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07-02-2008, 12:32 PM
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$400 million dollars for the KING of talk radio
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07-02-2008, 12:39 PM
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That's insaine.
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07-02-2008, 12:42 PM
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That'll buy a truckload of Oxycontin
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07-02-2008, 12:43 PM
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That's insaine.
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I don't listen to Rush. I've read his website before. I'm no expert on the man.
But, it does please me that he's thriving in the face of threats of the "fairness doctrine."
The "fairness doctrine" makes me VERY angry. I view that as a First Amendement violation.
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07-02-2008, 12:43 PM
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That'll buy a truckload of Oxycontin
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I hope you are perfect.
Otherwise, you are a hypocrite.
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07-02-2008, 12:44 PM
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I hope you are perfect.
Otherwise, you are a hypocrite.
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I am. Thanks for checking.
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07-02-2008, 12:45 PM
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#23 Javon Ringer
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I don't listen to Rush. I've read his website before. I'm no expert on the man.
But, it does please me that he's thriving in the face of threats of the "fairness doctrine."
The "fairness doctrine" makes me VERY angry. I view that as a First Amendement violation.
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Whats the Fairness Doctrine? Do you have a link, or explain the gyst...?
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07-02-2008, 12:50 PM
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As a fiscal conservative, I must say that Rush is a bigger dip**** than you are, and that's saying something. 
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07-02-2008, 12:52 PM
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Whats the Fairness Doctrine? Do you have a link, or explain the gyst...?
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Been proposed for a loooong time. Wikipedia has a good explanation.
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07-02-2008, 12:54 PM
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Whats the Fairness Doctrine? Do you have a link, or explain the gyst...?
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I'll take this one, I listened to 20 minutes of some right wing talk show on Saturday and they were talking about the fairness doctrine.
Apparently, the implementation of the fairness doctrine will lead to the deaths of more American soldiers, kill babies, and push old ladies into traffic, etc.
Hope this helps.
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– Adam Smith
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07-02-2008, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Polynikes
I don't listen to Rush. I've read his website before. I'm no expert on the man.
But, it does please me that he's thriving in the face of threats of the "fairness doctrine."
The "fairness doctrine" makes me VERY angry. I view that as a First Amendement violation.
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While its implications certainly affect First Amendment rights, the legal logic behind it is that we only have limited space on the airwaves, which are a public commodity. Therefore, one does not have the luxery that they would if attacked in a newspaper - they cannot open their own paper to respond, there are only so many channels to go around.
Flawed or not, that's your justification for why the FCC gets to constantly tailor the content on television and radio but not a newspaper. Also, the pervasiveness of the medium plays a big role (see, Court's justification in George Carlin 7 Dirty Words case), but that's another ballgame.
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07-02-2008, 12:56 PM
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Been proposed for a loooong time. Wikipedia has a good explanation.
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Thanks for the heads up.
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07-02-2008, 01:04 PM
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I am. Thanks for checking.
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You exhibit hubris.
Hypocrite!!!
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07-02-2008, 01:10 PM
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Stu,
I read the wikipedia entry and I think it's a pretty decent description of the issue.
The point is: The government has no place regulating free speech. There is plenty of "bandwidth" to accomodate a successful liberal show.
But, as you can see from air america, they do poorly.
If the market doesn't support liberal shows, those shows should die. They shouldn't be funded and "judged" by the government.
Besides, liberals already have npr. I've been mad as hell that my tax money goes to npr.
If your message is strong and it sells, the market should decide.
So I object to the "fairness doctrine" as a violation of the First Amendement and as an attempt to bypass the free market.
It reeks of socialism.
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07-02-2008, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Polynikes
Stu,
I read the wikipedia entry and I think it's a pretty decent description of the issue.
The point is: The government has no place regulating free speech. There is plenty of "bandwidth" to accomodate a successful liberal show.
But, as you can see from air america, they do poorly.
If the market doesn't support liberal shows, those shows should die. They shouldn't be funded and "judged" by the government.
Besides, liberals already have npr. I've been mad as hell that my tax money goes to npr.
If your message is strong and it sells, the market should decide.
So I object to the "fairness doctrine" as a violation of the First Amendement and as an attempt to bypass the free market.
It reeks of socialism.
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Plenty more bandwidth with the digital transision.
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07-02-2008, 01:17 PM
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Plenty more bandwidth with the digital transision.
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Yes. If there was a market for liberal shows, they would have succeeded.
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07-02-2008, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Polynikes
Yes. If there was a market for liberal shows, they would have succeeded.
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That is not necessarily true.
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07-02-2008, 01:23 PM
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#4 Carl Grimes
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Originally Posted by Polynikes
You exhibit hubris.
Hypocrite!!!
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Relax there tiger....
So your way of thinking is you can't judge a person unless you're perfect? So I can't think that the couple I heard on the radio today who threw their newborn in a dumpster is subhuman scum because I've made mistakes in my life too, and so my swearing and speeding tickets all even it out?
Whatever floats your boat I guess.
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07-02-2008, 01:32 PM
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Rush is right....well, he was about John McCain during the primary season anyway...
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07-02-2008, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Polynikes
Yes. If there was a market for liberal shows, they would have succeeded.
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Ed Schultz is putting together a nice little show.
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07-02-2008, 02:39 PM
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And Viagra! (he needs that too. All that fat makes it difficult for the soldier to stand at attention, I guess)
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I swear, the worst thing about religion is that it gives ordinarily good people an excuse to do bad things because they can simply shrug their shoulders and pin the blame on God.
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07-02-2008, 03:29 PM
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And Viagra!
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And plenty of underage Costa Rican ass.
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