Good Old Sen. DeMint (R-SC) holds the District of Columbia hostage... to kill the Fairness Doctrine

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/26/demint-tries-prevent-fairness-doctrine-revival/

The Senate approved an amendment Thursday that would outlaw the so-called "Fairness Doctrine," an off-the-books policy that once required broadcasters to air opposing viewpoints on controversial issues.

Republican Sen. Jim DeMint's amendment passed by a wide margin of 87-to-11. The South Carolina senator had attached his proposal, called the Broadcaster Freedom Act, to a bill to give the District of Columbia a voting representative in the House.

It's unclear whether the amendment will survive as Congress debates the voting rights bill. But the measure served to effectively put the Senate on record as opposing a revival of the Fairness Doctrine.

[blueclown]

1. The Democrats get owned again.

Who is the majority party again?

[Diane R]

2. Crap. We work our tails off to elect two cycles of Dems to Congress, and we get this???

[tritsofme]

3. All this for what everyone knows is an unconstitutional attempt to grant DC a vote in Congress.

If the bill is signed into law, the DC rep will be thrown out in a heartbeat, and we'll be stuck with an extra Utah Republican and crap like this.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. this is actually good news for us.

Those who find fault with this result are looking at a snapshot of sTalk Radio, Faux News and CNN's ridiculous hires, and CBS's hiring of an unrepentant GOP- AIPAC whore.

this really goes to our advantage. hear me out.

A 19% regional party, many of whom are stupid, poor, or both, can rejoice in their Rushes, their Seans, their Talk Radio fiefdumbs. And we say, SO WHAT?

Not only have other outlets (intertubes, teh google, and other technologies like twitter, personal devices, ewetube, etc, replaced media, much of today's yute really does not trust nor follow today's MSM. Most of young adults, even middle aged ones, get better, more informed, and more entertaining news from the Daily Show than CNN. Colbert is prefered by a wide margin over Fox, especially in those age groups.

It is inappropriate for us to demand that the providers of news change, except as we vote with our feet and our wallets. We are on a pendulum which is shifting faster and faster towards the liberal, or perhaps, moderate coverage. It is happening, and it is happening faster and more often. Rachel Madow? Keitho? It will only get better.

By continuing a conservative push, Clear Channel is almost bankrupt. Do you hear any mid-aged person worried about its demise? Hardly. CBS will attract a small, demented, pro-Israel group that excludes all other choices, and that thinks that the GOP is all good, and the Democrats are all bad. Heh. That will be profitable, I am sure.

most importantly, look what happened in November. DESPITE a clear conservative bias, DESPITE channels attacking Rev. Wright, while ignoring Ms. McCain's crimes and addictions, the good guys won by 10,000,000 votes. Don't you think that producers, advertisers, and more rational programmers WILL GET A FUCKING CLUE? Of course they will. And it is happening now.

Why is this god news? Because when the media follows the public, and heads far more to the left than it is now, those GOPer who will demand that we install a fairness doctrine will find themselves fucked. They asked for it. They got it. And it will bite them in their fat, cyst-filled asses.

[rvablue]

5. I'm so sick of riders. Don't know if the practice can be stopped, but I think every bill

should be a simple and straight up or down vote.