The Democrats are up to no good again. Apparently, getting our borders secured isn’t as important as tampering with talk radio.
Democrats have decided that Air America’s a failed experiment, liberal talk radio can’t compete on an even playing field with conservative talk radio… so conservative talk radio must be dismantled. [source]
In 1987 the fairness doctrine was abolished by the FCC, following a 1986 Appeals Court decision that said the FCC was not required to apply it. The doctrine compelled broadcast licensees to present controversial issues of public importance, and to present such issues in what was deemed an honest, equal and balanced manner.
At this time in the life of our nation, there are so many ways to get your message into the public sphere that we don’t need a “fairness doctrine”. Liberal talk radio is a failure. It’s not because they don’t have a fair chance to compete. It’s because with the exception of Randi Rhodes, they all suck. Air America had a fair shot at success. Nobody was listening, which made it unprofitable, which made it fail.
It’s arrogant of the Democrats to try and force radio station owners to air programs that will lose them money. But it really pisses me off that they’re wasting time on this issue when we still have a flood of illegal immigrants flooding across our borders.
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