Bankruptcy of the media reform agenda

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  March 20th at 06:26 PM  | 

Two stories emerged this week that demonstrate the absolute intellectual bankruptcy of the media reform agenda. It is just another attempt to gain power for the left. A Huffington Post writer argued that Clear Channel and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire should be broken up by the FCC and the DOJ’s anti-trust division: The Obama Administration’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and a revivified Anti-Trust Division of | Read More »

The Fairness Doctrine fight is not over

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  March 2nd at 07:40 PM  | 

Adam Theirer, a scholar at the Progress and Freedom Foundation, notes that the Fairness Doctrine was part of a regulatory paradigm being pushed by the left and, in particular, the group Free Press. This fight is not over. Adam’s piece is worth reading: Of course, the radicals at the (Un)Free Press weren’t about to let one of the Left’s old favorite regulations go so away | Read More »

Dem Senator calls to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  October 22nd at 11:52 AM  | 

H/T to Dan Riehl for this: If the Democrats get to 60 seats in the Senate, this is one of the many things that they will do to rig the system in their favor. Last week, I wrote up a list of other things that they will try.