Almost 6 months later, and STILL no Fairness Doctrine?
Julius Genachowski, President Obama’s nominee as chairman of the FCC, was asked the question point blank in his Senate confirmation hearings. His answer was the same given by every other administration official.
(And for those who note his youthful appearance, he is apparently 48, having worked with Obama on the Harvard Law Review.)
The good conservative folks over at Hot Air, having posted the video, then asked themselves how this could be true. After all, it contradicted what Rush and their other leaders told them was true. The obvious answer — the best way to resolve the contradiction, so their heads would stop hurting — was to suggest that it maybe it wasn’t true, that this guy is just lying.
But then, dammit, a flash of independent thought hit: “If the Dems are right that Rush, Sean et al. are electoral poison for the GOP because they alienate centrists, why on earth would they want to limit their exposure by reinstituting Fairness?”
Why indeed.
Also recommended is the comments section, in which Hot Air readers puff themselves up with veiled threats and further efforts to argue that the Great Rush had to be right about this, somehow, someway. For example:
“He’s lying. He’s just going to do a work around. There will be hell to pay. You think what is going on in Iran is bad, just let him try it.”
“They are going to take out talk radio a different way.”
“The liberal definition of “fairness” will morphe into the same animal with a different name. They have to silence Conservative voices to continue “remaking America”.
“Our liberties are disappearing everyday under this regime. We can’t trust the words of this BHO tool.”
“Of course he doesn’t support any type of ‘Fairness Doctrine’. He supports what Obama wants…. Getting rid of any opposition in any manner needed to achieve the objective of total control. Bring it on you Fascist bastages. I “hope” you’ll enjoy the “change” we’re gonna bring about when you actually try to silence us.”
“Liberals are always crying over the only one news outlet they cant control. Hell Democraps have tried everything they could to shut down fox news.. The liberals are WORSE than Hitlers SS divisions..
For they are taking a free nation and turning it into a communsit dictatorship…. Perhaps this is why the democraps wont speak out in support of the iranian dissidents. For in their hearts they really do support communists.”
That’s life in the alternate reality, folks.
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Guides
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2011 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
291 comments Add your comment
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
June 18th, 2009
7:31 am
No gay marriage either, hahahahahaha.
Hows that pulling out of the Iraq War working for ya?
Obozo lies, don’t he?
Dave R.
June 18th, 2009
7:32 am
Or it could be that the libs in Congress are just too busy ruining our economy and taking away our economic freedoms to worry about free speech issues anymore.
It takes a lot of work to screw up something you know nothing about.
Bud Wiser
June 18th, 2009
7:33 am
Obowo lies out his shiny pearly whites every day.
Why would you ever expect his drooling minions to be any different?
Get a grip, Bookman.
And get up off your knees away from your picture of Obowo and man up.
The tool is a liar, has been from day 1, lying to the American people, to the world, and to the media, yet instead of doing any actual investigative reporting, the media slobber keeps his shoes as shiny as those teeth of his. Word is he has fired the shoe shine boy at the WH, because he is no longer needed, maybe the only POTUS in history that goes to bed every night with shinier shoes than he donned that morning.
Paul
June 18th, 2009
7:34 am
Sigh.
It’s not the Obama Administration that’s talked about this.
It’s the Democratic leadership.
We’ve been over this how many times?
But as far as the Democratic leadership actually introducing legislation: we’ve been over this before, too. Sometimes the do actually introduce legislation to address fundamental problems. But on the hot button issues, the sensational issues, the headline Republican-bashing issues, the don’t. They just milk it for whatever they can, then move on to the next headline.
Some things are just too transparent.
Copyleft
June 18th, 2009
7:35 am
So, the fact that the Obama administration has done NOTHING to reinstitute the fairness doctrine… is proof that he’s working to re-establish the fairness doctrine?
Right-wing paranoia is SO much fun to watch….
Normal
June 18th, 2009
7:38 am
Winer, you didn’t answer my last question to you in the last thread…chicken?
Mrs. Godzilla
June 18th, 2009
7:39 am
teheee heee tee hee
y’all are just hysterically paranoid….
thanks for the early morning chuckles….
Normal
June 18th, 2009
7:41 am
As a person who conciders himself just left of center, the best way for
me to censor Fox News, is not to watch them, just like I ignor telemarketers when they call.
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
June 18th, 2009
7:41 am
What would candidate Obama say upon hearing the news that President Obama’s attorney general acknowledged yesterday that the administration will continue to hold terror suspects without trial indefinitely?
Once again, the harsh realities of a difficult war with multiple moral gray areas have forced President Obama to contradict candidate Obama’s simplistic moral grandstanding and come down largely on the side of the previous administration, with a few minor administrative adjustments.
Our little presidential comedy, hahahaha.
eewwwww
Normal
June 18th, 2009
7:43 am
Bud Wiser: I ask you again, What? “W” never lied? Get real. You just make yourself sound lame…Just sayin’
@@
June 18th, 2009
7:44 am
What’s more blatantly obvious is the fact that President Obama and ABC are about to address the American people on what dems determine is the most important issue of the day — HEALTHCARE REFORM. The problem?
Not ALL the people’s representatives will be ALLOWED to participate.
Mrs. Godzilla
June 18th, 2009
7:44 am
Right wings Favorite Christmas song:
Santa Claus is coming to GET ME!
Mrs. Godzilla
June 18th, 2009
7:47 am
@@
Oh?
ken
June 18th, 2009
7:47 am
Hey Normal, name one lie and do not use WMD. Name one.
TnGelding
June 18th, 2009
7:48 am
I Report
You Whine 
June 18th, 2009
7:31 am
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124507215789015077.html
On topic, they just need something to get worked up about and bring in campaign contributions.
W trying to influence jury pool?
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/18/bush-takes-swipes-at-policies-of-obama/
I guess he’s lost respect for the office and the office-holder.
Doggone/GA
June 18th, 2009
7:48 am
“name one lie and do not use WMD”
Mission accomplished
Normal
June 18th, 2009
7:48 am
GAWD Miz G, I wished I said that, but I’m gonna use it. Too funny
Doggone/GA
June 18th, 2009
7:49 am
Right wings version of the Golden Rule”
Do unto others before they do unto you
TnGelding
June 18th, 2009
7:50 am
@@
June 18th, 2009
7:44 am
I’m sure Fox will accomodate them.
Obama is a nerd/Tom Petty is the coolest
June 18th, 2009
7:51 am
This cool song is ruint for me forever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xhJnXl4kIA
DB, Gwinnettian
June 18th, 2009
7:51 am
The good conservative folks over at Hot Air,
talk about your oxymorons…
Normal
June 18th, 2009
7:52 am
Nigeria yellow cake, and WMDs were a lie to believe it or not, Also said that Sadam and Osama were in bed together (paraphrasing). A radical muslum and a secular dictator? Give me a break. But maybe I should have just said that “W” was just the puppet sitting on Cheney’s knee…Just sayin’
Turd Ferguson
June 18th, 2009
7:53 am
“Fairness doctrine”? Sounds like a group of whining 5th graders or little 8 year old kids…”Mommy…my cereal has less sugar on it than brother Jimmys…THATS NOT FAIR.”
Such sillyness and stupidity. Ya want fair I tell ya whats not fair, this redistribution of wealth ie Steal from the workers and give to the LAZY.
So sad that Junior/Jesus – Obama and the Dems are taking this Country right into the toilet and Obama’s constituents will only realize same after its too late.
Im sure Jay is jumping for joy.
DB, Gwinnettian
June 18th, 2009
7:53 am
name one lie and do not use WMD. Name one.
“A wiretap requires a warrant.”
mike
June 18th, 2009
7:53 am
Jay’s post is the height of partisan pettiness.
As usual, Jay wants to focus on the thoughts of the most partisan and extreme voices.
I guess Jay also thinks that the comments of getalife, Taxpayer and God Hates Trash are good indications of mainstream liberal thought.
Jay’s career is dedicated to maintaining antipathy between liberals and conservatives. What a pathetic waste of a career. Our democratic process is poorly served by partisan pundits who seek to poison the well of political thought for their own selfish reasons.
Mrs. Godzilla
June 18th, 2009
7:54 am
Doesn’t being asked to list a Bush lie and not use the term WMD,
mean an acceptance of Bush lies about WMD?
Here’s one – no WMD.
We do not torture.
TnGelding
June 18th, 2009
7:54 am
Bush lies:
http://www.bushlies.net/
TnGelding
June 18th, 2009
7:55 am
Mrs. Godzilla
June 18th, 2009
7:54 am
…anything but the English language.
Redneck Convert
June 18th, 2009
7:55 am
Well, I never watch or listen to libruls. If I’m watching TV and a librul comes on I turn my back and put my fingers in my ears. But sometimes when I’m watching Fox News I will listen to the token librul that’s surrounded by about five Conservatives. It makes the ridicule the others give the guy that much better.
But if they put this fairness doctrine in then when I watch Fox News there might be a librul program and a Conservative program followed by another librul program and a Conservative program. I would have to turn the TV off so much I might could burn it out. I might need to just keep it tuned to my other favorites, the cartoons and Cops. The cartoons are easy on the mind because you don’t have to think so hard. And Cops is good because I like seeing the crooks get Law and Order give to them by a nightstick and a pair of handcuffs.
Anyhow, you can just bet the libruls are scheming to make radio and TV put the fairness doctrine in. And that would be awful because it would be so unfair to us Conservatives. We took over talk radio fair and square and it ain’t right to get it took away from us. But maybe they would make all the TV networks put on more Conservative shows. I wouldn’t mind seeing ABC and CBS and NBC and MSNBC get their comeuppance. It would be a hoot to see old Rush and Sean show up on one of the librul networks and blast all the libruls that come before them.
Have a good day everybody.
bob
June 18th, 2009
7:56 am
Many leading dem sens and reps are on record as wanting it back. Saying Obama does not means nothing. The dems gave it to us before and some want to do it again.
bob
June 18th, 2009
7:58 am
Ms. Godzilla, no wmd’s ? We gave him wmd’s remember, the ones he used on the kurd’s.
Paul
June 18th, 2009
8:00 am
Report/Whine
[[What would candidate Obama say upon hearing the news that President Obama’s attorney general acknowledged yesterday that the administration will continue to hold terror suspects without trial indefinitely? ]]
This is obviously false. Why am I so sure? Simple. First, it’d run Page One on the NY Times plus there’d be an editorial denouncing fascism, lack of constitutional rights, etc. It’d be a standard talking point not just on the cable shows, but the network, too. Correspondents would be relentless in pressing Gibbs.
But that hasn’t happened, so it must be false.
But wait, you say you have the AG saying so? Hmmmm. I see now why you posted this. Fairness Doctrine? To give both sides EQUAL access? EQUAL time? Given Phil Bronstein, past editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, just wrote a column “Love or lust, Obama and the fawning press need to get a room,” well, I’d guess the last thing the Obama Administration or the Democratic Leadership wants is equal coverage.
BTW – during the election, according to Pew Research, care to guess which station provided nearly identical favorable/unfavorable coverage of the candidates?
Mrs. Godzilla
June 18th, 2009
8:02 am
Bob?
We gave him WMD’s to use on the Kurds? Who Bush?
I don’t think that’s what you meant to post is it?
Bob, there are also some Republicans who want a basic skills tests for voting. If I were you, that would share the shiite outa’ me!
Paul
June 18th, 2009
8:04 am
DB, Gwinnettian
[[name one lie and do not use WMD. Name one. “A wiretap requires a warrant.”]]
Can I add “Terror suspects will not be held indefinitely and will be accorded rights and a hearing.”
Oh, wait… that was Obama… sorry….
How’s the headache, Mrs. Godzilla?
mike
June 18th, 2009
8:04 am
Nrs G –
“Doesn’t being asked to list a Bush lie and not use the term WMD,
mean an acceptance of Bush lies about WMD?
Here’s one – no WMD.”
Here is a few more:
“We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country.” — Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
“Iraq’s search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.” — Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
“We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.” — Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
“The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons…” — Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002
“I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force — if necessary — to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.” — Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
“There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years … We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction.” — Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002
“He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do” — Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002
“In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members … It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.” — Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002
“We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction.” — Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002
“Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime … He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation … And now he is miscalculating America’s response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction … So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real…” — Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003
Obama is a nerd/Tom Petty is the coolest
June 18th, 2009
8:06 am
If they got rid of Right-wing talk radio, who would listen to the stupid, moronic, nanny-state pro-goverment public service announcements.?
Normal
June 18th, 2009
8:06 am
Bob, lame argument. He said they had them and Condi made the famous reference of “the mushroom cloud”. It was all a lie and scare tatics to get Congress to do as they wanted…invade a country that had nothing to do with 911.
mike
June 18th, 2009
8:08 am
Hey while we are talking about “lies”.
Harry Reid accused Bush of lying about Iran’s nuclear program, based on the National Intelligence Estimate’s claim that the program had been dormant since 2004. Mohamed ElBaradei from the UN now claims that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/world/18nuke.html?em
Is Reid a liar for making claims based on the NIE?
Normal
June 18th, 2009
8:09 am
Where oh where is Whiner? I bet he’s downstairs answering my question, yes, I’m sure that’s where he is…I’ll go check.
Doggone/GA
June 18th, 2009
8:11 am
“Mohamed ElBaradei from the UN now claims that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon”
Actually, no he didn’t. He made a statement of his OPINION. What part of “gut feeling” (as opposed to PROOF) don’t you understand. Try reading the VERY FIRST sentence in the report you linked to:
“Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency, said it was his “gut feeling” that Iran’s leaders wanted the technology to build nuclear weapons “to send a message to their neighbors, to the rest of the world: ‘Don’t mess with us.’ ” “
Mrs. Godzilla
June 18th, 2009
8:12 am
Yes, Mike….
justify away…..
Bud Wiser
June 18th, 2009
8:15 am
Of course Bush lied, Normal. ALL politicians try to be everything to everybody, and they have to lie to do it.
Where did I say Bush never lied? Quit being a cracker chaser and THINK, man, THINK. Just yesterday I railed against Bush yet again, but you partisan left wing tools haven’t the intellectual capacity to see beyond your own hatred.
Obowo is a liar, and I stand behind that statement 100%. I’ve already proven it, if you don’t like it, do your own research. My kids are all grown, so I don’t do homework for anyone any more.
mike
June 18th, 2009
8:16 am
Doggone –
Fair enough, but the question remains. If ElBaradei is right, is Reid a liar?
mike
June 18th, 2009
8:17 am
Mrs. G –
“justify away…..”
Sure, just as you justify calling Bush a liar for saying the same thing as Democrats, who you do not call liars.
For you, truth is a matter of partisan affiliation.
Paul
June 18th, 2009
8:17 am
Interesting how quickly this went retro to “Bush lied to get us into war with Iraq.” So many assumptions, so many statements of fact portrayed by both sides.
Just a day or so after a thread with the discussion of how Iran is acquiring a nuke (Doggone GA – good point, Elbaradei said it was his feeling) just a year and a half after Bush’s NIE was shown to have stated Iran stopped their nuke program years ago.
Yet Pres Obama and his administration speak as if it’s fact. Ongoing. Destabilizing. A game changer.
Ahem… dare I ask for… proof?
mike
June 18th, 2009
8:19 am
Mrs. G –
One more thing. Hillary made a more definitive statement about ties between Saddam and Al Qaeda than Bush did, but of course, you don’t think she is a liar. I mean, she is a Democrat and we know that nobody who shares your party affiliation would ever lie, right?
clyde
June 18th, 2009
8:19 am
Politicians lie.Always have,always will.The Fairness Doctorine will bring more lying politicians into the limelight where they will discuss pitifully few issues of import and many issues of I said,he said.We don’t need that,do we?
Normal
June 18th, 2009
8:22 am
I will agree with you on one thing, Bud…Politics is a lying Profession, and it looks like President is backpeddling a bit, but
I will still give him some time to either pull his foot out or push it in…know what I mean?
DB, Gwinnettian
June 18th, 2009
8:23 am
I apologize, I remembered incorrectly. The actual quote was this:
Anytime you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists, we’re talking about getting a court order before we do so.
He didn’t use the word “warrant.”
So Paul @ 8.04, I’m sure you’re willing to admit that your quote isn’t verbatim, right?
Mrs. Godzilla
June 18th, 2009
8:24 am
mike…
sorry, but you are being silly.
Bush lied. For a while most folks believed him. Believing Bush, they made statements that were not true.
But you won’t see that. Ever. I never expect you to.
No biggie.