Posted by
CKHustler on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:55:09 PM
Ok, some idiot on GunnyG's blog has no idea why the fairness doctrine would hurt conservative radio. Thought I would throw something up about it.
First off, I would like to say I think the fairness doctrine is unconstitutional. Unless I am mistaken, the radio is not owned or funded by the government, besides NPR. So being it is a private business, why should the government be able to give a regulation without a valid reason? They stop swearing for children listening...etc. There is no valid reason for the fairness doctrine unless something of a harmful nature can be proven about the current state of things. Is that posisble? Hardly. They would also have to prove that liberals do not have ample opportunity to getting themselves heard on the radio. They have tried their hand at radio and failed, so clearly they cannot prove they didn't have a chance. In conclusion, is there any reason at all that this is constitutional? I believe that laws should have to prove their constitutionality rather than the other way around. In fact, after the revolution that is bound to happen down the road not too far, I believe that should be part of the new constitution. Put them on the defense right away, instead of proving in the negative.
Next I have a bone to pick about it being about radio only. Why is it not for TV? or Magazines? Newspapers? Of course....liberals need their outlets of information to remain untouched. I forgot. Other than that reason there is none other for the fairness doctrine to be bounded to the radio. The radio is no different than television. Radio station = channel. I think we need about 5 more Fox News channels to even the playing field.
Ok, so to the point. How does the fairness doctrine hurt conservative radio? This is a conceptual answer, just fyi. I was a bit lazy to research facts, but this is basically common sense, so I felt it was ok for this subject.
Ex:
A conservative host makes $1000 per hour on the radio, for the radio station
A liberal host makes $50 per hour on the radio, for the station.
I am using those numbers because clearly conservative hosts attract many more viewers. Liberals have had radio stations and they have failed miserably. Conservative radio stations flourish and we have guys like Rush making $400 million. Point proven? I think so.
So you have a total of 50 prime time hours.
Pre-doctrine:
1000*50=$50,000
Post-doctrine:
1000*25 + 50*25 = $26,100 (I believe, did that in my head, so don't beat me up if its wrong)
Can anyone see why this would be a problem for conservative radio? Many just choose to play music because Im betting they can make somewhere in the middle of those two.
Conclusion? One less conservative radio station. Liberals get their views funded by conservatives.
Any questions?
If you are a liberal and don't understand, perhaps you should go back and get your GED, this is pretty basic common sense.