next target of the left will be talk radio

[tyroneweaver]

everything right or republican or right or republican related the left is determined to divide and conquer.
Its only natural the next target will be talk radio. Give it time

Roger?s Rules » The Next Target of Leftists: Talk Radio

 

[Mr. H.]

Hell, it's open season on all things Conservative.

Just ignore the last 4 years. Pay no attention to the next 4.

It'll be over... eventually.

 

[Oldguy]

Oh, boy. Another Obama/leftist/liberal/progressive/commie/socialist/fascist conspiracy theory. God knows we don't have enough of them already.

This ought to be the new theme song of the looney right.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4]Napoleon XIV: 'They're coming to take me away' - YouTube[/ame]

 

[whitehall]

The left is already prepared to revise the 1st Amendment with the ironically named "fairness doctrine" which is aimed at conservative talk radio. That's two down and eight to go.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Oh, boy. Another Obama/leftist/liberal/progressive/commie/socialist/fascist conspiracy theory. God knows we don't have enough of them already.

This ought to be the new theme song of the looney right.

Napoleon XIV: 'They're coming to take me away' - YouTube

Obama said neither our taxes nor health care would go up. January 13, most working Americans have seen their take-home pay decline and healthcare increase.

 

[Pogo]

The left is already prepared to revise the 1st Amendment with the ironically named "fairness doctrine" which is aimed at conservative talk radio. That's two down and eight to go.

Ignorance is bliss. The Fairness Doctrine was (note past tense) a policy of the FCC requiring that when a station aired a controversial opinion, it had to also provide time to a party that wished to offer a counterpoint. In other words it required "fair and balanced". Senator Joe McCarthy (R-Wisc) not only used the FD to respond to Edward R. Murrow's report on him in 1954, but played a major role in instituting the Fairness Doctrine a few years before.

Though upheld by SCOTUS in 1969 on a case of ad hominem, the Fairness Doctrine was abolished by FCC Chair and Reagan appointee Dennis Patrick in 1987. Which you'll note is just about the time Lush Rimjob began his radio attack on civil discourse. But until that time, what the Fairness Doctrine did was ensure that if one opinion came in from this side, another one had to be welcomed from that side. Ergo it would be impossible to "aim" at any side whatsoever.

In other words exactly what we have the capacity to do here on this message board. Now what's your prob with that?

Note on the OP- the link contains nothing but a one-paragraph opinion warning "the leftists are coming" offering no evidence whatsoever. That and $4.52 will buy you latte.

 

[uscitizen]

The RW idjits can listen to talk radio to their hearts content.
They call it "programming" for a reason.

 

[Pogo]

It's the paranoia talking.

 

[blackhawk]

This link is from 2009 but it does show there are some Democrats who do want the Fairness Doctrine back now these people may not even be in office anymore and I doubt it would ever be reinstated but still there were and probably still are some from the left who want it back and with Obama not having to worry about reelection again they might try and push this issue.
Dems target right-wing talk radio ? CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

 

[uscitizen]

I do not even know if AM works on any of my radios.

 

[Lakhota]

Talk radio is fine. Hate radio is not fine.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The left is already prepared to revise the 1st Amendment with the ironically named "fairness doctrine" which is aimed at conservative talk radio. That's two down and eight to go.

Ignorance is bliss. The Fairness Doctrine was (note past tense) a policy of the FCC requiring that when a station aired a controversial opinion, it had to also provide time to a party that wished to offer a counterpoint. In other words it required "fair and balanced". Senator Joe McCarthy (R-Wisc) not only used the FD to respond to respond to Edward R. Murrow's report on him in 1954, but played a major role in instituting the Fairness Doctrine a few years before.

Though upheld by SCOTUS in 1969 on a case of ad hominem, the Fairness Doctrine was abolished by FCC Chair and Reagan appointee Dennis Patrick in 1987. Which you'll note is just about the time Lush Rimjob began his radio attack on civil discourse. But until that time, what the Fairness Doctrine did was ensure that if one opinion came in from this side, another one had to be welcomed from that side. Ergo it would be impossible to "aim" at any side whatsoever.

In other words exactly what we have the capacity to do here on this message board. Now what's your prob with that?

Note on the OP- the link contains nothing but a one-paragraph opinion warning "the leftists are coming" offering no evidence whatsoever. That and $4.52 will buy you latte.

It seems a prerequisite for being a conservative.

 

[Pogo]

Talk radio is fine. Hate radio is not fine.

What the Fairness Doctrine did from 1949 to 1987 was require that controversy on the radio be a dialogue (multiple voices). Once it was abolished by the Reaganites was exactly when we got the Lush Rimjob monologue style, where you could just blurt out anything and never have to put up with a challenge to it. The timing of that is significant; our discourse has been hyperpolarized ever since.

It's interesting to see who's afraid of their views being unchallenged. It would be like one of us putting a controversial post up here, and then locking the thread so nobody could comment.

It's a dying breed though, literally. Said one Program Director during the Sandra Fluke/Lush Rimjob kerfuffle: "The age of the average Limbaugh listener? Deceased". Bitter old men, dying off. The demographics of the recent election just affirm it.
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[Cowman]

everything right or republican or right or republican related the left is determined to divide and conquer.
Its only natural the next target will be talk radio. Give it time

Roger?s Rules » The Next Target of Leftists: Talk Radio

You bitches have been saying that forever.

Shut the **** up already, it's not happening.

 

[Clementine]

Talk radio has been a target for a long time. Remember Clinton whining in an interview about how Limbaugh wasn't challenged? This coming from a guy who had all the air time he wanted and often bashed Rush. I guess he wanted more people to join him.

Talk about the Fairness Doctrine pops up now and then and it seems that some people don't appreciate the millions of people who prefer to listen to those who share their views in politics. Some feel that if one person gives an opinion, they need to provide air time for someone to refute it. Usually, it's Rush Limbaugh, Hannity and other conservatives who get pointed to when people ***** about all that rightwing chat. Of course, Hannity has a lot of liberal guests on and there is constant debate. Limbaugh takes calls and often debates liberals. I don't see Maddow doing that, but no one picks on her for shying away from debating those with opposite views.

I think many liberals are still stinging from the dismal ratings and short run of their Air America. Not even liberals were listening and it was a miserable venture. Of course, it didn't stop Maddow from being plucked up by the liberal media to give her air time to continue her rants.

Somehow, it just isn't enough. They should be asking themselves why they don't have the viewers that other shows do.

Having government step in to tilt the playing field to help the ones not doing so well isn't the answer. If Maddow or Air America didn't have listeners, it was solely on them. Why couldn't they draw an audience? Maybe it's their content or their attitude, but it's something only they can fix and they shouldn't turn to big brother to beat up the competition. They should improve their own game or give up.

Everyone knows that talks how hosts are about opinions. What gets me are the ones who actually hold themselves out as reporters and deliver the news to us. There is no equal time to refute the bias reporting we get from them and it's all passed off as real news, when it's often just slanted opinions. The only thing that should change is that those who claim to be actual news anchors be required to report facts only and not show bias to one side or the other.

 

[Lakhota]

Rep. John Lewis corrected Rush Limbaugh's misrepresentation of the civil rights movement, responding to Limbaugh's suggestion that Lewis would not "have been beat upside the head" during the march to Selma if he had had a gun.

Earlier on Friday, Limbaugh had asked on his radio show, "If a lot of African-Americans back in the '60s had guns and the legal right to use them for self-defense, you think they would have needed Selma?" He continued, "If John Lewis, who says he was beat upside the head, if John Lewis had had a gun, would he have been beat upside the head on the bridge?"

More: Civil Rights Leader Rep. John Lewis Responds To Limbaugh's Gun Claim: We Chose Non-Violence | Blog | Media Matters for America

 

[bripat9643]

Talk radio is fine. Hate radio is not fine.

What the Fairness Doctrine did from 1949 to 1987 was require that controversy on the radio be a dialogue (multiple voices). Once it was abolished by the Reaganites was exactly when we got the Lush Rimjob monologue style, where you could just blurt out anything and never have to put up with a challenge to it. The timing of that is significant; our discourse has been hyperpolarized ever since.

Nothing stops liberal turds from buying radio stations and putting their own views on the air - nothing, that is, except for the fact that every such attempt so far has been a colossal commercial failure. The public just doesn't have an appetite to be preached at by smug, whiny, left-wing humbugs. "Freedom of speech" means "free of government regulation."

It's interesting to see who's afraid of their views being unchallenged. It would be like one of us putting a controversial post up here, and then locking the thread so nobody could comment.

Turds like you are afraid of having their views questioned. That's what the whole push for the "fairness doctrine" is about. Commercial stations couldn't put a show like Rush's on the air if they constantly had to donate air time to whatever group objected to something he said. Liberals know that.

It's a dying breed though, literally. Said one Program Director during the Sandra Fluke/Lush Rimjob kerfuffle: "The age of the average Limbaugh listener? Deceased". Bitter old men, dying off. The demographics of the recent election just affirm it.
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The thing about people is that they get smarter as they get older. That's why the young vote for hosebags like Obama.

 

[bripat9643]

Rep. John Lewis corrected Rush Limbaugh's misrepresentation of the civil rights movement, responding to Limbaugh's suggestion that Lewis would not "have been beat upside the head" during the march to Selma if he had had a gun.

Earlier on Friday, Limbaugh had asked on his radio show, "If a lot of African-Americans back in the '60s had guns and the legal right to use them for self-defense, you think they would have needed Selma?" He continued, "If John Lewis, who says he was beat upside the head, if John Lewis had had a gun, would he have been beat upside the head on the bridge?"

More: Civil Rights Leader Rep. John Lewis Responds To Limbaugh's Gun Claim: We Chose Non-Violence | Blog | Media Matters for America

That's John Lewis's opinion, not a fact. Who cares about his opinion?

 

[healthmyths]

Talk radio is fine. Hate radio is not fine.

What the Fairness Doctrine did from 1949 to 1987 was require that controversy on the radio be a dialogue (multiple voices). Once it was abolished by the Reaganites was exactly when we got the Lush Rimjob monologue style, where you could just blurt out anything and never have to put up with a challenge to it. The timing of that is significant; our discourse has been hyperpolarized ever since.

It's interesting to see who's afraid of their views being unchallenged. It would be like one of us putting a controversial post up here, and then locking the thread so nobody could comment.

It's a dying breed though, literally. Said one Program Director during the Sandra Fluke/Lush Rimjob kerfuffle: "The age of the average Limbaugh listener? Deceased". Bitter old men, dying off. The demographics of the recent election just affirm it.
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Obviously you don't believe in consumers' rights. Power to the people.
There are NO tax dollars funding the market driven talk radio.
There ARE tax dollars funding NPR.

YET which content has more listeners? Conservative talk radio.

From the below chart...
Five of the 15 shows labeled CONSERVATIVE TALK have 43% of the audence... 51 million
Versus NO Liberal talk radio...
Three "All things considered", "Fresh Air" and "Talk of the Nation" are called "public talk" have 1/3 the audience (18.7 million ) of "Conservative Talk"!

the other 10 have 56% and there are NO Liberal format!



List of most-listened-to radio programs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Katzndogz]

What's surprising is that it hasn't happened already. Surely obama can manufacture some charges to have conservative media arrested by now.