Sowell: The 'Fairness' Fraud

Thomas Sowell - It seems as if, everywhere you turn these days, there are studies claiming to show that America has lost its upward mobility for people born in the lower socioeconomic levels. But there is a sharp difference between upward "mobility," defined as an opportunity to rise, and mobility defined as actually having risen. ✧ That distinction is seldom even mentioned in most of the studies. It is as if everybody is chomping at the bit to get ahead, and the ones that don't rise have been stopped by "barriers" created by "society."

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New Censorship Strategy Emerging

HUMAN EVENTS 3/5/09 - Obama administration strategy for diluting the power of conservative talk radio is becoming clearer: talk down the "fairness doctrine," a lightning-rod term sure to mobilize the Right, and talk up the prospect of more minority ownership of radio stations. --The latter will achieve the Left's ultimate goal of shifting licenses away from networks who air conservative talk and toward minority owners who will broadcast liberal programing. --The new strategy came on several fronts...Read more at Human Events... Read More......