On "fairness"...

I can't even play devil's advocate on a topic like this... it is simply ludicrous to imagine that any rational, right-minded American would favor the Fairness Doctrine when applied to radio or TV.

I wanted to touch on the utter hypocrisy of the far-Left when it comes to radio commentary...

Lately, for more than a week now, I have to admit that I am simply BORED with listening to the same WHINING from the standard fair of conservative talk radio... Wilkow, Hannity, Levin (the main three I hear on sat-radio). No substantial change in topic or content from the pre-election coverage... and it is getting very OLD.

So, in an effort to break it up somewhat, I have been moving the proverbial "dial" on the sat-radio to Sirius Left.

No one who preaches in favor of the Fairness Doctrine should do so until they have listened to a week's worth of Mike Malloy's radio show. If you take a week's worth of the most passionate and controversial conservative talk-radio programing, you couldn't find 1% of the pure and unadulterated HATE and BIGOTRY and ENTHUSIASTIC IGNORANCE that one 3-hour program of Mike Malloy contains.

This brings me to my point... what POSSIBLE programing could they hope to pair off against the most popular conservative talk-shows? What liberal show would be opposite Rush Limbaugh? Lynn Samuels? Who would counter Hannity? Thom Hartman? Will they match the Wilkow Majority with the Rachael Madow Show? Mike Church can play against Ron Reagan (only because Michael Reagan ended his own radio show), right?

None of the liberal programs I have listed will GAIN advertizers because they will not GAIN listeners... the programs will STILL SUCK! Conservative hosts won't lose revenue because they will be the ONLY rational, serious, and honest programs to listen to (as they are now).

Not to mention, even IF the Fairness Doctrine is re-enacted by Congress, it won't stand up against the inevitable trip to the Supreme Court. The original intent of the Fairnes Doctrine was that equal OPPORTUNITY for publication would be provided to the opposite camp, not mandatory application of opposite views. No one NOW can claim that liberal talk show hosts don't have equal opportunity... what they lack is any kind of CONTENT, TALENT, or consumer SUPPORT. It wasn't then, and it isn't now, the role of the Federal government to provide content, talent or an audience to left-wing whackos with a desire to be heard.