast communication that the Obama Administration considers “out of date.” I believe this is a mistake.…
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Limbaugh Listener Threatens California State Senator with Death
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
 Earlier this week, conservative communicator Jim Bieber and I argued about the angry rhetoric in conservative media and the Fairness Doctrine in the wake of the Tuscon shooting. Jim wrote in one of his comments: “It’s just silly to…
Rep. Royce Ties Arizona Shooting to Fairness Doctrine (huh?)
by Dan Chmielewski • • 13 Comments
Fallout from the Arizona shooting continues to reverberate from Washington DC to Orange County. Last week, Irvine City Council member and 2010 Democratic congressional candidate Beth Krom weighed in with a letter to the editor in the OC Register calling…
Is Rush Limbaugh a Racist?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 9 Comments
On his radio program yesterday, comedian Rush Limbaugh said this about Senator Barack Obama: He’s — it’s — to me, it is striking how unqualified Obama is and how this whole thing came about with, within the Democrat Party. I…
