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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.
I don't think that's how it would work. In Los Angeles Clear Channel owns
3 talkers: KFI, which caters to the knuckle dragging mouth breathers;
KLAC, Sports; and KTLK, which is Progressive Talk (your Air America
provides some programs, as does Jones Radio and Nova M).

In Los Angeles Clear Channel is pretty well-balanced ideologically. On
the other hand, there are many markets that are brimming with right-wing
hate radio, and nothing to counter. They really need to balance things
out, lest the people get a warped view of the world. Hopefully, just the
threat of a "Fairness Doctrine" law would be enough to get these guys to
loosen up. BTW, there never was Fairness Doctrine legislation. It was
always an executive order.

There is legislation to ban it for good. Of course Pelosi and her goons wont
let it get a vote.