sanrene wrote;
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Put the shoe on the other foot. What would you be saying if liberal radio were thriving - and a republican politicians wanted to make sure the right was heard?
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Sanrene, the inability to READ is not something you usually exhibit. The point you are trying to refute with this specious argument was about OWNERSHIP RULES, not the Fairness Doctrine.
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You are advocating the government deciding what choices people should have when turning on their radios - they have that choice now.
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Actually ownership rules (nor the FD for that matter) do NOT "decide" what choices are available. The ownership rules merely make it possible for the MARKET to decide. When Clear Channel owns 75% or more of the radio dial in a market there is no (easy) choice.
Besides which, Rs who almost always tout "market forces" as the answer to all of life's problems RAISE COSTS for advertisers, and therefor products and services advertised, through NON-COMPETITIVE forces. In other words, Rs believe that PUBLIC schools and roads SHOULD COMPETE, but that RENTERS of the PUBLIC'S airwaves should NOT.
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