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Toward the end of David Axelrod's interview on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace jumped into a lightning round of hot-button issues.There, Wallace asked the top adviser about an issue making the rounds on both conservative and liberal radio shows, where Democratic Congressional leaders (and even Bill Clinton) have recently weighed in."Will you rule out reimposing the Fairness Doctrine?" asked Wallace. "I'm going to leave that issue to Julius Genachowski, our new head of the FCC, to, and the president, to discuss," Axelrod said. "So I don't have an answer for you now."In June, press secretary Michael Ortiz told Broadcasting & Cable that "Sen. Obama does not support reimposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters."That's clear enough. But since becoming president, it's been difficult to get such a definitive statement.Lester Kinsolving, the conservative radio host, has twice asked Robert Gibbs about it in the briefing room, and each time, the press secretary didn't reveal the administration's position.Last week, I reached out to press office staffers in order to find out if the administration's position is the same as in June, and have not yet received a response. If Obama's position on the Fairness Doctrine is the same as during the campaign -- and I have no reason to believe it isn't -- stating that clearly would quickly silence a lot of conservative critics who assume the Democratic president is going to push to reinstate the defunct policy. Otherwise, the Fairness Doctrine chatter on the airwaves isn't likely to die down.
