She can’t get the ‘Fairness Doctrine’ pushed through, so she is attempting a ‘back door’ approach…. this from CBS NEWS:
(CNSNews.com) – Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told CNSNews.com on Thursday that she supports an amendment to a Senate bill that would force the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to “take actions to encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership and to ensure that broadcast station licenses are used in the public interest.”
The amendment’s language is viewed by many media experts as a means to regulate conservative talk radio, particularly popular programs such as the Rush Limbaugh Show and the Mark Hannity Show, among many others.
House Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.), a former radio broadcaster and one of Congress’ biggest opponents of the Fairness Doctrine — an FCC regulation removed in 1987 that forced broadcasters to grant equal airtime to opposing political viewpoints — told CNSNews.com that the amendment is a masked attempt to restore the Fairness Doctrine.
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