"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
So IMO, they are going to let the bias train run out of control, Then use the public sentiment against such coverage to push the Fairness Doctrine...Like it will be the savior of the Conservative viewpoint.
Devious Eh?
Don’t expect Republican politicians to help in the fight against the FD.
Selective fascism is a prerequisite of sucessful Progressivism.
I didn't think so.
If it did, the New York Times would have to publish McCain's op-ed piece, and all the news anchors would have to trail John McCain on his travels abroad.
Some Fairness Doctrine.
I guess they’re forgetting (Hot) Air America. Sorry, but it’s not conservative talk radio’s fault that moonbat radio hosts don’t flourish in the market. And there IS fairness - Rush has stated over and over that he puts LIBERAL callers to the front of the call-screen line. True, he’s not going to brook on-air looney rantings of 9/11 Troofers, but from what I’ve seen, he usually gives them a polite hearing and then offers his viewpoints, which tears them to shreds. And while Levin often immediately disengages the looneytunes right away, respectful callers with liberal viewpoints are given a fair hearing.
Heck, liberal radio stations in the S.F. Bay Area rate well behind KSFO and KNEW, and this place is their “target market”. What kills liberal radio is that conservatives don’t listen and therefore don’t call in. All you hear from lib radio is that parrot mantra 24/7. Even the libs get tired of it and change the dial to Hannity.
Time to arm-up...
What this boils down to is that grownups listen to talk radio and kids don’t. Thus the disparity between conservatives and people who haven’t grown up yet.
This issue is why the fate of sattelite radio is so important. We need this merge to happen so that sat radio is in a strong position to take all of the non sat radio talkers when they lose jobs because of the fairness doctrine. Sure, we might all have to pay $20 a month, but it will be worth it to keep listening to Rush Limbaugh and stick a thumb in the eye of the liberals who are trying to silence him and others.
This is the tip of the iceberg of the liberal agenda and an indicator of things to come if and when the liberals have their muzzie in the white house with a super majority in both houses, with the ultimate goal of completely destroying our country.
Talk radio works.
The left has tried it many times and it has flopped. Could it be their topics are even more boring than their hosts? The reason they want it stopped is becaue of how it has brought to the attention of the American public what is really happening out there.
Me thinketh it will be a cold day in haties before they will stop Talk Radio. There is too much to be hidden without it and...so much to be put out there with it. No, it will NEVER be taken off the air. Besides...there are too many ways to get information out today...just to omany ways. The American people may be soft sometimes but they are not stupid.
The occasionally times I turn Hannity on in the truck, he's always trying to convince someone he's not questioning the obama's patriotism. LOL. Neutered wimps. That being said, I don't believe the government should regulate what is being said on the air-waves, although, maybe someone could speak out against my prier complaint since it would balance out the brain-washing.
I heard this on the radio:
"Do you have any doubts?"
"Never."
You hear the woman's (kind of sexy) voice and Senator Obama's reply so there must have been a mic in the room. Was there any video? I don't have a TV so I'm not sure.. it's hard to believe it's what it sounds like. Are there no limits to decency on TV anymore? Maybe it's those foreign countries where this kind of stuff is not a big deal?
Notice how the fairness doctrine only applies to the public radio stations. What about the public TV stations like PBS, NBC, ABC and CBS. Why are the libs not concerned about their broadcasts giving equal time?
Do they realize that this would apply to PBS, NPR, Pacifica, Air Amerikkka, CBS, ABC, NBC?
Conservatives who are avoiding McCain now are going to get hit with a very big stick after Obama wins. So many things are being planned under the radar. Quick example, Corzine in New Jersey is planning to sign gay marriage into law “after the November elections”. Magnify that 100 fold on the federal level.
In 1995, before anything was known about the perpetrators of the Oklahoma City bombing, then President William Jefferson Clinton laid the blame for the carnage on the doorstep of the "many angry voices" of conservative talk radio.
This point is historically inaccurate.
McVeigh was arrested within 90 minutes of the explosion, and linked to it the next day.
When Clinton linked the bombing to angry conservatives, everybody knew McVeigh blew up the building. It would have been ludicrous for Clinton to pull that linkage out of thin air.
He exploited the tragedy inappropriately for political points, of course, but not until after McVeigh and his "Turner Diaries/Waco/Ruby Ridge" motivation was identified.
They have spent 30 years doing nothing but building this corrupt machine to destroy our Constitution and our way of life. They have been dumbing down Americans to become empty sad dimwits. How else can we, that the few of us that are left, explain what has happened to America?
There is no doubt in my mind that once in power with a filibuster-proof senate and control of the Executive branch that the leftists will quickly move to muzzle their perceived enemies. They will also move quickly to pack the courts with allies so that they can knock down legal challenges to their agenda.
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Not surprisingly, Obama’s position is almost identical to that of the Center for American Progress, whose spokesman argues that the FCC should impose on radio stations “ownership rules ... (which) will create greater local diversity of programming, news, and commentary. And we call for more localism by putting teeth into the licensing rules. But we do not call for a return to the Fairness Doctrine.”
Dick Morris sums up this soft approach to censorship. In his new book, “Fleeced,” Morris writes, “In other words, it isn’t enough for liberals to insist on elbowing their way in front of the microphone — they want to own the station!”
Once you cut through the soothing Obama cliches, his plans for talk radio are chillingly apparent.
When the left says “diverse viewpoints,” it means “our viewpoints.” It wants diversity only where it’s in the minority. Have you ever heard of liberals complaining about the lack of political diversity on college faculties?
Obama’s objective in “opening up the airwaves to as many diverse points of view as possible” is putting doctrinaire leftists on boards of directors and installing them as program directors and in other management positions. He wants programming decisions made not by market forces but based on ideological considerations.
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