equal time controversy

[Donna Halper]

On 6/5/2012 3:20 AM, Bob Nelson wrote:
> --Keith Olbermann was noted for having pretty much only left-leaning
> guests on. Should he have been forced to put on conservatives too?
> (Yes it was on a cable channel not broadcast...)
>    
Not sure that's what I was asking.  Keith, like the folks on Fox's 
Morning show, was overtly political.   The morning hosts on Fox are so 
political they aired an anti-Obama attack video that their own producers 
designed.  But these shows never claimed to be "all news."  They are 
opinion and should be left alone.  However, contrast them with Andrea 
Mitchell on MSNBC or Brett Baier on Fox, who do in fact have all 
viewpoints and treat guests courteously.  So, yes it can be done and 
done in an interesting way.  My query is whether news-talk radio 
stations should only favor one side-- in Milwaukee, they are in fact all 
conservative.  I have no problem with conservative talkers who do 
political talk.  My concern is with stations that claim to be at least 
partly news.