Newsmax.com – Axelrod Says Obama to Discuss Fairness Doctrine
An Obama senior adviser has indicated that the administration is mulling whether the controversial Fairness Doctrine will get a new lease on life, according to a report in Broadcasting and Cable.
The now defunct Fairness Doctrine, if revived, could be used by a liberal administration to silence Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and other radio talk show hosts, as well as much of the new alternative media. The doctrine required broadcasters to report both sides of controversial issues. The Federal Communications Commission dropped it in 1987.
Asked by Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” whether he would rule out reimposing the doctrine, White House senior adviser David Axelrod responded: “I’m going to leave that issue to Julius Genachowski, our new head of the FCC, and the president to discuss, so I don’t have an answer for you now.”
This soft position is a departure from a much more definitive posture on the doctrine touted during the Obama campaign in June 2008:
Newsmax.com – Axelrod Says Obama to Discuss Fairness Doctrine.
