'Fairness' Doctrine -- Round Two by Mark Hyman

Liberal activists are using the Internet to wage a new war on moderate and conservative values. Liberal Internet grassroots (“netroots”) activists have no room for any individual, institution, organization or policy that does not support their extremist positions. They are the antithesis to Nixon’s “great silent majority.” They are the vocal minority. Yet, they have achieved success.

The first major success of liberal netroots activism occurred during last year’s Democrat Senate primary in Connecticut. They prepared the battlefield in incumbent Joe Lieberman’s loss to über-liberal challenger Ned Lamont. The most influential of the netroots groups was MoveOn.Org. Rather than provide factual critiques of policy differences with Lieberman’s positions, MoveOn followers instead engaged in shameful name-calling. MoveOn supporters posted anti-Semitic comments online such as “Jew Lieberman,” “Zionazis,” and “why are the Jews so Jew-y?” As reprehensible as it was, this tactic was successful in the Democrat primary.

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