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Who decides what’s fair?
James Lileks writes in the latest print edition of National Review about the call for a return of the federal government’s Fairness Doctrine for broadcasters. … [F]ans were quick to…
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N&R editorial writer takes a cheap racial shot at Trump
Greensboro News & Record editorial writer Steven Doyle–who replaced the laid-off Doug Clark–started off his regular Wednesday columns all nice and flowery–introducing himself as a humble farm boy and regaling…
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N&R editorial writer misses the point on the Fairness Doctrine
Interesting column from News & Record editorial writer Steven Doyle on Greensboro resident Mark Robinson, whose passionate defense of the Second Amendment before the (liberal) City Council went viral. Based…
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“Obamanet” Faces Legal Challenge
The Wall Street Journal reports that: A federal appeals court has twice invalidated attempts by Washington bureaucrats to regulate the Internet. The Federal Communications Commission deserves a third-time strikeout in…
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The latest controversy should not surprise those who follow the FCC
Byron York explains for Washington Examiner readers how the controversial Federal Communications Commission proposal to install government monitors in newsrooms fits well with previous FCC statements. [W]hat explains the FCC’s…
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Ferguson’s Commentary column tweaks fellow journalists
Andrew Ferguson‘s latest “Press Man” column for Commentary magazine, not yet posted online, tweaks a couple of fellow scribes: the late Washington Post reporter Haynes Johnson and New Yorker writer…
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More addled thinking from ex-RINO Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, the RINO of RINOs who is a Republican when it suits him, is now an independent. The former Republican U.S. Senator is now the governor…
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Liberal tolerance explained
This post from the Ashbrook Center blog “No Left Turns” tells us about our future under a liberally tolerant regime: Free Speech and ?Liberal Tolerance? A Christian preacher in England…
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Sowell just about calls Barney Frank a liar
In this column on the origins of the housing crash, Thomas Sowell implies that Barney Frank is lying about his role in causing it. Isn’t it obvious that we need…
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This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Double-digit unemployment offers the most glaring indication that North Carolina?s economy is struggling. How much blame does former Gov. Mike Easley?s administration deserve for the state?s poor economic picture? John…
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Who Are They Trying to Impress?
The press is saying stimulus bill opponents are disappointed that more funds didn’t go to their kinds of projects. All except targets of the Fairness Doctrine are drunk with hope…
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A message to NC’s Democratic congressmen
Camille Paglia understands Free Speech and excoriates the Democratic Party for flirting with a resurrection of the “Fairness” Doctrine. She rightly points out that liberals control the networks, academia, popular…