The Fairness Doctrine is Finally Done!

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It was with great joy that I read that the FCC has finally killed what was wrongly named the "Fairness Doctrine" once and for all. This is part of Obama's late, but appreciated, move to cut some...emphasis on some...of the massive federal regulations that continue to stymie production. As you may know, the "Fairness Doctrine" began in 1949 and required broadcasters to give equal time to all sides of a political issue or risk losing their broadcast license. The Reagan (God bless him) stopped enforcing this rule in 1987 and liberals have ever since tried to get it re-instated in the hopes of killing off the Rush Limbaugh's of the world and in attempts to save the Air America's of the world. Well, under the Obama Administration the FCC has announced that the "fairness Doctrine" is no dead. The FCC and the Obama Administration realized that the proliferation of media outlets made this possible and with PBS, NPR, CNN and MSNBC...along with most of the newspaper industry, even the FCC and the Obama administration knew there were plenty of liberal media outlets to counterbalance the conservative outlets and talking heads on both sides.

One must give credit where credit is due as as late as 2007 John Kerry was pushing for the return of the "fairness Doctrine". The credit goes to the FCC, but the Obama Administration had to sign-off on this, so credit goes where credit is due. Thank you President Obama for getting this one right and removing this outdated and ridicules regulation from the books.

Good things happen...yes, they do!