Talk Radio's Last Stand?

Leading hard-right conservatives, led by their talk radio "shock jock" shock troops, have been worrying aloud about the supposed return of the long-defunct Fairness Doctrine ever since their stunning success last year in defeating bi-partisan immigration reform. The latest salvo is the Newsmax report, headlined "Battle for Talk Radio: Powerful Foes Want to End the Gabfest," which cleverly combines the usual talk radio tropes of pugnacity and victimization. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
3.5
by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The article addresses the attempt to blow up the image of the fairness doctrine as an attack on fairness. When rich white right wing owners have created a near monopoly on the airwaves, and banish most progressive talk, the reich wing talks of being persecuted. The story is mildly informative, but meanders a bit.

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