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Somehow the transition from Duh Bubble morphed that link into something about the Fairness Doctrine. But your original claim was "fevered efforts to shut down talk radio". Even dismissing "fevered", this fails to make that case.
Well I didn't think there was anything there. I tend to ask unanswerable questions. But only when others post undocumentable fantasy.
Perhaps there's a publisher out there looking for that next dime novel. Keep at it.
AM talk radio is subject to a freaking room full of federal, state and local regulations as well as FCC scrutiny. The 1st Amendment is still alive and well in the US when a host of a talk show is able to offer opinions critical of the administration and still comply with the law. The (fevered) ironically named "fairness doctrine" was intended to regulate speech and opinion which conform to newly established political ideology. It's a dangerous but typical attempt by the left to control political speech.
Wrong. As always.
Neither the FD nor any other FCC regulation EVER controlled what political opinions were prescribed or proscribed. Ever. You're invited to take my standing challenge -- show me any case where that ever happened. Ever.
You won't. As I just told Milli Vanilli -- I ask unanswerable questions. Know what you're talking about before you come in here and you won't find yourself painted into a corner.
Where did you lose the thread? Thanks to the 1st Amendment, political analysts on both sides of the isle are able to criticize or defend the administration. The ironically named "fairness doctrine" bill would regulate political speech at the whim of the political party in power and faceless bureaucrats. It's a dangerous concept but seems to be defended by low information lefties.