equal time controversy

[Jibguy@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/4/2012 9:18:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dlh@donnahalper.com writes:

does  radio still have a 
duty to present both sides of major issues when a small  group of 
corporate owners control all the stations?  I always thought  radio 
should present guests from both sides,


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Definitely not. 
1) - Even just the paperwork to prove a station did both sides or all sides 
 would croak a station quite fast.
2) - Also croaking a station would be the producers (lining up guests)  
having to evaluate every groups' position and evaluate such.
3) - Are there always 2 sides to an issue?  No.   Is the  Occupy Movement 
the opposite of the Tea Party? Not necessarily.  The Occupy  Movement is made 
of up people with 10 different major gripes, some of which are  contrary to 
each other.
 
The answer is one of two things:
1) - The left must be as organized as the right.  They are not.   Somehow, 
the left cannot get their act together to use media.
2) -  Re-regulate radio by going back to strict limits on station  
ownership.  Doesn't have to be 7-7-7, but it could be 20-20-20.
 
Going back to the Fairness Doctrine would also cause many talk stations to  
start playing music instead. Much much easier to pay music-licensing fees 
than  it would be to manage equal opinions all the time.
 
-----Bob Bittner