Lincoln Chafee

When Talk Radio hosts use harshly divisive language, "The advertisers should shut them down," Governor Lincoln Chafee said this morning. Chafee said the solution to the vitriolic Rhetoric -- which some have linked to the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gab…

In what could only be described as a bizarre and illogical first move as the newly elected Governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee (I) announced a ban on State Employees having any contact with radio broadcasters. The move is part of a broader …

Chafee, an independent, says his decision has nothing to do with the politics of the shows (which have been mostly critical of him) but that they are "Ratings-driven, for profit" enterprises. The Governor doesn't think it appropriate to use Taxpay…

As I reported on the main site today, conservative media figures’ fears that the left will use Tucson to clamp down on them are not entirely unfounded. Rep. Jim Clyburn wants to bring back the Fairness Doctrine – a move aimed direct…

The U.S. Capitol in the backdground, as American Flags flying at half-staff at the foot of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. President Barack Obama ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the Wh…

Saying that Gov. Lincoln Chafee (I.)  “[doesn't] think it is appropriate to use Taxpayer resources” for state officials to appear on and thereby “support for-profit, Ratings-driven programming,” a spokesman fo…

He's not exactly reaching out to Rhode Island's Conservatives, who never liked him much:

[Governor Lincoln] Chafee doesn’t plan to spend…

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