Senate Blocks FCC From Revisiting Fairness Doctrine

TheHill.com:

The Senate voted Thursday in favor of an amendment to the District of Columbia voting-rights bill that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reinstating the so-called Fairness Doctrine, which critics say would decimate conservative talk radio.

The Senate passed the measure 87-11.

Republicans have introduced the Broadcaster Freedom Act in the House as well, but Democrats are not expected to allow a vote on the bill. Legislation would have to pass both chambers of Congress and receive President Obama’s signature.

The FCC first implemented the doctrine in the late 1940s to balance the political content of broadcasters, requiring them to give equal time to liberal and conservative viewpoints. The agency scrapped the regulation in the mid-'80s after determining that it was no longer necessary because the public had a wide array of political news sources from which to choose.

Good. I mean, when even Bill Clinton comes out of his face to support a return of the Fairness Doctrine, the GOP has no choice but to step up and kill the momentum. Besides FOX, Liberals already dominate the press, yet the greedy bastards on the Left still aren't satisfied. Amazing.