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Demian
Have you heard of the constitutional right to free speech?
Yes, the fairness doctine essentially voilated that, thats why it was squashed.
But a lot of big democrats want the fairness doctine to return, including Nancy Pelosi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine
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On October 22, 2008, Senator Jeff Bingaman, Democrat of New Mexico, told a conservative talk radio host in Albuquerque, NM that "I would want this station and all stations to have to present a balanced perspective and different points of view," and "All I’m saying is that for many, many years we operated under a Fairness Doctrine in this country, and I think the country was well-served. I think the public discussion was at a higher level and more intelligent in those days than it has become since."[13]
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On June 24, 2008, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (who represents California's 8th congressional district) told reporters that her fellow Democratic Representatives did not want to forbid reintroduction of the Fairness Doctrine, adding “the interest in my caucus is the reverse.” When asked by John Gizzi of Human Events, “Do you personally support revival of the ‘Fairness Doctrine?’”, the Speaker replied "Yes."[14]
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A year earlier, in June 2007, Senator Richard Durbin (Democrat of Illinois) said, "It’s time to reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine,”[15] an opinion shared by his Democratic colleague, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts.[16]