The Fairness Doctrine: Democrat’s Attack on the Freedom of the Press

Durbin said the government has the right to regulate talk radio, because the airwaves belong to the American people.

  Does that statement make any sense to you? The airways belong to the people, so we must regulate it? If the airways belong to the people, shouldn’t the government stay away? I think so, but I am not smart enough to make my own decisions, so the government will tell me what to listen to.

  The free market has determined that talk radio should be dominated by conservative talk. Conservative talk is what makes money, so conservative talk is what many stations offer. There is NPR and Air America trying to promote liberal talk, but liberal talk has not been successful so now the Democrats want to force it on the American people. The liberals already own all the other outlets of the media, but it is noy good enough for them, they need to conquer talk radio also. They want to eliminate opposing views instead of debating them.

He (Durbin) challenged Coleman’s faith in the free market, asking him what he would do “if the marketplace fails to provide” alternative voices.

  Talk radio does not provide the point of view that Durbin sees fit so the marketplace needs to be regulated. Once again the Democrats need to regulate something they don’t agree with in the effort to stifle it. The marketplace needs to be regulated until the Democrats agree with the end result. This seems very similar to communism if you ask me.

Coleman said he believes that conservative opinion dominates talk radio because of a demand for more conservative voices on the airwaves. “In the end consumers also have a right, based on the market, to make choices and so if they make choices that they want to hear more of one side than the other, then that’s okay,” he argued.

  People have the right to make choices? What a radical concept. Huh? The fact that people should be able to listen to what they want? This man need political re-education. Doesn’t he realize that Americans constantly make the wrong choices and must be told what they can say, eat, smoke, and listen to. The days of personal responsibility are gone.

“Government shouldn’t be monitoring and regulating content,” he added.

  In all seriousness now. The above statement does sum it up perfectly. When the government starts to monitor and regulate content then we really are heading down the path to socialism which leads to communism.

  Whatever has happened to the freedom of the press?

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