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Old 02-24-2009, 05:09 AM
 
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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Outside of the United States Supreme Court, I cannot think of any appointments more important than those President Obama has to the FCC. The FCC regulates electronic communications in this country and communications are fundamental to democracy. Bush and Reagan have dominated the FCC for years which is why the AM radio band has turned from being a local station that had local programming and aired differing points of view on this issues of the day to being a syndicated "hate fest" on non stop right wing talk. This needs to stop! The new FCC should:

1. Reimpose the Fairness Doctrine to talk radio. Despite what the hate host say, it will not require them to go off the air. It will require the station to allow different points of view to be heard. It does not require "equal time" either.
2. Reimpose ownership limits. Right now a few groups own virtually all the stations in every city. Clear Channel often owns 6 out of 7 stations in smaller towns. This is dangerous to democracy. The only worst thing than having the government own all the broadcast stations- as they do in dictatorships- is having a single or 2 corporations with political agendas own all the stations.
3. Reimpose local content requirements. The FCC needs to bring back local content. Right now more and more stations have NO local content. They do syndicated programming 24/7. The whole purpose of the "local" radio stations was to serve the community. Not to simply import syndicated programming from New York and L.A. They should require at least 50% local content!
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Old 02-24-2009, 05:23 AM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Really amazing to hear a liberal that can't wait to squash free-speech, for the government to tell people what they should listen to, for the government to curtail political discourse. It goes against everything you should believe in.

Air America is the perfect example of liberal talk radio - people just don't want to listen. With very few exceptions, liberal radio fails over and over again.

Is it not enough that the liberal point of view is carried by virtually all the major newspapers, by NPR, by CBS, NBC and ABC, by CNN and CNBC?
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Old 02-24-2009, 05:38 AM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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We do need to make sure a verity of view points are allowed to be heard and right now we do have just 3 corporations controlling most of the radio stations in the country. That simply is bad for democracy. We need to reimpose ownership limits so that one group doesn't control all of people's access to the public airwaves. We will have a healthier democracy when a diversity of viewpoints are all able to get time to speak their point of view.

That right wingers continue to claim this harms freedom of speech is just baffling. It is beyond retarded.
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Old 02-24-2009, 05:42 AM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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That right wingers continue to claim this harms freedom of speech is just baffling. It is beyond retarded.
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?

You are advocating the government deciding what choices people should have when turning on their radios - they have that choice now. They reject liberal radio - and you want to force them to hear it, even though there are other ways to get it.
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Old 02-24-2009, 06:52 AM
 
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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?
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.
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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