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The repubs need to learn when someone's "messing with their head". Schumer's a hoot. Why, at this time, would dems even consider making this a priority when they have so many huge problems with which to deal. Limbaugh et al just preach to the choir.
"The fairness doctrine was adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 1949, under the argument that the airwaves were a finite public resource. License holders were considered public trustees, with a responsibility to present opposing viewpoints on controversial issues. It has become obvious by now that the biggest beneficiaries of the doctrine's demise were the conservative media. Last year, a study by the Center for American Progress (CAP) found that 91 percent of weekday talk radio is conservative, compared with just 9 percent that is progressive. Far from establishing an unencumbered marketplace of ideas, the free-market approach, critics complain, edged most voices out of the debate. It's no wonder, then, that conservatives fear the fairness doctrine's return..
I agree with the Fairness Doctrine that the airwaves are PUBLIC and we have the right to hear more than an extremely conservative and non-mainstream view that is on 91% of the airwaves. I can't wait until the day when the airwaves have more progressives, as it stands now the inequity in views is totally UNFAIR!
0% of talk radio is conservative. name 1 conservative on talk radio.
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Originally Posted by quelinda
"The fairness doctrine was adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 1949, under the argument that the airwaves were a finite public resource. License holders were considered public trustees, with a responsibility to present opposing viewpoints on controversial issues. It has become obvious by now that the biggest beneficiaries of the doctrine's demise were the conservative media. Last year, a study by the Center for American Progress (CAP) found that 91 percent of weekday talk radio is conservative, compared with just 9 percent that is progressive. Far from establishing an unencumbered marketplace of ideas, the free-market approach, critics complain, edged most voices out of the debate. It's no wonder, then, that conservatives fear the fairness doctrine's return..
I agree with the Fairness Doctrine that the airwaves are PUBLIC and we have the right to hear more than an extremely conservative and non-mainstream view that is on 91% of the airwaves. I can't wait until the day when the airwaves have more progressives, as it stands now the inequity in views is totally UNFAIR!
The Fairness Doctrine is a sour-grapes crybaby idea that doesnt do the left any favors. Leave the market alone.
Funny New Republic piece, OP!
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