Is the Fairness Doctrine a muzzle to silence conservatives?

by Lisa Mount

Whenever you hear words like "fair" and "fairness" coming out of the mouths of the likes of Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Dick Durbin (D-IN) or Diane Feinstein (D-CA) you know tha...read more

by David Mclinn

The liberals' re-introduction of the Fairness Doctrine is neither puzzling nor unexpected. Immigration is the powder cap that set off this eruption. The Democrats blame the vo...read more

by Donald Pennington

The "Fairness" Doctrine is an attempt to muzzle conservatives...and so much more. It's also an attempt for our government to control, limit, and hamper yet another industry...read more

by John Awana

President John F. Kennedy once said, "We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a na...read more

by Mark Luke

Liberals are up in arms because at a recent breakfast meeting hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, George Bush signaled his and Republicans' support for the so-called Fairne...read more

by Jared Hymas

A reason to be suspicious of the fairness doctrine is the person who is sponsoring it, Dick Durbin. Dick Durbin compared America to the "Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some ...read more

by Tom Sutcliff

Yes, the misnamed 'fairness doctrine' is a way for liberals to silence conservative talk radio. This Gestapo tactic is blatantly unconstitutional, but to liberals that's OK b...read more

by Raymond Blacketer

The Fairness Doctrine isn't just designed to muzzle conservatives. Its effect and intent goes far beyond that simple objective. As evidenced by the effects of the Fairness D...read more

by David Pipkin

September 10, 2007 The Fairness Doctrine... Who Benefits? The purpose of the proposed Fairness Doctrine is easy to ascertain. All that needs to be done to answer the q...read more

by Marvin Patton

Yes it is! Liberals do not like Conservative values and strongly believe that they are always right and that we (the majority) will be much better off with their social programs...read more

by Brian Skoda

Yes the fairness doctrine does not seem to apply to the liberal bias media.I do agree that they should hold some accountability for there unlawful behavior. It is time we hol...read more

by Angela S. Young

In recent news the Democrats have made an attempt to reinstate the fairness doctrine'. This effort is in response to the amazing outpouring of outrage at the attempt to push th...read more

by David Pradarelli

I say yes. many liberals are angry with conservative talk radio, number one, because it is so successful(whereas Air America failed), and because liberals have become accustomed...read more

by John Macdonald

The topic of the Fairness Doctrine is extremely important to the welfare of all Americans and our basic freedoms. The proposed reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine is an attem...read more

by B Smith

Is the Fairness Doctrine a muzzle to silence conservatives? I was talking with my best friend back in 1989. We were juniors at Bob Jones University. I think it may have been th...read more

by Lou Crittenden

This so-called fairness doctrine is most certainly a method to silence conservatives in talk radio because the politicians who are in favor of it like Dick Durbin (D) have netwo...read more

by Mike Coski

If the liberals are to liberate the conservatives then they have to play by the rules of the constitution. Of all the rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness trump ...read more

by Bryan-James

Perhaps Helium knew my mind better than me... I was going to say No, but having searched on and gotten a YES article, it put me down as a yes - OK fairy nuff - who am I to argue...read more

by Bill Stone

Two words. Air America. Air America was the liberal's answer to Rush Limbaugh. It was to be the premier progressive radio talk show, with hosts like Al Franken, Janeane Gar...read more

by John Muir

In addition to being a direct violation of the first amendment, there is the fact that government imposed "fairness" is rarely if ever fair. For one thing there is always the gu...read more