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Rob Kailey is a working schmuck with no ties or affiliations to any governmental or political organizations, save those of sympathy.
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Thu Oct 11, 2007 at 13:20:41 PM MST
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Today's Missoulian has an interesting opinion piece by Tim Rutten reprinted from the LA Times over the current debate regarding the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" and the recent squawking about the "General Betray Us" and "Phony Soldiers" business. The great lede points our that we all love free speech when it applies to us, but not others. What he says afterward I find very frightening.
The scary part of Rutten's piece is his reminder that deregulation of the airwaves led not only to the ascension of conservative talk-radio but also an immediate buy-out of local radio stations by large corporations. This also affected television and certainly makes the Conservative anthem of the "liberal media" largely suspect. Maybe it's yet another indication of why, after the abuses by the Robber Barons in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, anti-trust legislation was enacted in the first place.
Rutten states that in actuality this fight isn't about free speech, it's about what kind of speech is right, but I think the Dems are the good guys by fighting for reregulation. If I'm the richest man in the world, I shouldn't be able to buy out the media, just because the market is free and open. That goes for both sides. Conservatives argue that the media leans to the left. That might have been true at one time, and maybe, just maybe, that's because the media actually represented the views of the people, not the CEOs. |
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