Michigan Senator Claims it’s Time to Reinstate the Fairness Doctrine

 There have been many rumblings on the internet that once in power the Democrats would try to reinstate the fairness doctrine. There have also been quotes by various Democrats themselves who have shown an interest in reinstating  the fairness doctrine. The latest politician to come out and defend the notion of reinstating the fairness doctrine is Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan in this radio interview.

I think it’s absolutely time to pass a standard. Now, whether it’s called the Fairness Standard, whether it’s called something else — I absolutely think it’s time to be bringing accountability to the airwaves.

 What exactly does she mean by bringing accountability to the airwaves? How is there not accountability? By accountability she means silencing those that she does not agree with. And who the hell cares what it is called if the end result is the same?

 When asked whether she thought that the fairness doctrine would be reinstated she said the following:

I have already had some discussions with colleagues and, you know, I feel like that’s gonna happen. Yep.

 As the article also points out, Sen. Stabenow is married to an Air America executive. She has more than just silencing the opposition in mind, she has a horse in the race, she has a conflict of interest with regards to the fairness doctrine.

  As a candidate President Obama said that he opposes reinstating the fairness doctrine but does he? We can only judge him by his actions while on the campaign trail and those actions showed a willingness to silence and threaten those who spoke out against him. He sent out truth squadsto harass television stations who ran anti-Obama campaign ads, and he threatened several television stations with the revocation of there FCC licences for running ads that he didn’t agree with so the grounds is there for conservatives to be nervous about this issue.