A lot of liberals especially those on Air America Radio don't want the Fairness Doctrine back. Many, like Thom Hartmann, who was doing radio when there was a Fairness Doctrine says it was a pain in the ass.
Check out Go Left TV. :) www.goleft.tv shempmcgurk wrote: > As the article below indicates, NBC gave over 75 hours of time on the > TV channels it controls to Live Earth. > > In keeping with the spirit of the Fairness Doctrine, would anyone > have any objection to just one broadcast of "The Great Global Warming > Swindle"? > > > ________________ > > Al Gore And NBC: Birds Of A Feather > > July 10, 2007: 08:05 PM EST > > > Jul. 10, 2007 (Investor's Business Daily) -- > > Politics: Was what Al Gore called "the largest global entertainment > event in all of human history" also the largest in-kind political > contribution? And where's the Fairness Doctrine when you need it? > > Considering that here in the U.S. the Peacock Network's three-hour > Gore infomercial on global warming lost out in the ratings to "Cops" > and "America's Funniest Home Videos," Gore's claim may be open to > question. Live Earth, in fact, may have been America's funniest home > video. Ever. > > But thanks in large part to the 75 hours of free airtime that NBC > gave Gore on its various stations, starting with NBC and including > CNBC, Bravo, the Sundance channel, Universal HD and Telemundo, Gore > may now be the 800-pound gorilla this political season. > > Gore insists he's not running for president. Yet, as we have wondered > before, why would a man who insists that global warming is the > biggest threat to mankind, bigger than nuclear terror, not want > control of the reins of a major world polluter and chief resister to > Kyoto? > > Dan Harrison, an NBC corporate senior vice president, called the Gore > effort "an initiative we believe in" -- the "we" presumably including > corporate parent General Electric. (NYSE:GE) Yet he insisted: "I > don't think climate change is a political issue." > > >From the other side of his mouth, Harrison opined: "If it's a > political issue, it's whether the political will exists to address > that change. We know we need to do something, and this is a way to > heighten awareness." > > So he considers it NBC's mission to generate that political will in > an election cycle in support of a man who once ran for president. > > NBC and GE have other interests in hyping climate change. Let's not > forget GE is the parent of NBC and stands to make a wad of cash from > selling alternative energy products from wind turbines to solar > panels to those compact fluorescent bulbs containing mercury. > > So when Gore prances on stage to demand we stop building coal-fired > plants, that's music to GE's corporate ears. > > NBC's Ann Curry certainly thinks global warming is a political issue. > During prime-time coverage, she almost got down on her knees to beg > the jolly green giant to run for the White House. > > Interviewing Gore from the site of the concert in New Jersey, Curry > gushed: > > "A lot of people want me to ask you tonight if you're running for > president. And I know what you're answer is gonna be, believe me. I > gotta ask you though. After fueling this grass-roots movement, if you > become convinced that without you there will not be the political > will in the White House to fight global warming to the level that is > required, because the clock is ticking, would you answer the call? > Would you answer the call, yes or no?" > > Certainly Gore thinks global warming is a political issue, appearing > earlier this year before Democrat-controlled House and Senate > committees pleading for action. During his opening statement before > the House, he famously said: "The planet has a fever. If your baby > has a fever, you go to the doctor." > > After Gore's testimony, a better course of action would have been to > ask for a second opinion. > > When a conservative appears on talk radio, liberals cry for the > Fairness Doctrine. Seventy-five free hours for Archbishop Gore's > Church of Climate Change? Not a peep. > > > > Newstex ID: IBD-0001-18042759 > > Originally published in the July 10, 2007 version of Investor's > Business Daily. > > Copyright (c) 2007, Investor's Business Daily, Inc. All rights > reserved. This article is protected by United States copyright law > and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, > published or broadcast without the prior written permission of > Investor's Business Daily, Inc. You may not alter or remove any > trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content. > > > >
