On Nov 3, 5:30*pm, Dave wrote:
On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:55:10 -0800 (PST), Two meter troll
said:

Really????? muzzeling every one with a fairness doctorine.
funny the most coherant site i found has both sides of the issue.
maybe you ought to actually read the docterine.
http://www.answers.com/topic/fairness-doctrine

only abuse i can see is the way kennidy used it

Not a bad discussion.

I actually wrote a paper on the topic several years before Red Lion reached
the USSC, concluding that application of the doctrine to television would
probably be unconstitutional once the number of channels increased
sufficiently via cable. That change of course occurred.

The argument that there hasn't been much abuse since Kennedy's carries
little weight since (i) the doctrine has been gone since 1987, and (ii) the
market is very different today. Kennedy's abuse does, however, illustrate
just why bringing back the doctrine would be a bad idea. Too much
opportunity to silence anyone expressing anything but the "official" view of
the world.

thats funny says 2000 for several sections IIRC. and uh kennedy died
well before 1987. so your entire argument was just made moot. i belive
there where one or two democrat and republican heads of state since
his death and 1987.

i took the liberty of looking up the most vehiment opposition to the
reinstatment of this doctrin. funny enough most of them are in the
pocket of that little ausse dweeb communications maven Murdoch.
perhaps he could stay out of our politics and go back to the island he
came from where they hate him.

god if there ever was someone who needs his brains beaten out of his
head its him. why do the cool guys die in airplane crashes and
jerkoffs like this guy live.