Senator DeMint to File Legislation Banning the Fairness Doctrine

 President Obama recently said that he is against reinstating the Fairness Doctrine, however the movement for reinstatement in Democrat circles is growing. Even if Obama is telling the truth about his stance on the Fairness Doctrine he will not be able to stop it even if he wanted to if it gains enough support.

 Sen. Jim DeMint is using President Obama’s recent statement concerning the Fairness Doctrine to introduce the “Broadcaster Freedom Act,” which will make it illegal for the FCC to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.

 Here is what Jim DeMint had to say about his legislation:

“I’m glad President Obama finally confirmed his opposition to the Fairness Doctrine, which attacks the right of free speech on talk radio, but many Democrats in Congress are still pushing it,” DeMint said. “With the support of the new administration, now is the time for Congress to take a stand against this kind of censorship. I intend to seek a vote on this amendment next week so every senator is on record: Do you support free speech or do you want to silence voices you disagree with?”

 Think about the name of this bill for a minute and what it means. The fact that a bill called the “Broadcaster Freedom Act” needs to be passed in order to confirm our fist amendment rights gives us a clear indication of where this country is headed. There should be no additional law required to protect broadcasters because the first amendment is that law.

If this accomplishes nothing else it will at least allow us to get these people on record so that we can see which side they are on.

  I believe President Obama when he says that he doesn’t support the Fairness Doctrine, however I also believe that he is playing a semantics game. When the new Fairness Doctrine makes it to his desk, and eventually it will, it will not be called the Fairness Doctrine, it will have a name similar to the name of the Jim DeMint bill. Only it will be the opposite of Jim DeMint’s bill and President Obama will support it. It will be the Fairness Doctrine under a different name.