Urge your member of congress to support the Broadcaster Freedom Act
H.R. 2905, The Broadcaster Freedom Act, introduced by Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), would prohibit the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) from reinstating the so-called Fairness Doctrine, a former FCC policy that the agency revoked in 1987. The policy required broadcasters to air contrasting viewpoints about controversial issues of public importance (as decided by FCC bureaucrats) or risk losing their license. For example, pro-life stories would need to include comments from Planned Parenthood or another pro-abortion group. It stifled speech which is guaranteed in the Constitution, and yet because talk radio tends to be conservative, those who come from the Leftist end of the political continuum want to do what they can to muzzle it and stifle it.
The Democratic leadership in Congress is now maneuvering to bring back this Fairness Doctrine, which would require the nation's TV and radio broadcasters to make time for voices on both sides of controversial issues. According to Rep. Pence, "The Broadcaster Freedom Act would ensure that no future President could regulate the airwaves of America without an act of Congress." ...
