Comments on: Radio silence? Suit against conservative talk show hosts

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:45:32 +0000

The market should decide what kind to radio is played. There is no market for liberal talk radio. The people who listen to talk radio listen to learn about issues. And the conservative point of view is the only view that makes sense.

By: OBQuiet

OBQuiet — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:41:04 +0000

So Name,

I guess you would favor shutting down Air America and Pacifica also.

If things are as you postulate, I would think that the proper response would be filing a complaint with the the FEC rather than filing a lawsuit.

By: Name

Name — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:33:36 +0000

If you think that Radio is a free market you’re cracked. Those airwaves are controlled and sold by the government. You can’t just start up a competing station.

If the radio station is being used to provide free advertisement to Republican candidates, the lawsuit may have a legitimate basis as violating Federal Election Commission rules.

By: Jim Collins

Jim Collins — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:10:12 +0000

Sorry Todd. I meant my previous statement for Dave.

By: Jim Collins

Jim Collins — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:09:23 +0000

Or maybe he’s had a little too much of that Kool-Aid, Todd.

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:15:13 +0000

Dave. Maybe Vito works for the Canadian Human Rights Commission and finds speech policing to be necessary and essential in a quasi-free society.

By: Dave Lincoln

Dave Lincoln — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:33:08 +0000

Hey, you guys picking on Vito’s comment: I think he was being facecious (sp?). There is no way anyone could be that stupid as to mean that, or that ignorant of what America is about. Could they? No, I don’t think.

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:58:22 +0000

It’s not often that I find myself telling someone that their opinion or position on something is just patently wrong. However, Vito, I have to let you know that yours is one of those exceptions. While I’m tempted to spend the next twenty minutes writing and revising what I want to say, I’ll submit to you that I don’t want anyone in any of the branches of government “protecting” me from what others might find objectionable. I have this faith in my own cognition that I’m more capable of filtering out the bad than anyone else. Maybe your cognitive ability isn’t as keen as others. Do YOU want me telling you what is unsafe to hear?

By: Jim W.

Jim W. — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:34:10 +0000

This is absurd. For decades now, the primary networks, NBC, CBS and ABC, have had a well documented democratic bias – in fact, something on the order of 80% of Washington news correspondents are registered democrats! There have been repeated scandals regarding network news anchors, e.g., knowingly using doctored evidence to attack conservatives, actively campaigning on behalf of democratic candidates, etc. How “fair” is that to the conservatives who have had to read and hear biased reporting on almost every issue, all the time? The fact that when they turned to talk radio, the medium further developed the few voices that shared their ideals, is hardly surprising, and if an individual station is required to be balanced, then ABC, NBC and CBS should all be pulled off the air.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:53:05 +0000

All of the hosts of the Sunday Morning political shows such Chris Matthews, George Stephanopoulos and the late Tim Russert are (were) Democrats – would imposition of the idiotic “Fairness Doctrine” mean that at least one of these needs to be a Republican ?