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Irrational fear of the Fairness Doctrine
Political Animal —
... ... fairness doctrine/talk radio." Perusing "The Corner" over the last several days, discussion of the Fairness Doctrine is so common, one might think it was at or near the top of Democrats' to-do list. (I'm not trying to pick exclusively on the peculiar panic at National Review ; other far-right blogs have been needlessly ringing the alarm on this with equal zeal.) Given this bizarre fixation, it's worth noting that these conservatives have wildly misplaced anxiety. Yglesias had a good item on this the other day. Am I the only one who's confused by all this conservative ...
Imbalanced
Nitpicker —
... says, there are very few people on the left who want to bring back the "Fairness Doctrine" and Barack Obama isn't one of them. It is fun, though, to watch the right wail and gnash their teeth over the idea it's coming back. For Steve Benen, it's the final straw that has made National Review's The Corner ...
Inhofe: Browner Is A Secret Socialist Who Belongs To A Scary Group Called The Center for American Progress
Think Progress —
... author of the report said, “There is no need to return to the Fairness Doctrine.” Instead, the report argues, “Increasing ownership diversity [of radio stations], both in terms of the race/ethnicity and gender of owners, as well as the number of independent local owners, will lead to more diverse programming.”
Hewing to the baseless concerns of Rush Limbaugh, the right-wing spends an inordinate amount of time mobilizing opposition on a matter that the left has expressed little interest in pursuing. But don’t believe us — ...
Inhofe: Browner Is A Secret Socialist Who Belongs To A Scary Group Called The Center for American Progress
The Hollywood Liberal —
... author of the report said, “There is no need to return to the Fairness Doctrine.” Instead, the report argues, “Increasing ownership diversity [of radio stations], both in terms of the race/ethnicity and gender of owners, as well as the number of independent local owners, will lead to more diverse programming.” Hewing to the baseless concerns of Rush Limbaugh , the right-wing spends an inordinate amount of time mobilizing opposition on a matter that the left has expressed little interest in pursuing. But don’t believe us — we’re all part of a ...
A note on the "Fairness Doctrine": Fear is only paranoid if it is irrational
TigerHawk —
Back in the fall, respected lefty bloggers who purport to revere intellectual honesty argued that promises or aspirations of Democrats to reinstate the "Fairness Doctrine" to restrain talk radio were just talk, and that the conservative counter-campaign was paranoid. Steve Benen said that it was "sad to watch" conservatives "believe" that the Democratic leadership would make reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine a priority. Well, that sock-puppet of the far right, CNN , must also be "sad to watch" (well, it is, but not for the reasons Benen would ...
Dear Rush Limbaugh, Why Are You Hell-Bent On Protecting A Radio Market That Limits Free Speech?
Think Progress —
... released a report titled “The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio.” It found that, of the radio stations owned by the five top commercial station owners, 91 percent of the total weekday talk radio programming on those stations was conservative. Only 9 percent was progressive. The report recommended that increasing ownership diversity of radio stations would lead to more diverse programming.
Since the release of the report, the conservative establishment, led by Rush Limbaugh, have launched a conspiracy-laden campaign to convince the ...
