No private station asked for any public government aid, yet the government steals the freedom and the rights,to do business. Manipulating the definition of "fairness." Private radio stations doesn't omit opposing views.

Intentionally restricting the private business owner from conducting his business freely and successfully. Government has no right interfering in our liberties. Government has no right to even suggest interfering with non-threatening freedom of speech. Or interfering with truth since they are no part of it!

They do have a duty to protect us! ps…digital tv sucks!

James Boomer has it right, too. It's none of their business auctioning frequencies to anybody. It's as if the government were to try to force me to buy the air I breathe. They didn't make the electromagnetic spectrum. It should be rightfully owned by those who created the equipment to make it useful.

Same goes for the "fairness" doctrine. Another stolen (by Government, who else?) concept.

If I built a printing press to publish my views more efficiently, what's fair about forcing me to reserve a half-page of newsprint for views I disagree with from somebody I abhor? Nothing! That's what! What's different about a private TV station, radio station, satellite up-link, ISP?

Nothing at all. On principle, it's all the same issue. Small wonder, the "4 exceptions" they told Barb Faulkner about: There's NO WAY to make an inherently unjust system "fair" in some way.

Electromagnetic interference and interoperability should be their only concern, in effect fulfilling the Gov.'s policing function. (No jamming allowed ! etc.)

Increased suspicion arose when government forced an unnecessary change of tv reception that increases energy usage. Kinda hypocritical aren't they? Government gave good reasons, but don't believe it. It's sole government CONTROL, oh and business for China.

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However, there are four exceptions: if the air-time was in a documentary, bona fide news interview, scheduled newscast or an on-the-spot news event the equal-time rule is not valid. Political debates not hosted by the media station are considered news events, thus may include only major-party candidates without having to offer air time to minor-party or independent candidates.

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As far as I'm concerned, this 'Fairness Doctrine' is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to silence criticism of president Obama and his policies. Apparently it's not enough for him to have won the election, that he has a 60% approval rating and that he has a veto proof Congress. Now he wants to silence all dissent. If you don't believe this President is unable to cope with dissent and/or criticism, look at the way he reacted to the April 15th 'Tea Parties' held across the country, talk about being arrogant, dismissive and derisive, he did his best to minimize these demonstrations and call the participants uninformed, right-wingers organized by talk radio programs. Of course, the liberal media there to 'report' on the demonstrations couldn't restrain themselves from accusatory attacks on the participants.

Mr. Obama has turned nearly every campaign promise he made into a lie. He has quadrupled the budget deficit that existed as of 12/31/08. The stock market remains in the dumpster. Unemployment continues to reach new highs as consumer confidence reaches new lows. He never wanted to run a car company; he never wanted to run the banks, he never wanted to take over the insurance industry, right. And he doesn't want to turn America into a socialist country either.

Any attempt to limit political criticism from talk radio or any other form of media is a direct attack on our First Amendment freedom of speech rights and should be resisted absolutely. Could you imagine the firestorm of protest that would have occurred if George Bush (or any Republican president) attempted to silence political criticism in the media?

We'd best vote these bums out or there will be nothing left of our once proud, prosperess country. We are all now slaves on the government plantation. This is so wrong, as we the people are supposed to run this country, not politicians, special interests, and environmental wackos who won't even let us drill our own oil.