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Savage interviews Tom Tradup on FCC monitoring of Talk radio (audio)

>>The serious question I'll ask you is: Do you want the government to decide what's true or false? Or who should decide? College professors? Retired journalists? Judges? Who doesn't have a bias or a fish to fry?

Imagine a nation where the government can walk in to a newspaper and magazine and tell them they have to have balanced
views and present certain topics. Isn't radio/TV the same kind of thing, journalism and opinion, and who is the govt to decide
"fairness"? (As I've said before to those who advocate a fairness doctrine, the day we hear 50 per cent conservative opinions
and news coverage on NPR is the day we'll have "fairness".)

Freedom of speech...freedom of the (electronic) press.
 
>>God knows broadcasters, I mean bankers, don't care about what's going over the air, as long as they make money. Nation be damned.

Guess what, NPR stations make money too (revenue) even though they're "commercial free". Donorships, private contributions,
funds, CPB etc. And NPR decides to cater to the left. If they put on programming favoring the Right they would soon see some of
these, like private contributions, go away. Commercial stations can make money with conservative talk. NPR makes money with
liberal talk...and again if you want a fairness doctrine, then NPR should have a lot more people on discussing illegal immigration,
anti-Obamacare, pro-life, anti-"global warming theory", fiscal conservatism...if you want "fairness", get ready to accept that.
 
Guess what?

NPR has at least 50 percent conservative guests. Conservatives who support defunding it even admit they get more coverage and airtime on NPR than commercial media. That's been said by "liberals" like Newt Gingrich and officials with Tea Party organizations. NPR's audience is split evenly between liberals, conservatives and independents.

And again, and this has been pointed out and made clear to you on numerous occasions - NPR is not a "liberal talk" network. They do not have "liberal talk shows" in their lineup. In fact, I've seen numerous liberal complaints that NPR has to go out of their way to appear unbiased and have on too many conservatives. Go figure.
 
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