no comment from the libs? nothing? On Feb 6, 6:00 pm, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > Bloggers and commenters on Internet forum pages today erupted over a > forecast by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., that the so-called > "Fairness Doctrine" is coming, citing her husband's financial > involvement in the "progressive" talk efforts of at least three > companies that could benefited from the policy. > > "I think it's absolutely time to pass a standard. Now, whether it's > called the Fairness Standard, whether it's called something else – I > absolutely think it's time to be bringing accountability to the > airwaves," she said. > > I mean, our new president has talked rightly about accountability and > transparency. You know, that we all have to step up and be > responsible. And, I think in this case, there needs to be some > accountability and standards put in place." > > But Stabenow didn't mention that her husband, Tom Athans, was > executive vice president of the left-leaning talk radio network Air > America. He left the network in 2006 when it filed for bankruptcy to > join TalkUSA Radio Network. And he previously served as co-founder of > Democracy Radio. > > The RadioEqualizer blog reported Athans has long been in the "libtalk" > business and at one point he was paid $165,000 for less than a year's > work. > > Athans was the cofounder with Paul Fiddick in 2002 of Democracy Radio, > which was to "nurture" programming for "left-leaning" radio hosts. The > network lasted until 2005. Then came Air America, which ended up in > bankruptcy after Athans served a stint as developer for new > programming. His latest is TalkUSA Radio. > > Asked by Press if she could be counted on to push for hearings in the > Senate this year "to bring these (radio station) owners in and hold > them accountable," Stabenow replied: "I have already had some > discussions with colleagues and, you know, I feel like that's gonna > happen. Yep." > > http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88189 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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