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by <\/strong>Olive Tree Ministries with Jan Markell<\/strong><\/p>\n

America is changing at break-neck speed and many of the changes are not helpful! While Americans were eager for “change,” it is doubtful they anticipated the loss of free speech.<\/p>\n

So let me explain the unfair “Fairness Doctrine.” My radio program, Understanding the Times, is in the target range.<\/p>\n

The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) met last weekend in Memphis and according to President Frank Wright, experienced an ominous shroud cast by the issue of the “Fairness Doctrine.” They intend to fight this issue as much as that is possible. However, they may not even be given the opportunity to fight it as they would wish.<\/p>\n

In an article posted online by Human Events on February 6, “Christian broadcasters say they will be targeted once President Obama’s appointees gain control of the Federal Communications Commission.”
\nWarren Kelley, president of Point of View, the first Christian talk show to go on the air via satellite 37 years ago, states, “The Left Wing will immediately start filing complaints, and it will in short order shut Christian broadcasting down.” He concludes, “I think it will so limit what they say that, in essence, they will cease to be Christian broadcasters.”Click here to read this entire article.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong>
\nRead Jan Markell’s book, Trapped in Hitler’s Hell<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a>, the true story of Anita Dittman in Germany during the Nazi Regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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