FCC Commissioner: Return of Fairness Doctrine Could Control Web Content
There’s a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But speech limits might not stop at radio. They could even be extended to include the Internet and “government dictating content policy.” …
“Then, whoever is in charge of government is going to determine what is fair, under a so-called ‘Fairness Doctrine,’ which won’t be called that – it’ll be called something else,” McDowell said. “So, will Web sites, will bloggers have to give equal time or equal space on their Web site to opposing views rather than letting the marketplace of ideas determine that?”
The “Fairness Doctrine,” whether for radio, TV or Web, is quite simply fascism. Anyone who supports this is an ignorant fool, a retard or a someone so terrified of opposing viewpoints that they do not wish to allow them to be aired. If your views cannot stand up in the marketplace, using the power of government to force other people to give equal time to your bleatings is just plain evil. And you should be mocked mercilessly and without stop.
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