To be fair...

...there are things that Ms. FreeAmerica and I do agree on. I too believe that a fairness doctrine is a bad idea. I, however, don't spend time worrying about it or firing off pointless emails to legislators hoping to squash this threat. Why? Well, first of all, I'm fairly certain that, although some lawmakers may give it lip service, it doesn't stand a chance of getting through both houses. Second, no matter how much she wants us to believe it, President Obama isn't interested in reinstating it.

President Barack Obama, however, isn't lining up with Durbin, Pelosi, et al on this matter. Last June, the press secretary for his Senate office told a reporter for Broadcasting & Cable in an e-mail that Obama "does not support reimposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters." The aide, Michael Ortiz, also wrote:

Ortiz: [Obama] considers this debate to be a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible. That is why Sen. Obama supports media-ownership caps, network neutrality, public broadcasting, as well as increasing minority ownership of broadcasting and print outlets.

All of the other issues mentioned by Ortiz are controversial in their own right, but none of them are functional equivalents of the fairness doctrine from days of yore.

And last month, an Obama spokesman told FoxNews.com that the president wasn't interested in reviving the fairness doctrine. "As the president stated during the campaign, he does not believe the Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated,"

You see, it's like this; I'm also opposed to mindlessly investigating legislators or any other US citizens for being "Anti-American". I, however, am not going to start a crusade against the formation of a House Un-American Activities Committee.