Steve Almond, writing in the Boston Globe, has an excellent piece on why the Fairness Doctrine should be reestablished (it was abolished in 1987, spawning the hate-radio culture we have today). Almond (I love this guy) goes ... So far the Obama administration has shown little interest in reviving the Fairness Doctrine, which would force broadcasters using public airways to provide an ...

... 's best outlet for political truth, talk radio. This is the subject of his new book "CENSORSHIP - The Threat to Silence Talk Radio, The 'New' Fairness Doctrine Exposed."Don't miss this presentation by a true fighter for our freedom of speech. Note that the forward to his book is written by Sean Hannity and its ...

... toward making money." Read more.... A prime target of the White House at Fox News speaks up and says that the "Fairness Doctrine" will not happen... but there is something even more sinister being set up. Perhaps this is part of the White House effort to show Iran that we are "fair" people. <a href=" ...

... least any time soon. It should, though, and Steve Almond explains why. P.S. Note that there are some talk show hosts (none on the right, really) who have already enacted their own independent versio of the Fairness Doctrine. For example, Thom Hartmann, who often invites on his progressive show people from the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation and a ...

A Fairness Doctrine is not about squashing free speech, but it is about encouraging, enhancing, and broadening free speech.  The biggest threat to freedom is a narrow world view, a lack of education, and a lack of diversity in information.  If a person watches only Fox News, only CNN, only MSNBC, how informed are they.  They understand the liberal side, do they understand ...

... if the people railing against it had a better idea of that policy against which they campaigned. Because if they truly understood the Fairness Doctrine, then they wouldn't go around using it as a justification for opposing Net Neutrality - the ... quot; As a general matter, it's a shame that "fairness" has become such a pejorative expression to conservatives and it's too bad ...