The Prowler wrote last month:
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is also looking at how it can put in place policies that would allow it greater oversight of the Internet. “Internet radio is becoming a big deal, and we’re seeing that some web sites are able to control traffic and information, while other sites that may be of interest or use to citizens get limited traffic because of the way the people search and look for information,” says on committee staffer. “We’re at very early stages on this, but the chairman has made it clear that oversight of the Internet is one of his top priorities.”
Many commentators are watching the anti-choice crowd, currently in power in our federal and many state governements, for bills to make the semblance of ideological diversity a legal requirement. Liberal views don’t get enough play on the air or apparently on your blog, you filthy capitalist, so liberals must administer the airways and Internet in order to get their views into your head. I heard on the news several days ago that while Senator Jim DeMint proposed and saw passed an amendment to reject The Fairness Doctrine from the FCC, another amendment passed the Senate to allow the FCC to enforce ethnic diversity in media ownership. If there aren’t enough of the right people running media outlets in a particular area, the Feds will insist that someone sell their company to one of those select people. It’s another reason we call them the anti-choice crowd. If we don’t make the choices they want us to make, they will use legal force to choose for us.
So the current word on the street is that The Fairness Doctrine may be dead, but it’s spirit will live on in many other laws.
In related news, David Limbaugh writes about “The Orwellian Presidential Bully Pulpit.”