rayboyusmc
Senior Member
There are currently 9 conservative talk shows for each liberal talk show on radio. This seems strange since there are more registered democrats than republicans.
Will the Marxist Obama led Democrats try and bring back the fairness doctrine?
Bill Press is talking this up big time on his morning radio show and Sean Hannity just about had a conniption fit blathering about this topic.
I say we put Randy Rhodes and Rush Limbaugh in a room and see who comes out alive. Does Rush come out with a smile on his face and an empty bottle of Viagra, or does Randy come out with his balls in bag? Either way, we then go back to the fairness doctrine.
Fairness Doctrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Will the Marxist Obama led Democrats try and bring back the fairness doctrine?
Bill Press is talking this up big time on his morning radio show and Sean Hannity just about had a conniption fit blathering about this topic.
I say we put Randy Rhodes and Rush Limbaugh in a room and see who comes out alive. Does Rush come out with a smile on his face and an empty bottle of Viagra, or does Randy come out with his balls in bag? Either way, we then go back to the fairness doctrine.
The Fairness Doctrine had two basic elements: It required broadcasters to devote some of their airtime to discussing controversial matters of public interest, and to air contrasting views regarding those matters. Stations were given wide latitude as to how to provide contrasting views: It could be done through news segments, public affairs shows, or editorials. The doctrine did not require equal time for opposing views but required that contrasting viewpoints be presented.[3]
The Fairness Doctrine was introduced in the U.S. in 1949.[4] The doctrine remained a matter of general policy and was applied on a case-by-case basis until 1967, when certain provisions of the doctrine were incorporated into FCC regulations.[5]
[edit] Public opinion
In an August 13, 2008, telephone poll released by Scott Rasmussen, 47% of 1,000 likely voters supported a government requirement that broadcasters offer equal amounts of liberal and conservative commentary, while 39% opposed such a requirement. In the same poll, 57% opposed and 31% favored requiring Internet web sites and bloggers that offer political commentary to present opposing points of view. By a margin of 71%-20% the respondents agreed that it is "possible for just about any political view to be heard in todays media" (including the Internet, newspapers, cable TV and satellite radio), but only half the sample said they had followed recent news stories about the Fairness Doctrine closely. (The margin of error had a 95% chance of being within ± 3%.) [34]
Fairness Doctrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia