[BC] Re: Fairness doctrine by another name? aka censorship?

[Kevin Trueblood]

Now living in one of the most liberal cities in the US (Madison, WI) I find 
it interesting that over the last few years the Air America station here has 
had very modest ratings has come close to flipping.  Yet the station that 
carries Rush and Hannity is typically on top of the ratings.

Rush, love him or hate him, is entertaining.  Are they sensationalists?  Are 
they extraordinarily biased?  Absolutely.  But the are first and foremost 
entertainers and have figured out how to get people to listen to their show. 
If AA could do that, then we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Fact is, radio is not the only medium.  If you disagree with someone on the 
radio, fire up a blog and advertise it.  Podcast it.  Make it a webstream. 
Put it on YouTube.  Write to your opinion section in the newspaper.  There 
are countless ways in which you can broadcast your message and get it in 
front of people.  Forcing radio's hand is not what we need right now.

Kevin