Knee Deep in the Hooah!

I was browsing early this morning and saw this headline at Michelle Malkin’s site. I am very interested to hear what the participants of this press conference have to say about the future of the freedom of speech.

I have to wonder how military blogs would be affected by something like the Fairness Doctrine.

How much more antithetic to the principles put forth in our Constitution can we get? The Bill being announced today will hopefully mean that it will take an act of Congress to implement the doctrine instead of the FCC having the right to enact it. Fortunately this puts an added barrier of protection by taking this threat to free speech and putting it into a formalized process for scrutiny and accountability. Unfortunately I have no confidence in our Congress at this point.

Here’s the announcement on Malkin’s blog:

January 6, 2009
*** Media Advisory for Tomorrow ***
Republican Leaders Announce Bill to Ban Fairness Doctrine

Congressmen Pence and Walden join Senator DeMint in a press conference to highlight the introduction of the Broadcaster Freedom Act on the floor of the U.S. House. The Broadcaster Freedom Act would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from implementing the Fairness Doctrine without an act of Congress.

Participants: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN)
Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)

Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Time: 12:30pm
Location: Senate Press Gallery, S-316, The Capitol