Actually only Rush would be effected. FCC rules have nothing to do with cable. And even with Rush, if the stations had a lib show on they be fine. The rule only says both sides must be presented. Nothing about time. Doesn’t even have to be in the same show. Actually Rush could functionally market 2 shows, he could has his own rebuttal show with some dude.
FCC rules need to cover cable. The pretense was that since cable was "piped" directly into users' homes and covered under a contract, there were no airwaves in the communications. The reality is that OUR airwaves have bandwidth tied up so the cable content provides can beam signals from cable to ground station to satellite to other ground stations.
Why is such propaganda, in defiance of political campaign laws and anti-monopoly legislation, allowed on OUR airwaves?
Why is OUR tax money subsidizing ABCCBSCNNNBCNPR?