On Nov 20, 8:48*am, BAR wrote:
Boater wrote:
wrote:
On Nov 20, 8:07 am, Boater wrote:
wrote:
The Kos?? Yeah, they are about as honest as you are but don't fret,
after the fairness doctrine (censorship doctrine) is passed this will
be the only news we will have... *Pffffttttt...
If the possibility of reinstating the fairness doctrine drives you as
nutso as it seems to, well, then, it is worth reimposing.

Yes, in a typically selfish manner you are willing to throw out the
Constitution just for your own personal satisfaction... We know Harry,
as long as you have yours..

*From what little I read about it, reimposition of the doctrine would
require broadcast stations to broadcast competing views on the issues of
the day. So?

Does that apply to TV too? If no, why not?- Hide quoted text -

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You should really look into this, it is a dangerous bill. It will put
assholes like Harry, Nancy Pelosi, and the rest of their dishonest ilk
in charge of the media. It has been in the planning stages for many
years. That's why even though several surveys say Fox news is the most
balanced news channel, the left has been pushing the bias tag on them
for so long. How many times have you heard someone say Fox is not
fair. Then ask them how they know, if they watch. No, they don't
watch, "someone told them it was". One lady I talked to told me "my
son sent me a warning from College not to watch Fox".. She just sucked
it up...

Basically, the way it works is someone like say, Al Sharpton gets to
decide what is left and what is right leaning radio. Remember, no one
wants to listen to Air America, it's boring and full of hate.. So the
radio stations want to play Rush, or Mike because it brings in
listeners and ad dollars. Al Frankin brings in nothing but must be
played after Rush meaning the radio station must basically give away
half of it's resources instead of bringing in ad revenue.. This will
force the radio stations to stop playing "right leaning" airtime all
together. Who can afford to give away half the farm? It already
started with the censorship squad Obama sent to Ohio. It was manned
with prosecutors and sherrifs who went to several stations to tell
them if they played a particular NRA add during the election,they
would be froghopped out of their executive suits and charged with
fraud.. Even though the ads simply noted that Obama had indeed signed
on to gun bans several times..

It is censorship, wait till it goes into effect. They will claim "The
Daily Kos" to be balanced, and "The New York Lies" to represent the
right snerk

wrote:
On Nov 20, 8:48 am, BAR wrote:
Boater wrote:
wrote:
On Nov 20, 8:07 am, Boater wrote:
wrote:
The Kos?? Yeah, they are about as honest as you are but don't fret,
after the fairness doctrine (censorship doctrine) is passed this will
be the only news we will have... Pffffttttt...
If the possibility of reinstating the fairness doctrine drives you as
nutso as it seems to, well, then, it is worth reimposing.
Yes, in a typically selfish manner you are willing to throw out the
Constitution just for your own personal satisfaction... We know Harry,
as long as you have yours..
From what little I read about it, reimposition of the doctrine would
require broadcast stations to broadcast competing views on the issues of
the day. So?
Does that apply to TV too? If no, why not?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You should really look into this, it is a dangerous bill. It will put
assholes like Harry, Nancy Pelosi, and the rest of their dishonest ilk
in charge of the media. It has been in the planning stages for many
years. That's why even though several surveys say Fox news is the most
balanced news channel, the left has been pushing the bias tag on them
for so long. How many times have you heard someone say Fox is not
fair. Then ask them how they know, if they watch. No, they don't
watch, "someone told them it was". One lady I talked to told me "my
son sent me a warning from College not to watch Fox".. She just sucked
it up...

Basically, the way it works is someone like say, Al Sharpton gets to
decide what is left and what is right leaning radio. Remember, no one
wants to listen to Air America, it's boring and full of hate.. So the
radio stations want to play Rush, or Mike because it brings in
listeners and ad dollars. Al Frankin brings in nothing but must be
played after Rush meaning the radio station must basically give away
half of it's resources instead of bringing in ad revenue.. This will
force the radio stations to stop playing "right leaning" airtime all
together. Who can afford to give away half the farm? It already
started with the censorship squad Obama sent to Ohio. It was manned
with prosecutors and sherrifs who went to several stations to tell
them if they played a particular NRA add during the election,they
would be froghopped out of their executive suits and charged with
fraud.. Even though the ads simply noted that Obama had indeed signed
on to gun bans several times..

It is censorship, wait till it goes into effect. They will claim "The
Daily Kos" to be balanced, and "The New York Lies" to represent the
right snerk


So, if I can follow your convoluted post, if a radio station carries two
hours of Rush's non-news right-wing bull****, it has to carry two hours
of non-Rush non-news left-wing bull****.

Seems fair to me. Maybe that is why it is called the fairness doctrine.

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:53:06 -0500, Boater wrote:


Thank God there are so many of us "young, poor and stupid people" around

You got one out of three right. Not bad.


and we can now sit back and laugh at all of the old, rich and
oh-so-intelligent citizens who voted for McCain/Palin. It does make me
smile, though, that they are eating their anti-community organizer words
and I just wanted to share this.

--
John H.

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:20:32 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Nov 20, 7:55*am, wrote:
The Kos?? Yeah, they are about as honest as you are but don't fret,
after the fairness doctrine (censorship doctrine) is passed this will
be the only news we will have... *Pffffttttt...

Ya know, Scotty, I'm pretty liberal in nature, but that fairness
doctrine is a bunch of crap! When liberal thinking people go so far
overboard, it ****es me off because then people who are not liberal
tend to lump us all together and claim we are ignorant. I overheard a
debate on the radio last night where one dude was espousing the good
of the fairness doctrine. He came off sounding like an idiot.

The liberals I've talked to haven't heard about it, unless they've
accidentally watched Fox News and heard more than the daily pablum
presented by NBC. Once it's explained to them, they're very opposed to it.
But none of the major media, or major players on the hill (like Pelosi or
Reed) will explain the *real* ramifications of the act.

Obviously, Harry gets all his news from Brian Williams and didn't know what
the 'Fairness Doctrine' was an attempt to do. His attitude, 'If it does
away with Rush Limbaugh, it has to be good,' is typical of those with their
heads buried to the shoulders in their asshole.

They don't realize that it's nothing more than an act to squelch free
speech. Glad you got to hear something about it, and that you saw through
the bull****.
--
John H.