2008 California Election Forum

The Democratic liberal majority in the Senate and the House are preparing legislation that further controls and regulates the lives of Americans.

They want more laws, more rules and more and more taxes. The result is more wasteful bureaucracy, more corruption and more government programs stifling the economy.

These are two major assaults on conservatives and Christians. And they are part of a growing effort to silence ideas and beliefs liberals don't like.

Here are the latest assaults you should be aware of:

The UNFairness Doctrine is back

I remember distinctly in 1987, one of Ronald Reagan’s objectives was finally realized: The “Fairness Doctrine” was repealed.

The Fairness Doctrine was an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) regulation started in 1949 requiring broadcasters to present both sides of a subjectively determined “controversial” issue.

It caused radio and TV stations to be afraid of huge fines if the station didn’t provide equal time to the opposing viewpoints. This created a form of censorship.

But, starting in 1987, the talk radio boom began. Based upon ratings, it became clear that radio listeners preferred conservative and libertarian talk shows over liberal.

From the 1950s all the way to the late 1980s, the media was dominated by the liberals. For example, liberals ran the nation's largest newspapers, such as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. The same went for TV and radio news: ABC, NBC and CBS.

But talk radio broke the monopoly of ideas and opened the media to the most popular radio personalities.

In the L.A. market, people had several choices. Some liberals were successful, such as Bill Handel of KFI and Mr. KABC on KABC. But most liberals couldn’t do as well.

And now, the liberals want to force change.

At the George Soros–subsidized National Conference for Media Reform, the push to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine—and stop talk radio—began.

• Congressman Maurice Hinchey, the new chairman of a subcommittee with jurisdiction over the FCC, has introduced the Media Ownership Reform Act, which would reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. Bottom line: Bureaucrats at the FCC will monitor the TV and radio content—in violation of the First Amendment! He thinks this will be the end of conservative and Christian broadcasts on the air, and he might be right.
• Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the only openly, out-of-the-closet socialist. He is introducing a similar bill in the Senate.
• Congressman Dennis Kucinich, chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, told the audience, “We know the media has become the servant of a very narrow corporate agenda—we are now in a position to move a progressive agenda to where it is visible.”

They want:

• Conservative talk shows off the air.
• Christian broadcasters not to be able to say anything controversial to our culture—without a rebuttal required (no more J. Vernon McGee and other Christian programs).

Be in prayer on this one!