Standing on soap boxes is about the only way conservatives have of reaching people. Liberals reach millions on an hourly basis, but you don't feel anything should be done to rectify this unfair and untenable situation we are facing?
I'm all for protecting constitutional principles, but in this case we have two principles in conflict with each other, and in such a case, the more important principle needs to Trump the other.
The most important principle is that both sides get equal access to the audience of millions rather than one side having complete control and veto power over this.
Television is not a printing press. Television is not a soap box. Television reaches and influences millions, and it is fact a source of power. Television is far beyond anything of which the founders could have envisioned in terms of it's persuasive power. It is just short of a brainwash machine for the stupid half of the nation.
The principle that all sides have equal access to the public is the higher principle involved here, and we need to find a way to insure that principle is operative in this country.
I think it would be better to use the marketplace than regulation. They are licensed so there could be criterion built into the licensing both to present both sides and to have fact checking with fines for lies/slander.
I agree, but you know that it is not through force. That is a totalitarian solution. BTW, the "soapbox" actually worked putting Trump in place of the socialist Hellery. Apparently, it can still work. It was Trump's huge rallies that turned many people, while Hellery had some 2-300 people attending. Best.