Despite Bill Barr’s repeatedly voicing concerns about Donald Trump, he has now said he will vote for him again this November
Bill Barr has claimed Donald Trump often suggested executing his political rivals during heated moments of his four-year tenure in the White House.
Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin told The View back in December that Mr Trump once called for a staff member to be put to death for leaking a story about the then-president going down to a bunker during Black Lives Matter protests in summer 2020.
Former Trump administration attorney general Mr Barr was asked about the claims during an interview on CNN last week.
“Fun” fact: Those two things are connected! Without the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine by Reagan’s FCC in 1987, the group called Citizens United would likely not have been able to form in 1988, as they would have been required to provide opposing viewpoints when they expressed their terrible views on national tv or radio networks.
Additional fun fact: Rush Limbaugh’s nationally syndicated radio show (which began in 1988) also would not have been possible without the repeal of the fairness doctrine.
unholy hannah. thanks. I did not know this connection. Once again finding out more about a politician make me hate them more.
And Limbaugh opened the door for Hannity, Alex Jones, and the rest of the Faux News screaming liars.
Its almost like they were just waiting in the wings to swoop out and create these social bubbles for the sole purpose of weakening the American people.
I get it is popular on Reddit and related forums to advocate for the return of the fairness doctrine, and I’m not necessarily opposed to it, but like ranked choice voting it is not the magic bullet people think it is.
The fairness doctrine presents its own issues, like allowing the government to decide what is “fair“ and balanced coverage and threaten outlets with punitive measures. Imagine that in the hands of another Trump admin.
Conservatives also used to abuse the fairness doctrine to get fringe ideas and presenters on programming that they argued were “too left leaning.” When it was used to get liberals on to more conservative programming (as conservative voices grew in the AM and broadcast television spheres), they suddenly wanted to get rid of it. Back when they more generously and one-sidedly abused FD, they loved it.