http://techliberation.com/2007/07/19/glimmers-of-the-fairness-doctrine/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2007/07/19/glimmers-of-the-fairness-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-49468 Gary McGath Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:41:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/07/19/glimmers-of-the-fairness-doctrine/#comment-49468 <p>We need to attack the status of the airwaves as "public property" head-on. Legally it's true: The government merely permits people to broadcast at its discretion. This means that there's actually no free speech on the air, just speech by government permission. The airwaves need to be denationalized.</p> We need to attack the status of the airwaves as “public property” head-on. Legally it’s true: The government merely permits people to broadcast at its discretion. This means that there’s actually no free speech on the air, just speech by government permission. The airwaves need to be denationalized.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2007/07/19/glimmers-of-the-fairness-doctrine/comment-page-1/#comment-38927 Gary McGath Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:41:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/07/19/glimmers-of-the-fairness-doctrine/#comment-38927 <p>We need to attack the status of the airwaves as "public property" head-on. Legally it's true: The government merely permits people to broadcast at its discretion. This means that there's actually no free speech on the air, just speech by government permission. The airwaves need to be denationalized.</p> We need to attack the status of the airwaves as “public property” head-on. Legally it’s true: The government merely permits people to broadcast at its discretion. This means that there’s actually no free speech on the air, just speech by government permission. The airwaves need to be denationalized.

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