Funny how Mr. Epperson's company is one of the largest benefactors of that repeal.
“I remember a time when many conservatives, especially social conservatives, were very scared of having the fairness doctrine removed. They believed that religion would be removed from the airwaves without it.
Funny how Mr. Epperson’s company is one of the largest benefactors of that repeal.”
I was not aware when I posted the article that Mr. Epperson’s company has religious affiliations. I posted the article because I liked what he said in it. Still do. I am not a social con and have posted that I think social cons and small gov’t cons such as myself are at loggerheads all the time because social cons are not bothered by big government so long as it serves their ends(wait for it). Now I don’t know about your observation that social conservatives were scared if the fairness doctrine was removed. I have read many an article on how the fairness doctrine evolved. The fairness doctrine evolved as a response to rural radio’s control over the airwaves over most of the country. It was a very conservative control with very religious leanings. So from the beginning the LACK of a fairness doctrine helped religious programming.