Schumer on the Fairness Doctrine: Just think of it as regulating pornography
posted at 11:56 am on November 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
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He’s making a general point about government’s responsibility to oversee the public airwaves. If you’re willing to concede that they have the power and duty to keep one type of material off the air in the interest of the common good, then at least theoretically you’re willing to extend that principle to other types — like, say, political speech, to ensure “balance.”
This clip’s an even better turnout motivator than the Ayers clip, isn’t it?
At least he’s only talking only about the public airwaves, not cable or the Internet. I think.
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When will he get thrown under a bus? Literally?
blatantblue on November 4, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Let me guess. This will apply to Fox News, but not to MSNBC.
Doughboy on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 AM
And Allah, you and I both would probably be wrong. And then stuck in jail for the “misguiding of American via the internet in a non truth searching and candid lying of the great ONE”.
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 AM
That is just scary NAZI like thinking from a top democrat.
Freedom of speech is never “Fair” because who gets to be the judge of what is fair and unfair ?
William Amos on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 AM
I better get used to drinking Russian Vodka I guess.
Kevin in Washington State on November 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Yeah I saw this this morning on Fox News. There’s no way that the two are even comparable.
Tacitus_SGL on November 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Dominoes!
hawkdriver on November 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Why does fairness only extend to radio?
Schumer makes the case himself for extending to TV and the movies.
drjohn on November 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Oh, this means the internet “porn” sites as well.
GOD. HELP. US.
stenwin77 on November 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Oh, and forgot….
A$$hole.
drjohn on November 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Slimy little weasel. Should be in prison over the Fannie Mae mess.
The problem in his comparison is that pornography is entertainment, not political discourse. You don’t have the right to go into a public park and have sex so that everyone can see. You do have the right to go into a public park and speak your piece politically.
MadisonConservative on November 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM
I have the bus…
dangitt on November 4, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Rush would have enough money on his own to challenge this law all the way up to the Supreme Court.
Sir Andrew on November 4, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Far-be-it from people to take the initiative to change the station.
It’s more peaceful when you can’t have an opposing voice.
AeroSpear on November 4, 2008 at 12:01 PM
In my mind, Dick Durbin calling American troops in Iraq “Nazis” is extreme pornography. Anything coming out of Jack Murtha’s mouth is pornography. Anything coming out of Rev. Wright or Calypso Louis or William Ayres is pornography.
Care to argue, Senator Censorship?
Always Right on November 4, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Liberal Fascism, making a comeback
jp on November 4, 2008 at 12:01 PM
lib talking points are so rediculous… too bad the kool-aid drinking feel good obamatons will buy this sack of crap logic in order to be ‘fair’ to all industries.
goodbye our beloved USA… you were great while you lasted.
gatorboy on November 4, 2008 at 12:02 PM
i wish someone in Congress would walk up and slug him as they go by.
Fozzy Bear on November 4, 2008 at 12:02 PM
I can’t wait for the porn kings Rush and Mark to start today.
What do you think of ol’ Schmucky, Mark?
JeffinOrlando on November 4, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Unless what Schumer is proposing is to have the government ensure that gay porn and straight porn get equal time.
aero on November 4, 2008 at 12:03 PM
Just one of the two brilliant Senators my fellow NY’ers have chosen to elect. NY, the “stuck on stupid” state.
Hammerhead on November 4, 2008 at 12:03 PM
Why should pornography even be regulated in the first place?
Give me one good reason that doesn’t reduce personal liberties for adults.
Xolom on November 4, 2008 at 12:03 PM
So you’re equating political speech with pornography. Oh puleese.
roux on November 4, 2008 at 12:03 PM
FOr any of the ‘fairness doctrine’ to actually be fair, the government will need to FORCE citizens to listen to crap, not just make crap available.
gatorboy on November 4, 2008 at 12:03 PM
Kiss my a$$, Schumer!
Fletch54 on November 4, 2008 at 12:03 PM
Schumer is Palpatine
Kini on November 4, 2008 at 12:03 PM
So, how would Schumer apply the ‘fairness doctrine’ to the San Francisco talk show host who called for the assassination of Joe the Plumber?
Socratease on November 4, 2008 at 12:03 PM
So because liberal talk shows are a business failure, they’re going to shut them all down.
Enoxo on November 4, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Umm, Chuck, there’s a world of difference btw. porn and people talking about politics. How you could make that comparison is nonsensical. What’s offensive-a discussion of tax policy, or seeing porn?
Which one would be ok to let children be exposed to, Chuck?
Idiot.
hippie_chucker on November 4, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Child Porn, Child Rape and Molestation, Juvinial Rape and molestation… Do I need to go ON!?!?!?
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 12:04 PM
What will the MSM media do if the Fairness Doctrine is passed?! They’ll have to be “fair and balanced” then, now won’t they? Bwhahahahaahha…careful what you wish for libtards.
Wyznowski on November 4, 2008 at 12:04 PM
When is that sleaze finally going to retire so I no longer have to see his nasty little patronizing smile on TV every night?
quikstrike98 on November 4, 2008 at 12:04 PM
I’m investing heavily in satellite radio.
creatocon on November 4, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Wow.
carbon_footprint on November 4, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Money won’t make any difference after President Obama (spit) appoints a few of his cronies to the Court.
sdd on November 4, 2008 at 12:05 PM
So true. We will have that as a fall back. Hopefully.
carbon_footprint on November 4, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Now that woulnd’t be fair. Oh right, I get it.
jimbodeano67 on November 4, 2008 at 12:05 PM
carbon close your mouth… democrats could fly in there.
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Screwing around with the 1st Amendment will turn out to be a very, very bad move for these neofascists.
WisCon on November 4, 2008 at 12:06 PM
The point is, he shouldn’t have too.
The liberals would love to spend all of us to death over the Fairness Doctrine and gun laws through litigation. But we shouldn’t have too. It’s only our first two damn amendments!!!
And why do liberals even care about talk radio, becasue it works getting the message out to us.
I will march on Washington against the Fairness Doctrine.
Who’s with me?
hawkdriver on November 4, 2008 at 12:06 PM
So this would be spreadin’ the airwaves around….
I’d be interested to see what enforcement mechanism is enacted to allow liberals speedy resolution of complaints that does not rely on occasional license renewals, while excluding AQ from making use of the process to obtain airtime.
rw on November 4, 2008 at 12:07 PM
First they came for the talk show radio, but I wasn’t a host so I kept silent.
Then they came for the MSM, but I wasn’t an anchor so I kept silent.
Finally they came for the people, but there was no one left to help us.
Enoxo on November 4, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Schmuck.
Grantman on November 4, 2008 at 12:07 PM
That was alarmingly sophomoric and I am aghast at the complete vapidness of his argument – he equates talk radio and pornography!!! What??? Really??? What??? I am completely floored by the fact that this moron is a senator. Hey I have an idea – if we can restrict pornography and Rush, how about we restrict Schumer’s right to be seen and heard – its ok really, if we can restrict pronography then we can restrict everything.
HawaiiLwyr on November 4, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Chuck Schemer. Another reason to vote Republican.
mr.blacksheep on November 4, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Yes, silly, because it’s not fair that good ideas make money… and their ideas don’t. It’s blocking smart people from acquiring wealth to compete with Soros, et al.
Biggest bunch of fools ever. unAmerican.
Fozzy Bear on November 4, 2008 at 12:08 PM
If the Democratic Party tries and pulls this stunt—IT IS ON!!!! The battle lines WILL be drawn!!! I know the American people will absolutely REFUSE to let open dialogue of opposing viewpoints be quieted and stifled!!! A move to impose the fairness doctrine will spell the END of the Democratic Party!!!!
Delaware Vol on November 4, 2008 at 12:08 PM
: )
Good election day to you (gorgeous).
carbon_footprint on November 4, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Tell me you went and voted… Please. So Hawaii can start being involved in the Election.
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 12:08 PM
OMG black panthers are at it in Philly for the love of gawed! They are blocking polling doors this is sooo farked up
tee866 on November 4, 2008 at 12:08 PM
That’s the old liberal line. Point to how the government is in charge of something that we all pay taxes towards, (defense spending, Social Security, etc) and then judo flip to how then its only natural that the government control everything. It’s reflexive.
hippie_chucker on November 4, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Can’t WAIT to here what Maha Rushie has to say about THIS….
creatocon on November 4, 2008 at 12:08 PM
“hear”
creatocon on November 4, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Isn’t pornography and the like regulated by ‘community standards?’ Can’t remember the case on that.
Slublog on November 4, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Democrat Congress = Politburo
MSM = Pravda
Obama’s domestic security force = KGB
DerKrieger on November 4, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Awww Carbon thanks! Let have a good Election day together!!
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Tee gotta link?
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Exactly. If they are going to regulate radio, why not television. Why not force MSNBC of having a show after Olby explaining why everything the jerk just said pure is lies? Fair and balanced!!!
terryannonline on November 4, 2008 at 12:10 PM
First, suppress free speech…then second, take away the guns…and then third, make public worship illegal.
Hmmmmmmm…this scenario sounds magically familiar
birdhurd on November 4, 2008 at 12:10 PM
The 2010 midterms begin tomorrow. Make this unctuous schmuck target No. 1.
Run, Rudy, run!
JammieWearingFool on November 4, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Awesome! This means that The Fountainhead is coming to theaters! And that Jason Lewis is the every-other-day anchor of CBS Evening News!
beatcanvas on November 4, 2008 at 12:10 PM
I’ll be honest: If I have to choose between legalizing kiddy porn or the “fairness doctrine”, I’ll take the former. I may not like what happens on account of it, but I’d be pretty damned sure it would not be as bad as what would happen under government censorship of political opinion.
MadisonConservative on November 4, 2008 at 12:11 PM
I’m not. If the goal is balance, then any 15-minute porn flick would necessarily be followed by 15 minutes of religious instruction and/or abstinence teaching. Which I don’t see happening.
But the goal is not balance. The goal is the stifling of dissent, plain and simple.
fourstringfuror on November 4, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Miller vs. California
terryannonline on November 4, 2008 at 12:11 PM
New York voters are messed up. This guy is a first class smart a$$. If it were not for politics he’d be a carnival barker.
Comparing conservative talk radio to porn? Amazing!
FireBlogger on November 4, 2008 at 12:11 PM
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 12:09 PM
it was just on fox news sorry i don’t have a link
tee866 on November 4, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Fair?
Since when is silence fair?
Every single time these creeps use Im-OK-You’re-Stupid line a little more color bleeds back into the Bonnie Blue Flag.
They have no idea just how dangerous that powder keg is. One of them is going to be dumb enough to strike a match on the barrel ring one day.
Limerick on November 4, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Early Voting Baby!
Kini on November 4, 2008 at 12:12 PM
It begins!
hawkdriver on November 4, 2008 at 12:12 PM
I don’t have to watch this slimey POS to know what he thinks. I only need to watch flies gather on dog turds and I see all the Schumer I need to see.
SKYFOX on November 4, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Yes indeed, I think it should be fair and balanced, THAT’S WHY I’M AGAINST YOUR BILL!!
Maxx on November 4, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Not the link, but related
Fox just aired the Philly thing
Kini on November 4, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Schumer is such a “JACK#SS”!
Notice the smirck!!
In bed,in the tank MSM, with the DNC,is beyond
pornography,the Liberal media and Liberal
Democratic Party are in a incestuous relationship!
Fairness Docturine my #ss!!
canopfor on November 4, 2008 at 12:14 PM
I am heading out in a few minutes. The polls opened 13 minutes ago and I like them to have any “bugs” worked out before I stroll in. I always vote.
HawaiiLwyr on November 4, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Thank you.
Slublog on November 4, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Yep, we should definitely legalize kiddie porn. Then we just have SEAL team snipers in place across the street from the porno shop….
hippie_chucker on November 4, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Schumer. Moron.
They can’t beat conservatives in a fair fight, so they ban conservatives.
Hugo Chavez would be proud.
n0doz on November 4, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Hawkdriver
I’m there. I have a feeling, if Obama is elected, we’ll be marching on Washington weekly.
jakabok_botch on November 4, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Good point. I was trying to come up with an argument against what Allah wrote at the top.
Esthier on November 4, 2008 at 12:16 PM
O/T!
Rush is WARNING,pay no attention to the exit polls!
And turn off your MSM!:)
canopfor on November 4, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Government interference with political speech is an abridgement of our most fundamental constitutional right and we should not tolerate it. Any serious attempt to enact the Fairness Doctrine should be viewed as an act of war, a modern Fort Sumter.
flyfisher on November 4, 2008 at 12:17 PM
“upinak on November 4, 2008 at 12:08 PM”
polls just opened here ~15 min. ago. I’ll be voting after work, after about 99% of the country has cast their ballots
[!]
Buckaroo on November 4, 2008 at 12:17 PM
*opens wide*
Grue in the Attic on November 4, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Hitler and Stalin should be happy. The DemoNazi’s party platform of controlling the masses is taking form. The elites are licking their chops over this.
DL13 on November 4, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Chuck’s just blowing this smoke in the hopes we won’t remember the part he played (Best Actor in a Giant FInancial Collapse).
Ohhh Chuck E….we’ll never forget.
wankette on November 4, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Hi Buckaroo – you must be voting “R” because all of the Messiah’s voters are encouraged to skip work and school.
HawaiiLwyr on November 4, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Except that those are all illegal anyway. Adding a camera to the mix shouldn’t really change that.
Esthier on November 4, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Ya know Chuck, I can’t understand why porn is regulated, either. Point taken.
LibertyBoyNYC on November 4, 2008 at 12:19 PM
So then by his standard we shouldn’t have any children’s programs on the air?
If we regulate ban one area then we should ban others, that is what he said.
This is going to get messy…how many people are going to be hired to “watch” the stations and keep track.
right2bright on November 4, 2008 at 12:19 PM
For people who think something like this is too far out here and won’t happen…
This is extremely important to the majority party in congress, that’s why their leaders keep putting it out there in the media.
The more the people get used to hearing it, the sooner they’ll submit…
pherrman on November 4, 2008 at 12:19 PM
“HawaiiLwyr on November 4, 2008 at 12:19 PM”
heh — we know how much “R” is little more than a protest vote here sometimes [!!] but yes of course i’ll be filling in the “right” side of the ballot — plus the local races, which i’ve invested serious time and energy into!
Buckaroo on November 4, 2008 at 12:20 PM
Chuck, you are an obscenity. A perverted, profane, vile, smirking, Totalitarian monkey.
Buy Danish on November 4, 2008 at 12:21 PM
There’s nothing to stop them from legislating internet and cable content.
My guess is, as soon as anything of the sort is enacted, a suit will be filed in a conservative circuit (like the 5th) on First Amendment grounds. Indeed, I hope it’s done before the Dems stack the appellate courts.
Anyone worried they will expand the supreme court to 12 justices to stack it with the three new justices, and the replacements for Ginsburg, etc., who will surely retire February 1st?
thespottedowl on November 4, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Leventhal on Fox is on the scene at the Philadelphia polling place where the Black Panthers were. Talked to two eyewitnesses who said that there were two guys standing in the doorway, one tapping a nightstick and saying “a black man WILL win this election.” Army vet said he walked right through them, asked the poll staff to have them removed; they either refused or pled no authority; guy calls the cops, cops arrive and escort one of them off; other guys lives in the building where the polling station is, so he’s still hanging around.
greggriffith on November 4, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Madison, I love ya man. But we are going to have to disagree on this. I will not deal with Child anything. It makes me sick to my stomach, literally.
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Hit him with a cane. We’re going in that direction anyways
kelly Tejera on November 4, 2008 at 12:21 PM
God Save us.
woodswalking on November 4, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Exit poll: What would you rather watch: Porn or Chuckie Schumer?
JammieWearingFool on November 4, 2008 at 12:22 PM
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