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2007-01-16 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Jackal 2007-01-16 07:05|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Copps should be forced to resign.

Kucinich should be institutionalized.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-01-16 07:38|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-01-16 07:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Kucinich said in his speech that "We know the media has become the servant of a very narrow corporate agenda"

Uh, yeah, but it's the Dem's agenda?!?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-01-16 08:04|| 2007-01-16 08:04|| Front Page Top

#3 But I love to see them lace into things they could not possible accomplish.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-01-16 08:05|| 2007-01-16 08:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Bigjim - the one thing they can accomplish to to f*ck things up. Kucinich is a major idiot.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-01-16 08:45|| 2007-01-16 08:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Too much of what people want and too little of what we say is good for them

Actually its all based upon somebody's concept of statistical sampling to provide commercial sponsors a means of determining how much of their advertising overhead tacked on each and every piece of consumer product or service goes into the pockets of media and Hollyweird bigwigs. Not that there would be a penny of corruption in that process. No, nothing there.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-01-16 09:29|| 2007-01-16 09:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Conservative talk radio hurts them. The Fairness Doctrine is aimed squarely at conservative talk radio and nothing else, since the MSM and public broadcasting are left-liberal entities. If the FCC comes out with anything resembling the Fairness Doctrine it should be litigated tooth and nail.

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2007-01-16 09:30|| 2007-01-16 09:30|| Front Page Top

#7 It [The Fairness Doctrine] was enforced until it was eliminated in 1987.

The politically Far-Left has called for a re-instatement of the "Fairness Doctrine" prior to every election since it was eliminated. Their problem is it has been repeatedly proven to have the exact opposite effect of its stated goals. Of course, Kucinich and his band of loons have always had their own concept of free speech. You can hardly blame them though, their affirmative action in broadcasting really wouldnt get much support if it was called by its more appropriate name - The Un-Fairness Doctrine.

Posted by DepotGuy 2007-01-16 10:52|| 2007-01-16 10:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Le Money Quote:
Kucinich said in his speech that "We know the media has become the servant of a very narrow corporate agenda" and added "we are now in a position to move a progressive agenda to where it is visible."

"We know". Yes, Dennis knows. Some other elite members of his "we" know this. What the rest of us perceive as the free market at work must be a mirage.

Posted by eLarson 2007-01-16 13:07|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-01-16 13:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Who is/was taller, Kucinich or Goebbels?

Posted by tu3031 2007-01-16 13:23|| 2007-01-16 13:23|| Front Page Top

#10 I do not trust these rat ba$tards one bit. We must all be vigilant and resist their so-called media reform plans, which are nothing more than leftist agenda for media control. This is a very dangerous threat. As screwed up as the media is now, it will get very bad if loons like Kucinich get their hands in the perloo. We are entering a very dangerous period in the history of our country.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-01-16 17:18|| 2007-01-16 17:18|| Front Page Top

#11 My prediction, if this passes. (a) Rush Limbaugh and others dedicate half of their broadcasts to presenting the other side in a non-serious way that includes strawmen and funny voices that look good in transcripts but are mocking in tone and delivery (b) a ton of laws flood in about the various news shows as both Left and Right point out the bias in the others news.

The end result is a mountain of paperwork and a quick trip to the Supreme Court on freedom of speach grounds. The Fairness Doctrine dies forever in the Supreme Court.

The winner, late night talk shows.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-01-16 18:18|| 2007-01-16 18:18|| Front Page Top

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