Liberal Radio can't compete so they choose censorship???

Question

So They cant compete on the open market so now they want they Government to step in and Force there views on people.. How pathetic is that?
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/20/radio-report

I disagree, the fairness doctrine is anything but fair.. You are forcing a station owner to play something on his station he does not choose, and your ok with that? Hugo Chavez does this kind of crap... Get your own station.. Listeners make radio successful.. thats why Air america bombed.. It was CRAP

Answer 1

detoth says:

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So what? conservatives own the stations that broadcast "conservative hate radio". Are you trying to tell me that liberals didn't own and run Air America? If all they have to do is just "force" their views on people, why didn't they just keep running Air America?

I'll help you:

Nobody listened. Advertisers require listenership to keep running their ads and in effect pay the bills, ie keep the station running. If ratings die, advertisers pull their ads and the station or show goes off air, ie it couldn't compete.

Answer 2

I have nothing against fair practice in radio talk , so lets have equal time and see who gets the ratings, I feel it should be balanced out not only on radio , but, what about the Zionist owned news media? T,V, and their rags nation wide, they own over 92 % of our T,V, stations and about the same in news papers, magizines etc, so lets level the field all the way around,and if people don't want to listen to one program will they have the freedom to switch stations? I won't hardly watch T,V, any more because they have so much liberal trash and P.B.S. IS NO 1 I have quit giving to P.B.S. as they show nothing but liberal B,S, how many others feel the same?

Answer 3

I have not got any theory what you're conversing yet whilst i had to wager it would bypass some thing like this: presently, maximum folk hear to the radio purely as they're in contact in doing some thing else, which includes driving or casually at artwork. no possible digest very smart verbal replace on the radio at the same time as they're in the means of doing some thing else. Fluff and positively processed banter is favored. enter conservatives, who're waiting to fill this call for for unique, many times nonsensical rhetoric. Voila, your rationalization for why the conservatives might have radio yet purely have FoxNews on television. additionally few young infants hear to this now previous style of entertainment and previous people who certainly hear to shows tend to be conservatives.

Answer 4

It's not that liberals lack the means to compete in the talk radio scene. It's rather that the liberal audience does not care for the antiquated medium. Why on Earth would you listen to radio, when we have TV, the internet, cell phones, etc...?

Besides, conservative talk radio is complete garbage. I prefer not to listen to it, even though I am a Republican. I would rather educate myself on issues than recycle partisan talking points.

Answer 5

It is their answer for everything.
They can't save money for their own retirement, so they FORCE us all into Social Security.
They can't compete for good paying jobs, so the FORCE a minimum wage on us.
They can't keep it in their pants, so they FORCE us to accept baby murder.
They can't afford health insurance, so they are trying to FORCE us into socialized medicine.

FORCING everyone into slavery is their ONLY solution. It is very pathetic indeed. HEIL Liberals!

Answer 6

In a mob the most extreme, unreasonable yet sanguine viewpoints get upheld. Do you still think strange the paranoia that sweeps American public opinion?

Answer 7

It's as pathetic as taking away dodge ball, tug of war, egg and spoon race and and giving ribbons to everyone for 'participating' in events in schools so those who are losers (those who didn't win, not actual 'losers') don't get their feelings hurt! Liberals have competition and keep losing so they do what they do best, take away the competition and no one gets hurt. I wonder what will become of pro sports if this type of "taking away" attitude filters up through high school and college?

Answer 8

Actually, it's a brilliant strategy. They've already given the entire market to Clear Channel. Talk radio is the only thing they don't control. Time for them to crush that.

Answer 9

I listen to NPR one of the biggest liberal radio stations in the U.S. but basically I listen to college radio, pubically funded also.

Answer 10

There was nothing wrong with the fairness doctrine. It kept wealthy station owners from forcing only their views on the public. When the fairness doctrine went away nonstop Republican propaganda started on radio and the disaster of the bush presidency is what you got as a result. America will either fix this problem or it will go under, its as simple as that. The dollar has already tanked 20 % v. the Euro just this year alone, its all because of Mr. Bush's idiotic economics. Your money could soon be worth nothing. Fix the problem, bring back the fairness doctrine and sensible politics, or the country goes under, its your choice.