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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:39 AM Original message |
House votes to ban FCC on ‘fairness’ |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. These people are nuts! |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. why yes, they are. But instead of drugs they call them |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. It sounds like they're afraid to be challenged.. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. First off, the Boxer-Clinton meeting was bullshit started by serial liar Inhofe... |
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Frogger (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I don't understand |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Of course, but it's not about controlling content (via an updated "Fairness Doctrine") |
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Frogger (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. I guess my point is |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. We need more than FCC monitoring. We need to break the corporate strangle hold on public airwaves. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. 113 Democrats voted for this amendment |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Seems that's 113 "DINO's" that need to be replaced!! Voted OUT! n/t |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm sorry to see this. |
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mediawatch (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. well there is always venezuala |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-02-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
58. you're funny |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm glad we all worked so hard to get a majority in both houses... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. 2 more recs people! If you can spare them, much appreciated. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. By a vote of 309-115 . .!?!?!?!?!?! |
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mediawatch (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Let me try and explain |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Not that simple |
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mediawatch (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. you know what I know? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Not true |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Does your father benefit from Social Security, Medicare, and other things... |
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mediawatch (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Otton von Bismarck |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. And those "socialist" programs I referenced are not pensions |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Fairness doctrine required equal time. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
12. God forbid we play fair. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. Fairness Doctrine Doesn't Mean Fairness |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Exactly - you put it much more succinctly than I could... |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. No One Listens To Me |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Thank you for getting to the heart of the problem. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'm working on a possible firxt journal... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Hmm. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Define What Is Really Equal Time... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. The Fairness Doctrine applied whenever there was a "personal attack" |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Editorial...Not Talk Shows |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. All programming which offered political editorials fell under FD |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. The Situation Is A Lot Different Now... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. You're right, the situation is different now |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. This Issue Really Needs To Be Fleshed Out |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-02-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
59. "revising Telcom '96 is the keys to the kingdom" |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. Thanks for clarifying this idiocy. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. We have a hell of a lot of collaborators & appeasers in the party. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. Wasn't this a naked political trap by Republicans targeting Dems in conservative districts for 08? |
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eagler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. We need a REVISED Fairness Doctrine - not one that shuts down |
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mediawatch (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. how did the RW hijack the airwaves? |
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eagler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. To put it more strongly. RW radio IS the MOST potent force |
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mediawatch (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. sounds like there is a huge audience for it |
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eagler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. They have plenty of their own talk radio shows BUT they |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
24. Who wants to listen to shitty AM radio? |
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eagler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I hate to tell you but there are millions upon millions that do. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. If it's a nice day and the car windows are rolled down |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
37. Wait a minute, I'm confused again. Is this a wrong interpretation? |
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eagler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. the FD had absolutely nothing to do with cable media |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. Confused public access laws w/FD - thanks n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
52. They're worred; positive sign -- |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
53. wtf---309-115??? what are these idiots thinking? So a fairness doctrine is also off the table. |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-02-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
54. The Problem is 1996 Telecom Bill; Concentration, Type of Ownership |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-02-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. You're One Of The Few Here Who Sees The Real Problem |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-02-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
55. Is There A Roll Call Of How These Traitors Voted? |
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vireo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-02-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Link from upthread |
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