It's not just Limbaugh and Hannity
Beyond the echelon of widely known conservative radio hosts with national audiences lies a vast network of lesser-known syndicated and regional radio hosts who have become key components of an echo chamber for conservative talking points and falsehoods. Like their better-known counterparts, these syndicated and regional radio hosts have played active roles this election season in promoting falsehoods and smears in an all-out effort to foment hate and ... Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
Talk shows like these make it hard to resist the temptation to demand censorship. I do wish there were a way to impose at least some form of 'honesty in broadcasting,' or at least a fact-checking requirement so that lies like these can't be perpetuated. I'll conjecture that there are legal dissertations and endless opportunities for argument about if, and how, to impose such requirements, and who would be pure enough to judge. I believe progressive talk radio is the best antidote--at least most of those hosts broadcast from a fact-based reality.