excellent news ! On Nov 8, 7:26 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Democrat Henry Rivera, a former commissioner of the Federal > Communications Commission, is expected to head President-elect Barack > Obama's FCC transition team, a move that has sparked fear in media > circles that the Fairness Doctrine may return to silence conservative > talk radio. > > If reenacted, the "Fairness Doctrine" would require broadcasts over > the public airwaves to give equal time to opposing political views. > For talk radio, which boomed after the law's repeal in 1987 by > building an audience devoted to conservative talk, the law's return > would decimate the industry's marketability. > > Many fear the "Fairness Doctrine" would drive talk radio hosts – like > Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Michael Savage – out of business. > > Brian Maloney of the blog The Radio Equalizer said in his post, "Meet > Talk's Executioner," he believes Rivera will use his position to > bring back the law for that very purpose. > > Rivera, according to Maloney, "is expected to lead the push to > dismantle commercial talk radio that is favored by a number of > Democratic Party senators. Rivera will play a pivotal role in > preventing critics from having a public voice during Obama's tenure in > office." > > http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80424 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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