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Old October 22nd 08, 04:56 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default (OT) Glen Beck joins Fox News.


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On Oct 16, 6:04 pm, wrote:
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/r...?ArtNum=242205
cuhulin
Between Beck and O'Reilly Fox will blow everyone out of the sky with
viewership ratings - they're an AWESOME pair!

Until the Dopeocrats fix it with the fairness doctrine.


Fairness doctrine would not take anyone off the air, only require equal
time for the other side. Fox News should not have a problem with that if
they were to actually be true to their slogan "Fair and Balanced".

Aside from that, the doctrine only applies during election season.
Conservative talk radio (really almost all of it has been so from the
beginning many decades ago) existed coincident with the original
doctrine, with almost no legal issues. A station or network had to pretty
much specifically be 'in the tank' for a given candidate to elicit any
legal action by the Commission.

As I recall, all it took to be compliant was an open offer for opposing
view points.


Equal time. Have an hour conservative show, have a hour liberal show. We saw
how the liberals did with the AirAmerica disaster.