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<blockquote data-quote="gerhard1" data-source="post: 2605077" data-attributes="member: 5391"><p>As I understand the Fairness Doctrine, it would not prohibit people like Limbaugh, Ingram, Hamblin and others from broadcasting; it would require the stations to give equal time to broadcast an opposing view. </p><p></p><p>The problem for the broadcasters is that the liberal responses are not nearly as popular as the conservative programs, so they are much less profitable. Anyone here remember Air America? They had so few listeners that even with the help of wealthy liberal donors, they couldn't pay for air time and very soon went T/U. </p><p></p><p>What the Fairness Doctrine would do is to destroy conservative talk radio (which is profitable) and require local broadcasters to give equal time for those viewpoints that are not profitable and since this will hurt the local broadcasters in the pocketbook, they would not be able to afford the conservatives, so they would drop them. </p><p></p><p>This is the whole point of what the Democrats are trying to do: lessen the influence of the conservatives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gerhard1, post: 2605077, member: 5391"] As I understand the Fairness Doctrine, it would not prohibit people like Limbaugh, Ingram, Hamblin and others from broadcasting; it would require the stations to give equal time to broadcast an opposing view. The problem for the broadcasters is that the liberal responses are not nearly as popular as the conservative programs, so they are much less profitable. Anyone here remember Air America? They had so few listeners that even with the help of wealthy liberal donors, they couldn't pay for air time and very soon went T/U. What the Fairness Doctrine would do is to destroy conservative talk radio (which is profitable) and require local broadcasters to give equal time for those viewpoints that are not profitable and since this will hurt the local broadcasters in the pocketbook, they would not be able to afford the conservatives, so they would drop them. This is the whole point of what the Democrats are trying to do: lessen the influence of the conservatives. [/QUOTE]
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