Posted on 05/19/2009 7:45:31 PM PDT by RatsDawg
(CNSNews.com) - Academy Award-nominated actor William H. Macy told CNSNews.com that the government should not regulate talk radio so it is balanced -- with some variant of a Fairness Doctrine or local ownership rules -- because this is America and you can say anything you want. He also said the average American is smarter than all the politicians.
Absolutely not. This is America. You can say anything you want, Macy told CNSNews.com at the White House Correspondents dinner when asked whether the content of talk radio should be regulated by the government for political balance.
I think its fair that if you say stuff thats not true and it hurts people, you can have a suit filed against you, but I think the courts can deal with that and perhaps the government has the right to file a civil suit for libel, but no, this is America, said Macy. Everybody gets to say everything they want. This is America. The Nazis have to be able to march in Skokie [Illinois] because this is America -- and criticizing the government is not anti-American. It couldnt be more American.
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Of course, I didn't see that at Notre Dame.
My hat is off to him. He is a minority amongst his peers.
Then good for him.
Agreed. He is free to support whomever he wants, but please, Mr. Macy, don’t try to tell me what I should think and how awful I am for not agreeing, like so many of your peers.
cool! My dad was a B-17 pilot with the same medals, in addition to others. I always knew I like William H. Macy! And I'm shocked to read what he said.
That’s the point. He did not do that. He spoke against the Fairness Doctrine.
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