B. Hussein Obama administration no longer denying interest on pursing the censorship, err Fairness Doctrine

With as far left as Hussein Obama has taken this country in just over 3 weeks of his dictatorship, it should come as no surprise that his administration is no longer in denial about pursing the Fairness Doctorine. Obama’s campaign gave this definitive statement in June 2008:

“Senator Obama does not support re-imposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters,” said press secretary Michael Ortiz in an e-mail to B&C late Wednesday.

“He considers this debate to be a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible,” said Ortiz.

Jim Geraghty reminds us, all of Barack Obama’s statements come with an expiration date.  Today, Chris Wallace interviewed David Axelrod and asked him directly about the Fairness Doctrine — and suddenly the White House adviser got a lot less definitive:

WALLACE: Will you rule out reimposing the Fairness Doctrine?

AXELROD: I’m going to leave that issue to Julius Genachowski, our new head of the FCC, to, and the president, to discuss. So I don’t have an answer for you now.

That’s hardly a denial, as Politico’s Michael Calderone notes:

Lester Kinsolving, the conservative radio host, has twice asked Robert Gibbs about it in the briefing room, and each time, the press secretary didn’t reveal the administration’s position.

Last week, I reached out to press office staffers in order to find out if the administration’s position is the same as in June, and have not yet received a response.

If Obama’s position on the Fairness Doctrine is the same as during the campaign — and I have no reason to believe it isn’t — stating such clearly would quickly silence a lot of conservative critics who assume the Democratic president is going to try and reinstate the defunct policy. Otherwise, the Fairness Doctrine chatter on the airwaves isn’t likely to die down.

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February 15, 2009 · Filed Under Barack HUSSEIN Obama, Fairness Doctorine, Liberal Media Bias


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  • Daniel Lufkin

    My tea bag’s worth:
    Is anyone with me? Ultimately, I think it will come down to a national strike to wake these people up who abandon reason in supporting the bankrupting (financially and morally) of our nation. Other states pursuing Gov. Perry-like proclaimations and laws won’t hurt either. House cleaning will be essential in 20 months or so as well. More tea parties spreading like spring flowers all accross the fruited plain and delaying all tax-payments to the bloated, arrogant federal (and state for most of us) governments is also essential. Time for Atlas to Shrug…long, long overdue. Anyone agree or have comments? Thanks. Long live FREEDOM.