Beck's politeness, Smerconish's endorsement

[Larry Weil]

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> that could be mounted against re-enforcement of the Doctrine.
 
> For what it's worth, incidentally, I'm strongly opposed to 
> the return of the Fairness Doctrine or anything like it. The 
> last thing broadcasting needs now is any further government 
> regulation of content. The FCC does a lousy job already 
> enforcing the few content rules it has (as witness the 
> never-ending court battles over the indecency fines) - the 
> last thing I want is my government wasting my money 
> litigating over something Glenn Beck or Michael Savage said 
> to a few tens or hundreds of thousands of willing listeners 
> last night.
> 

Interesting that you mentioned Beck and Savage but not Keith Olberman or
Rachel Maddow.  I would not want them regulated either.  But I hope there
can be a means, without excessive regulation, to be sure all sides can be
heard.  And it would be nice if things could be mixed up a bit more so that
each side gets heard by people outside of their respective broadcast
ghettos.  And not to be mis-interperted, I am not calling for the government
to intervene, perhaps just hoping for radio and TV utopia.

Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH