So... The Fairness Doctrine?

[Ganhyun]

How does Evilbore feel about this?

I myself think that in reality this would do more harm than good, since more controversial topics would be less likely to be covered.

In case you don't know what the Fairness Doctrine is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine

[Human Snorenado]

Anything that annoys Rush Windbag has to be good.

[Ganhyun]

Anything that annoys Rush Windbag has to be good.

so you are for this then? Even though Obama is against it as well. so.. you're for suppressing free speech? which in the end is what will happen if this is reinstated.

[ShogunOfFear]

This is an attempt of stealth censorship and a failure at that.  How would one determine what is fair and what isn't fair?  Sounds like something the Kremlin would enforce.  Plus this diminishes vigorous debate.  I have an idea.

Don't like a certain talk-show host?  Turn the channel.  That's fair.

[Human Snorenado]

Plus this diminishes vigorous debate.

You know, I'm not sure I've ever heard this on any of those Right Wing Noise Machine flapping head radio shows.  Can you point out to me all of the vigorous debate that's happening while Rush, Hannity, O'reilly etc are calling Obama a terrorist loving socialist?

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I'd be fine with it.

It isn't like anything of quality would be gone if this passed.  It would just be the end of right wing hate radio and their unsubstantiated claims.

Obama would be against it because if he was in favor of it, the right wing machine would go nuts, thinking that they are so awesome and smart that Obama would resort to muzzling them to make sure that his ACORN-Muslin-Pelosi trifecta of American communism can be executed unscathed.

[ShogunOfFear]

Plus this diminishes vigorous debate.

You know, I'm not sure I've ever heard this on any of those Right Wing Noise Machine flapping head radio shows.  Can you point out to me all of the vigorous debate that's happening while Rush, Hannity, O'reilly etc are calling Obama a terrorist loving socialist?

I'm sure we can find it on MSNBC amirite   
My point is with the threat of potential FCC retaliation for perceived lack of compliance with what they consider to be fair.  Most broadcasters would be hesitant to air their own opinions because this might require them to air alternative perspectives that their audience doesn't want to hear.  Who are you or anyone else to decide what an audience should or want to listen to?  Sounds more like Putin's Russia to me.  Again we can all make that decision on our own.  Don't want to hear a specific broadcaster?  Cool you don't have to just turn the channel.

[Beardo]

Don't want to hear a specific broadcaster?  Cool you don't have to just turn the channel.

But that would require some personal responsibility and we all know how the left feels about that.

[Ganhyun]

I'd be fine with it.

It isn't like anything of quality would be gone if this passed.  It would just be the end of right wing hate radio and their unsubstantiated claims.

Obama would be against it because if he was in favor of it, the right wing machine would go nuts, thinking that they are so awesome and smart that Obama would resort to muzzling them to make sure that his ACORN-Muslin-Pelosi trifecta of American communism can be executed unscathed.

hmm... considering both Democrats and Republicans have used this to silence the other party previously (Kennedy and Nixon, with Nixon being worse about it) I'd be against this too. But then again, as others have said, if you don't like what someone says, just change the channel. Its not like there arent channels with super liberal talk hosts.

[TVC15]

I'm for a form of it, one that would allow both real news sources and the shit cable news people love today.  Maybe stuff like MSNBC/FOX/CNN could be labeled as "News entertainment" or something, whereas compliant stations could have some, I dunno, official seal or something.