Dennis & Callahan criticized for "election postponed" joke

[Sean Smyth]

On Tue, 11/4/08, Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@mail.com> wrote:
> First Amendment? You mean the part of the Bill of Rights
> that will soon be violated when the new President and
> Congress work together to bring back the Fairness Doctrine?
> Political talk radio on terrestrial radio may soon
> be dead. Freedom of speech? Who needs that when you have a
> government about to step in and regulate
> radio on the issue of "fairness".

You mean, how Harry Reid has said that reinstating the Fairness Doctrine is not on the table? 

Oh, yeah, Obama's said the same thing, too.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=talkbackCommentsFull&talk_back_header_id=6565500&articleid=CA6610578

-- "Obama's press secretary reiterated last week that Obama stands by the statement he gave B&C in June that he 'does not support reimposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters,' calling the debate over the doctrine 'a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible.'"
 
> If it applies to NPR, TV, newspapers, magazines, and
> movies, at least it would be consistent. Instead it seems
> squarely aimed to kill political talk radio--which happens
> to mostly lean right. Great.

Glad to know that the one place I usually can count on to avoid politics has been infected with political talk.