DeMint amendment kills Fairness Doctrine
February 26, 2009 · Posted in News
By Jim Meyers
The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved an amendment banning reinstatement of the so-called “Fairness Doctrine” that would threaten conservative talk radio.
Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina attached the amendment, called the Broadcaster Freedom Act, to a bill giving the District of Columbia a voting representative in the House. It passed by a wide margin of 87-to-11.
But it’s not clear if the amendment will survive as Congress debates the voting rights bill.
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois also won approval for an alternate amendment ordering the Federal Communications Commission to encourage radio ownership “diversity.” It passed by a vote of 57 to 41.
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