More on the FD

[Paul Hopfgarten]

WHOA!

The Bush Bashers didn't give him 35 nanoseconds......

All of a sudden we're suppose to give Obamanation a "chance"...to what...put 
MORE tax cheats in his cabinet?

Thank god for Talk Radio and FNC to counter the NPR/CNN/MSNBCs and forget 
the print media......

-Paul Hopfgarten
-Derry NH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Q. George" <radiojunkie3@yahoo.com>
To: "Sid Schweiger" <sid@wrko.com>; "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:04 AM
Subject: RE: More on the FD


>
> Here's my take on the Limbaugh bit.....
>
> How many times does Limbaugh, have to be told that President Obama does 
> NOT SUPPORT the re-installation of the old "Fairness Doctrine"? It's 
> something (the FD) who's time has come and gone. Good riddance! There are 
> so many new avenues today for expressing differing opinions including the 
> Internet and stations like WBAI, KPFA, WWCR and more, that the need for a 
> so-called "Fairness Doctrine" is pretty much moot.  Limbaugh has a 
> tendency to "make a mountain out of a mole-hill".  He's just grandstanding 
> for the almighty "Arbitron".  Now, with so many choices out there in this 
> "multi-thousand stream" universe, there is NO need to insist that every 
> single media outlet (including radio or TV stations) have to provide 
> "equal time" to every "Tom, Dick, Jane or Harry".  For the most part, many 
> stations DO provide for opposite opinions, already. It's part the free 
> enterprise system, and it works.... pretty damn well.  There is VERY 
> LITTLE chance that a so-called
> retooled "Fairness Doctrine" will ever see the light of day for the 
> foreseeable future. This is NOT 1970.
>
> Limbaugh ought to learn to shut to his mouth for once and give the man 
> (President Obama) a chance to do his job, the job WE elected him to do. 
> The man's only been in office for 35 days.  Cripes....., we've already 
> seen what Rush's buddies from the previous administration did to this 
> great nation's economy and its' reputation overseas. Not too impressive, 
> not by a long shot.  NOW, it's President Obama's turn to show what HE is 
> made of. Give the guy (and his cabinet) a chance to do the job.  If he 
> DOESN'T, there's ALWAYS a ballot box in 2012.  I hope he succeeds.
>
> Soapbox mode off.......
>
>
> Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
> Whitman, Massachusetts
> "Scanning the bands since 1967"
>
> radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
> ***********************************************************
>
>
> --- On Thu, 2/26/09, A. Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com> wrote:
>
>> From: A. Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com>
>> Subject: RE: More on the FD
>> To: "Sid Schweiger" <sid@wrko.com>
>> Cc: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
>> Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 11:34 PM
>> On 26 Feb 2009 at 19:45, Sid Schweiger wrote:
>>
>> > But: They won't.  Their audience is energized by
>> this sort of thing,
>> > especially since Limbaugh has effectively called the
>> President a liar
>> > for saying he doesn't favor the FD's return.
>> RL is absolutely
>> > convinced that some form of FD will be enacted via
>> some sort of
>> > back-door rider on a bill which the President will
>> feel compelled to
>> > sign.
>>
>> And then when it doesn't happen, they'll take
>> credit for preventing
>> it.
>>
>> > With the conservative base, this issue has the same
>> kind of legs as
>> > the persistent urban legend, which the FCC still feels
>> compelled to
>> > periodically quash, that they will be banning
>> religious broadcasting.
>>
>> They're not?
>>
>> -- 
>> A. Joseph Ross, J.D.                           617.367.0468
>>  92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax
>> 617.507.7856
>> Boston, MA 02109-2004
>> http://www.attorneyross.com
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