Forget about censorship for a moment, this bill would be hugely anti-business when we desperately need more jobs.
Very few people will listen to liberal drivel so stations will have to lay off people to stay alive.
The way I see it government should stay out of business except to protect property rights and punish fraudsters.
The perfect answer here...since we are giving away money anyway....just toss in $500 million for free gov’t advertising for any liberal station in America. This should be enough to cover two entire years of support and keep them employed. Other than forcing Rush off the air...which would be the next best answer...its hard to sell how fairness weaves itself into this discussion.
If I were Bill Press...the one thing I’d be very worried about....is that we get the Fairness Doctrine, and then Rush sets up his broadcast studio in Havana....broadcasting Radio-Free-Rush via the satellite system to America. This would set the entire doctrine into a spiral.
...and we already have seen them fail at the 'protecting property rights' part....and Madoff's punishment will be...? Interesting that the media of yore actually covered Ruby Ridge, isn't it!