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Split Thread "Fairness doctrine" broadcasting

applecorped said:
I fully expect it. When one side can't compete then make sure you handicap the other side. Change you can deceive in!
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Off topic, but remember that a radio station does not own the frequency it is on. The PUBLIC owns that. We allow, that is license, a station to use that bit of the Commons, and they have a duty to use it in the public interest.

We mean to see to it that this happens, or the license will be stripped.
 
Given the conspiracy theories that you peddle and the fact that you are way outside the mainstream in your political views, how soon until you get caught by the 'fairness doctrine'?
 
Don't be fooled by my online persona. I am very mainstream. :-)

And I think my products and those of my friends will fare well. If we go from 60 stations with Liberal/Progressive content in the nation to 4700, well, the marketing opportunities are endless. And that is JUST counting AM stations. Add another 6300 for FM. Though there we have mostly music stations and AM are mostly talk stations, so maybe 5% of those are really markets.
 
BenBurch said:
Don't be fooled by my online persona. I am very mainstream. :-)
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Fair enough. But you are betting that only other people will be affected by this law. Would you want to give the GOP the power to decide that all media should be fair and balanced like Fox News?

BenBurch said:
And I think my products and those of my friends will fare well. If we go from 60 stations with Liberal/Progressive content in the nation to 4700, well, the marketing opportunities are endless. And that is JUST counting AM stations. Add another 6300 for FM. Though there we have mostly music stations and AM are mostly talk stations, so maybe 5% of those are really markets.
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They still need to be commercially viable, so I'd expect a lot of conservative talk stations to turn to different formats rather than become liberal talk stations.
 
BenBurch said:
Off topic, but remember that a radio station does not own the frequency it is on. The PUBLIC owns that. We allow, that is license, a station to use that bit of the Commons, and they have a duty to use it in the public interest.

We mean to see to it that this happens, or the license will be stripped.
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Thoroughly disturbing and disgusting in a free nation. What a swell guy. :rolleyes:
 
Fairness doctrine is the worst idea ever. The concept is pretty simple folks: left-wing talk radio doesn't sell. Forcing radio stations to play programs that won't be listened to is silly and pointless.
 
The fairness doctrine is just the political version of Tonya Harding. If you can't compete then hit your competitor in the knee cap.
 
I'm not convinced that a return of the "Fairness Doctrine" is anything but a bogeyman that right-wing talk radio gasbags lob at their listeners. "If you vote for the Democrats, they'll take me off the air!" It reminds me of televangelist Oral Roberts, who said that if his viewers didn't raise so many millions of dollars, God was going to "call him home."

The Democrats have had a majority in both houses for the past couple of years, and no legislation has been introduced to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. A couple of legislators have made comments about it, but there doesn't seem to be a remotely serious push for it. Moreover, Obama has said he doesn't support it--and I'm pretty sure his support would be somewhat important for the effort.

Even if it were adopted, this wouldn't mean national treasures like Hannity and Limbaugh would get kicked off the air, only that stations airing them would have to have other opinions broadcast as well. Realistically, of course, rather than have to go through the horror of having liberal radio broadcasts, a number of stations will likely just dump talk radio altogether. This would leave the poor, downtrodden, oppressed right-wing wackos to go to other sources to communicate their propaganda, such as cable television, satellite radio, or the Internet.
 
:rolleyes:

It's not gonna happen...BUT, if it does boo hoo for you! Condescencion and sarcasm noted.


Got it.
 
Cleon said:
...a number of stations will likely just dump talk radio altogether.
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Which is the American way. People shouldn't get to hear what they want to hear just because they want to hear it. 'eh comrade?
 
Personally, I'm not for the Fairness Doctrine. I don't see it as accomplishing anything positive...But then, I don't think the FCC should have any jurisdiction over content.

Could someone explain to me why the Fairness Doctrine would be any more hostile to freedom of speech than the current rules prohibiting "obscene" speech?
 
Cleon said:
I'm not convinced that a return of the "Fairness Doctrine" is anything but a bogeyman that right-wing talk radio gasbags lob at their listeners. "If you vote for the Democrats, they'll take me off the air!" It reminds me of televangelist Oral Roberts, who said that if his viewers didn't raise so many millions of dollars, God was going to "call him home."

The Democrats have had a majority in both houses for the past couple of years, and no legislation has been introduced to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. A couple of legislators have made comments about it, but there doesn't seem to be a remotely serious push for it. Moreover, Obama has said he doesn't support it--and I'm pretty sure his support would be somewhat important for the effort.
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Obama may be against it, but Pelosi and Reid have both publicly supported it (and of course, Ben Burch and applecorped seem to support it in this very thread). The fact that the House and Senate majority leaders support it would understandably give some cause for alarm.


Even if it were adopted, this wouldn't mean national treasures like Hannity and Limbaugh would get kicked off the air, only that stations airing them would have to have other opinions broadcast as well. Realistically, of course, rather than have to go through the horror of having liberal radio broadcasts, a number of stations will likely just dump talk radio altogether. This would leave the poor, downtrodden, oppressed right-wing wackos to go to other sources to communicate their propaganda, such as cable television, satellite radio, or the Internet.
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...and destroy all the revenue to the radio stations in the process. You seem to think that this would only hurt the "poor, downtrodden, oppressed right-wing wackos". Why do you think all the talk stations fight over who gets to play Rush? Is it because they are all part of the right wing media? Or is it because he's the most listened to radio show in America?
 
tomwaits said:
Obama may be against it, but Pelosi and Reid have both publicly supported it (and of course, Ben Burch and applecorped seem to support it in this very thread).
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????:boggled:

Please let me clarify that I in no way support the Fairness doctrine. Please do not lump me in with BB, ever.
 
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