Comments on: Fearing Fairness--When You Don't Know What It Is http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/14/fearing-fairness-when-you-dont-know-what-it-is/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:38:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: November 2008 « Questionable Content http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/14/fearing-fairness-when-you-dont-know-what-it-is/comment-page-1/#comment-43077 November 2008 « Questionable Content Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:05:34 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=2691#comment-43077 [...] http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/14/fearing-fairness-when-you-dont-know-what-it-is/ [...] [...] http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/14/fearing-fairness-when-you-dont-know-what-it-is/ [...]

]]> By: ALWAYSRIGHT http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/14/fearing-fairness-when-you-dont-know-what-it-is/comment-page-1/#comment-9808 ALWAYSRIGHT Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:07:47 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=2691#comment-9808 The fairness doctrine is probably the only way most left wing talkers can get on the radio. In a market driven media, their drivel does not sell. How many lefties have gone on radio only to find that no one wanted to hear what they had to say and no one wanted sponsorship spots or commercial time? Liberalism cannot survive on the airwaves on it's own merit, so the left has to try to make successful conservative talk shows give the liberals a boost up. Kinda sad, really. The fairness doctrine is probably the only way most left wing talkers can get on the radio. In a market driven media, their drivel does not sell. How many lefties have gone on radio only to find that no one wanted to hear what they had to say and no one wanted sponsorship spots or commercial time? Liberalism cannot survive on the airwaves on it's own merit, so the left has to try to make successful conservative talk shows give the liberals a boost up. Kinda sad, really.

]]> By: JohnLloydScharf http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/14/fearing-fairness-when-you-dont-know-what-it-is/comment-page-1/#comment-2925 JohnLloydScharf Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:06:50 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=2691#comment-2925 Freedom of the Press was limited to those that had one as well. If you want equal time, pay for it. Freedom of the Press was limited to those that had one as well. If you want equal time, pay for it.

]]> By: Doug Latimer http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/14/fearing-fairness-when-you-dont-know-what-it-is/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Doug Latimer Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:19:28 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=2691#comment-473 Why do they find it threatening? A rhetorical question, I assume ... like vampires, these bloodsuckers can't stand even a sliver of light. Their message must be delivered in a vacuum, safe from any exposure to contradictory reality. But the larger question is why corps have such a monopoly on the airwaves, isn't it? If many more alternative outlets existed, that would counter the reactionaries much more effectively than the crumbs provided by the Fairness Doctrine, wouldn't it? Why do they find it threatening?

A rhetorical question, I assume … like vampires, these bloodsuckers can't stand even a sliver of light. Their message must be delivered in a vacuum, safe from any exposure to contradictory reality.

But the larger question is why corps have such a monopoly on the airwaves, isn't it? If many more alternative outlets existed, that would counter the reactionaries much more effectively than the crumbs provided by the Fairness Doctrine, wouldn't it?

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