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Default Internet fairness doctrine

Let's try this one more time.. Read it carefully, the constitutional
aspect of freedom of speech is irrelevant the way they are going to go
about it.. Here it is again...

Here, in simple language.. The doctrine will force public radio to air
opposing opinions or pay huge fines which would put them out of
business. At the same time, liberal radio doesn't work and nobody wants
to listen to it. So the way it works is, right wing shows would draw
the
same advertising revenue they do now, but a Washington panel would
decide what was right leaning and of course, even Al Sharpton considers
himself a "moderate" so we know where the line would be.

{Anyway, here is the meat of the bill and how it would put right leaning
radio off the air. Read on)

Anyway, for
every hour of profitable right wing radio, the station would have to
play an hour of basically free left wing radio (remember, left wing
radio is not and has not ever been able to sustain itself in a free
market). So either the radio stations play have of their prime time
radio time free, cutting their gross income by 50% (what company can
give away half of it's services?) or just don't play the right wing
radio programs.. What do you think the outcome will be there? It will
censor anything "moderates" like Pelosi, and Jessi Jackson think is
right wing...


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