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Ruling: Public TV, radio can run political ads

Fairness Doctrine

Once again, TS Bench is spot on target. The Fairness Doctrine can be compared
to rent control: while both policies mean welll (on paper, at least) as written,
they are both bad laws, based on faulty methodology. For rent control this means
people with high incomes living in housing, where the price is kept artificially low.
For the Fairness Doctrine - it assumes that the public is either stupid, or clueless.
Regular Fox News viewers, for example, know the bias that Fox News uses as its
presentation. Similarly, Air America listeners knew the same about their
presentation. Call it "preaching to the choir". I would maintain the bulk of participants
at a political rally are there because they already agree with the candidate/party's position.
(yea, you got that right!) Very few are going to rallies on both sides, as they are undecided...
 
Though yes there may be some who don't agree with a host but find them entertaining enough to listen or call (the "moonbats" who can call up Howie's show). Preaching to the choir, though, indeed.
I have also noted on both sides of the political spectrum there are some who perhaps think
networks like Fox _aren't conservative enough_ or MSNBC _aren't liberal enough_ (in case of
the former, more than a few would consider Romney a liberal or Obama a conservative...and media
figures like Bill O'Reilly are either "too liberal" or "a far right Rethuglican" depending on one's
point of view.
But it is true than many talk radio fans are in the amen corner of the hosts, tuning in because
they agree with most of their opinions.

The late Andrew Breitbart had considered himself a liberal but started to drift right. He got talking with his father in law, Orson Bean, who was a Rush devotee, who urged him to check out Limbaugh's show. Andrew, according to his second book, said he didn't think he could stand a far-right guy like Rush. To his surprise he found himself enjoying the show and agreeing
with him. It dawned on him that he probably was a conservative after all. The amen corner...I would think in terms of sports talk you also may get many who agree with the hosts but others actually tune in even if they think the host is an idiot. Somehow
JT The Brick, Yankee fan, has a cult following in Boston despite his allegiance to the pinstripes.

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>>For Breitbart, his first moment of clarity was the Clarence Thomas hearings in which vicious attacks on the conservative African-American jurist disgusted him and then while working as a production assistant in Hollywood, he listened to Rush Limbaugh on a daily basis. In the early 90’s, the combination of the Thomas hearings and listening to Rush Limbaugh, Breitbart moved from the left to the right.
http://74.6.238.254/search/srpcache...5&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=c8GrspSh5XbUBi8u80GPCQ--
 
Here's an interesting argument against the Fairness Doctrine: Should the Sports Hub and WEEI have to air equal hours of Yankees/Giants/Rangers/Knicks talk?

"Fairness" is such a silly term. What's fair to one person isn't fair to another, as it is a subjective thing. Let the ratings decide what airs. If it's popular, it will stay on, if not, it's gone. Don't need the feds telling everyone to do one more thing.
 
>>Don't need the feds telling everyone to do one more thing.

Agreed
>>Should the Sports Hub and WEEI have to air equal hours of Yankees/Giants/Rangers/Knicks talk?

Being forced on to give equal time:
--Atheist show on a religious station
--The Tea Party show on NPR
--KKK Show on a black-oriented station
--Red Sox/Pats/B's/Celts talk on WFAN (to turn it around...)
 
Here's an example: A station that I know of has a typical "bad boy" morning show. At one point, the host made a remark about a grocery store near the station being run by "Muslims". He ranted about them, how they are rude, etc etc. Then he said something like "and I am sure they are terrorists".

By the way, what station, what morning show, and when did this supposedly happen? Throw in the city and state while you’re at it. Thanks.

chirp....chirp.....chirp......

Bet...raise...call....fold

Man, you only have to set your BS detecting phaser to 'tickle' to spot this kind of crap. These stories just about write themselves.

Regards,
TSB
 
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