Re: [IRCA] new bill may impact media

["W. Curt Deegan" <WWWR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One person's blowhard is another person's spokesman.  Silencing 
anyone regardless who "owns" the airwaves, is a travesty.  No good 
can come of it.

Music comes from satellites.

Curt


At 03:04 PM 1/22/2007, you wrote:

>OK, I was not very political in my younger years (even though I thought I
>was) but I do not remember political blowhards all over the dial back then,
>so to my way of thinking letting the blowhards spew their biased views all
>over the airwaves as "truth" was not necessarily a very positive outcome.
>There used to be music.
>
>Bob Young
>
> >From: "W. Curt Deegan" <WWWR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
> >America<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: IRCA List <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: [IRCA] new bill may impact media
> >Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:40:43 -0500
> >
> >That would be debatable.  Below an excerpt from Wikipedia on the topic:
> >
> >"The Doctrine was enforced throughout the entire history of the FCC
> >(and its precursor, the Federal Radio Commission) until 1987, when
> >the FCC repealed it in its Syracuse Peace Council decision which was
> >upheld. The FCC held that the doctrine had grown to inhibit rather
> >than enhance debate and suggested that, due to the many media voices
> >in the marketplace at the time, the doctrine was probably
> >unconstitutional."
> >
> >Curt
> >
> >
> >At 02:24 PM 1/22/2007, you wrote:
> > >Well in all fairness, (pardon the pun), the fairness doctrine seemed to
> >work
> > >before didn't it?
> > >
> > >Bob Young
> >
> >
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