Messianic Jewish believer says nothing fair about Fairness Doctrine

Chad Groening
OneNewsNow.com
January 29, 2007

If the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" is reinstated, it would muzzle conservative talk radio -- or so says the leader of a pro-Israel ministry based in Minnesota. Jan Markell is concerned about legislation afoot on Capitol Hill that would bring back a policy rescinded by Ronald Reagan almost 20 years ago.

The head of a pro-Israel ministry says if Democrats on Capitol Hill are successful in bringing back the Fairness Doctrine, radio stations would be forced to put anti-Israel propaganda on the air, following her program.

Jan Markell, founder and director of Olive Tree Ministries, says she is deeply concerned about the efforts of New York Congressman Maurice Hinchey and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who have introduced legislation designed to bring back the Fairness Doctrine that was rescinded by Ronald Reagan in 1987, before the rise of conservative talk radio.

Markell says the Fairness Doctrine, if reinstated, would effectively muzzle her program and others like it. She claims the goal of liberals is not balance, but instead to "destroy conservative and Christian media by requiring that each segment of every show contains the counterbalancing liberal viewpoint." She adds that such "draconian hyper-monitoring" would destroy her program.

"I just see the Left rising all the time -- gaining in power, gaining in strength, and gaining in hatred," Markell asserts. "What they hate is the truth; what they hate is anything that's godly and conservative and righteous. So if they can shut us up in any way, they're going to try to do it."

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