Why don't millionaire leftys start their own radio stations and put this Fairness Doctrine nonsense to rest?

Question

Since lefty talk radio is a winner and the only reason it hasn't succeeded is because of evil white man forces, why don't one or more of the wealthy leftys (Soros, Geffen, Simon, take your pick) apply for and recieve a license to start their own lefty radio network? Can't see how the FCC would object to their licenses (the fairness thing) and since it's a sure fire moneymaker of course those leftys would love the huge profits.

Answer 1

They won't because they can sense that most Americans don't like to hear other Americans blame America for every evil that ever existed.

Answer 2

Excellent "WHY DON`T THEY QUESTION" ?? Until Rush , and the other conservatives got on the radio , and FOX NEWS got on TV ,all my life all we ever had was CBS < NBC< ABC < CNN< MSNBC< PBS < , and in print The NY Crimes , The Boston Globe , The LA Times , The Chicago Tribune , and 95% of all other news outlets , all Bias`Liberal babbling for decades ! Why weren`t the Liberal Socialist wanting a Fairness Doctrine all this time in the past ?? Where was our Conservative fairness doctrine for all those decades ? Its` fair now anyway , even though we Conservatives are still outnumbered by Liberal Bias` Media outlets even today , and now the Liberals can`t compete because they don`t get tossed softball questions by our bunch , and they are being held to what they lie about , and they have to be accountable for their actions ; and they can`t ! Thats` why the Liberal Socialist Bias` Media wants it like it use to be when they were the only sources of news , if you want to call it that !! They could say , write , show , and print anything they wanted , and we had nowhere to go as Conservatives to hear the other side of the story . So why does the Socialist Liberal Bias` Media want a fairness Doctrine now ?? For 40 years they had total domination of the way the news was broadcast without any worry about getting caught covering their Liberal cronies BS in Washington ? The Fairness Doctrine was passed by We The People 18 years ago when we were given a CHOICE on what we wanted to hear; and not the propaganda the Liberal run networks of the old days` were vomiting out !! If you want to determine who is a Liberal and who is not ; then just ask a question that requires only a YES or a NO answer. A liberal cannot answer a yes or no question directly , and thats` a fact ! Ask a Liberal this ? Are you for the USA winning the war in Iraq ? Pack your lunch , cause it`s going to be a while for this Spin to take place with an answer , and it won`t be with a yes or a no answer . Your head will be spinning like Dorothy`s was when she woke up after coming back from THE LAND OF OZ !! Conservative news is popular , because we that seek the truth listen !!! I can turn on a Liberal BS newscast any hour of the day if I wanted to , just because Conservatives now have a voice , certainly none of the Liberal Socialist stations have had to move to another spot on the dial , they are still there , so all you Socialist Liberals , where`s your loyalty , why are you listening to our Conservative newscast , you`re eating your own by not listening to your boys !! Theres` your Fairness Doctrine ..

Answer 3

Who owns the mainstream media?
Fox-Murdoch, G.E.-Immelt, Disney, Clearchannel, Sinclair, and Viacom (Summer Redstone: "from a Viacom standpoint, the election of a Republican administration is a better deal,") are all run by Ultra-Right Conservatives.
Soros and Geffen are centrist Democrats.
The typical "liberal" bashing Yahoo poster gets his information from right-wing extremist Millionaire entertainers like Rush, Savage, Hannity and O'Reilly and clearly has no idea what he's talking about.
If you want to hear the view of the left you have to search the web, find a Pacifica station, or listen to the maybe one or two left voices on Air America.
The Reality -based world of facts is incompatible with Profits, 1) because criticizing Corporate power is in conflict with the Corporate profiteering media and 2) because the majority of listeners have been dumbed down and lied to for so long..."Saddam has WMDs...we found the WMDs...Saddam worked with al Qaeda...Democrats trashed the White House...Hillary is a Socialist"

Answer 4

You're missing the point of the doctrine.

The govt wants to be able to control media content to ensure that all sides of a debate are fully presented. And they want to do that by requiring EACH media source to present all sides, rather than having separate media sources for each position.

While the goal is laudable, it is just another example of the govt getting involved in something that it has no business regulating. Allowing anyone (regardless of affiliation) to start up their own radio stations doesn't address the concerns.

But despite your obvious sarcasm, I must agree with you that the fairness doctrine is a mistake in this day and age. We have a sufficiently diverse media and a wide variety of information sources (unlike 40~60 years ago), so we no longer need ANY govt regulation of content.

Answer 5

It's amazing how right-wing trolls and their hosts love to pontificate, isn't it? Unfortunately for them, they only prove my points. One of them offers: "...MSNBC, CNN are losing their audience in greater numbers, while Fox, Hannity or Rush Limbaugh numbers are increasing. ..." Unfortunately, the argument is not only lacking in facts, but illustrates why the Fairness Doctrine is important. For instance, Fox "News" ranted on, as did Rush and Ken doll Sean, about WMDs in Iraq, as well as every other lie put forth by the Bush administration, reaching millions of listeners and viewers, while also slandering the U.N. weapons inspectors, who just happened to be right. If you add political Christian broadcasting to this toxic mix, you get a monopoly that is dangerous. Progressives didn't get on Armed Forces radio until late in 2005, but even then Ed Schultz was threatened with cancellation before he even debuted, because he criticized someone in the Bush administration. This isn't championing free speech. It is patently unfair practice. It also illustrates the tilted news our military is getting. That, too, is dangerous.

Right-wing radio offers propaganda, not facts, with the intent to play on the listeners emotions, without offering content that is based in reality. The ratings prove that FNC, Fox "News" channel is losing out in the ratings. In addition, the ignorance of conservatives about media and radio is further shown when they say the Fairness Doctrine is about "...demanding that the government implement further control or regulation over an entire industry, it might be simpler to look in the mirror, at the rating points & ad revenues & realize that the market for the “progressive” or liberal slant isn’t as popular or pervasive as you assume it to be. ... Again, they miss the point. Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller, as well as the leader in progressive talk, Randi Rhodes, are making it in the commercial market. They are not only popular, but growing. The issue is to allow more progressive hosts on local am/fm radio to see if we can also make it. Unless you've been in the battle for radio you don't know what it's like, with conservative corporations not even giving progressives a chance to get on air, or cancelling good hosts before they have the time to prove themselves. You have to give progressive hosts a chance to build an audience, which takes time. But conservatives do not want fairness, which can be seen through their trade policy, as well as their anti-union rhetoric, which has decimated the middle class, by selling out workers for outsourcing all in the name of profit. They want a one-way talking machine on radio, paid by and benefiting only their political partners in business, as well.
Right-wing is on the air and getting advertisers because they're the only game in town, except for a few progressive hosts like Schultz, Miller and Rhodes. The Fairness Doctrine will not keep a bad show on, but it will allow entry to good hosts who are now being shut out by conservative conglomerates
The short version of the Fairness Doctrine is that in 1987 Reagan had it scuttled. Shortly after that Rush Limbaugh began his journey and right-wing radio was created and gradually took over the airwaves, with the help of their corporate friends. The Fairness Doctrine could really make a difference. Why do you think conservatives are screaming like crazy?

Answer 6

They tried and George Sooros paid much for it and no one tuned in so no advertisers would pay to advertise with them. It is called a free market and that is why they have ratings. So they need to try and get us to be forced to hear their lies and try and brain wash us so we do not think and chose and act for our selves which is called freedom for and for each human that is why they also want to cut and run they do not want any one free but like slaves.

Answer 7

dude where have you been,they started many and they all bombed! who wants to listen to their boring sh*it?