tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438116.post111760939893878389..comments2023-10-09T10:24:20.346-06:00Comments on Unk Hiram's Blog: On The Home Front: The (Un)Fairness DoctrineBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11873795089528800453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438116.post-84544514588534950712007-07-11T22:43:00.000-06:002007-07-11T22:43:00.000-06:00Progressive (i.e. LIBERAL) radio has the same oppo...Progressive (i.e. LIBERAL) radio has the same opportunity -- It fails because no one wants to listen to their garbage and lies. Witness the fact that they cant even admit they are liberal. Have you heard of Air America? NPR?<BR/><BR/>The Owners of the stations are intrested in only one thing --- PROFIT. IF they could make more money by putting some hate spewing loser like Cindy Sheehan then she would have her own natonwide show.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11873795089528800453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438116.post-28637540224757778032007-07-11T10:39:00.000-06:002007-07-11T10:39:00.000-06:00Some conservatives will argue that radio is the ri...Some conservatives will argue that radio is the right's only bastion against the rest of the "liberal media," but I don't buy it. I offer two words in argument: Rupert Murdoch, whose ever-increasing empire includes television, print and movies.<BR/>The real problem is that with fewer owners, there are fewer choices and fewer voices.<BR/>I'm surprised that conservatives who usually argue for the rights of the individual aren't more afraid of the media takeover by just a few companies.<BR/>It's really not free speech if you can only hear one side.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574810449772412403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438116.post-32933147434674109042007-07-11T10:36:00.000-06:002007-07-11T10:36:00.000-06:00Conservative talkers claim the marketplace is driv...Conservative talkers claim the marketplace is driving the disparity in talk radio. That's false; it's the political ideology of ownership and their corporate advertisers driving the agenda.<BR/><BR/>The radio airwaves belong to the public. Give progressive talk the same opportunity the conservatives have - strong signals, good management and proper promotion - and it will have an audience,Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574810449772412403noreply@blogger.com