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yes diane in sf Mar 2012 #1
yes, I tried to register an online complaint last night Tumbulu Mar 2012 #2
I think it is time the FCC needs restructuring. Great Caesars Ghost Mar 2012 #3
I'm going to write my representative and Senators and suggest just that! shcrane71 Mar 2012 #7
I believe all broadcasting either through airwaves, digital, or satalite should be tiered regulated. Great Caesars Ghost Mar 2012 #63
You make perfect sense to me GCG. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #66
Regulation can take many forms onenote Mar 2012 #67
Thanks, didn't know about this. K & R. freshwest Mar 2012 #4
Let's get him off of AFN first and THEN worry about the FCC. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #5
Why not work on both? It would be difficult for AFN to justify keeping Rush's show if the FCC shcrane71 Mar 2012 #8
Good point. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #16
FCC is mandated to handle "obscene and indecent" EFerrari Mar 2012 #18
Yeah, the AFN thing is a stronger case from the perspective of disrespect for the CIC. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #19
There should be no place libtodeath Mar 2012 #6
Nice way to sneak in the Ron Paul advocacy. Welcome to DU!!! msanthrope Mar 2012 #9
My post says nothing about support for disbanding the FCC. I just want the FCC to work, shcrane71 Mar 2012 #10
Of course you want the FCC to work. Which is why you've used the latest meme..... msanthrope Mar 2012 #12
lol...wtf??? I have no idea where you're coming from, but have a good day (after you reread the OP) shcrane71 Mar 2012 #13
I am coming from the place where I question why-a low count poster might bring up the latest msanthrope Mar 2012 #14
Thanks for the vetting rather than responding to the post. Why not place me on your ignore list? shcrane71 Mar 2012 #15
The Janet Jackson FCC fine was thrown out in federal court DefenseLawyer Mar 2012 #38
yes, of course! librechik Mar 2012 #11
Yes, of course it does. n/t EFerrari Mar 2012 #17
Certainly seems to describe the current situation. calimary Mar 2012 #20
No. onenote Mar 2012 #21
Yes. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #22
Still no. onenote Mar 2012 #23
Still Yes. You're stretching, and you're missing the point. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #26
How am I "stretching" by citing the applicable law? onenote Mar 2012 #28
So you're saying that it's NOT regulatory capture that the FCC is failing to enforce the shcrane71 Mar 2012 #30
The FCC isn't failing to "enforce" the FD. The FD doesn't exist anymore onenote Mar 2012 #34
If the Fairness Doctrine doesn't exist anymore, why did lawmakers try to get rid of it in 2011? shcrane71 Mar 2012 #36
The FCC declared the FD was no longer in force in 1987 . onenote Mar 2012 #42
The FCC Doesn't Regulate Content... KharmaTrain Mar 2012 #24
Rhandi Rhodes is a false equivalency. She wouldn't be if you could name a non-subscription station shcrane71 Mar 2012 #25
Interesting... KharmaTrain Mar 2012 #27
You're not entitled to your own facts. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #29
LPFM Wasn't Legal Til 2000... KharmaTrain Mar 2012 #31
K, I'll go back and tell the community stations that said they started out as LPFM shcrane71 Mar 2012 #32
Not The FCC's Mandate... KharmaTrain Mar 2012 #33
Under FCC legal definitions and regulations, Rush did no wrong. MadHound Mar 2012 #35
What is considered obscene is not static. Women vote. Women can be appointed to the FCC. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #37
Actually, what is considered obscene by the FCC is pretty static MadHound Mar 2012 #39
You're correct. It has been static, but these are unprecedented times, and precedents have been shcrane71 Mar 2012 #44
As I've shown, before you can enforce the FD you need to get it reinstated onenote Mar 2012 #46
You've not shown it until you provide a link to the news article. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #55
Here you go. onenote Mar 2012 #57
Thanks onesie. You have my apology. Did you see this: shcrane71 Mar 2012 #58
I have mixed feelings about bringing back the FD onenote Mar 2012 #59
The fairness doctrine need only cover public / non-subscription stations. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #62
These are unprecedented times, but not in the way you are thinking onenote Mar 2012 #52
It may not be static, but it is governed by what is in the Constitution. onenote Mar 2012 #43
If that is the definition, then yes imo. Rex Mar 2012 #40
This is one of those melm00se Mar 2012 #41
There are not many times that I long for the "good-ol' days" of the 50s or 60s, but shcrane71 Mar 2012 #45
can't enforce what is no longer on the books. melm00se Mar 2012 #47
It's still on the books. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #49
WRONG. onenote Mar 2012 #51
Link please. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #53
Here you go. onenote Mar 2012 #56
Not since August 2011 melm00se Mar 2012 #60
High time to bring it back, don't you agree? n/t shcrane71 Mar 2012 #61
its not a popular opinion here melm00se Mar 2012 #64
The Left has ceded a monopolization of public airwaves to the Right for decades, and we see shcrane71 Mar 2012 #65
in some aspects yes. melm00se Mar 2012 #68
Thanks for the long, meandering justification for the Left handing the public airwaves to the Right. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #69
you know melm00se Mar 2012 #70
huh??? AM radio carries jazz?? Where you from?!?! And, you're missing the point. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #71
I am near unionworks Mar 2012 #72
Oh, you lucky dawg... 1. It's beautiful up there. 2. Canadians are really nice aren't they??? shcrane71 Mar 2012 #73
If the thugs win unionworks Mar 2012 #74
Take me with you!!! I want to live amongst the Canadians and their good AM radio shcrane71 Mar 2012 #76
I will send you unionworks Mar 2012 #78
That would be great! Thank You! shcrane71 Mar 2012 #79
Well put,melm00se. onenote Mar 2012 #77
If ever Americans resolve the issue of regulatory capture (the FCC rolling over while giving the AM shcrane71 Mar 2012 #80
I think its prudent to be scared of undefined "regulation" of speech onenote Mar 2012 #81
I know you want to compare of very different media outlets, but those comparisons don't shcrane71 Mar 2012 #82
I'm not ducking the question: What will this "regulation" you are advocating entail? onenote Mar 2012 #83
LMAO You've ducked the OP question since this thread started. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #84
I've been practicing communications law for 35 years. You have a very flawed understanding onenote Mar 2012 #85
Duck, duck, duck... duck, duck, duck... shcrane71 Mar 2012 #86
You keep digging yourself in deeper don't you? onenote Mar 2012 #87
Reimposing the FD isn't going to be a panacea onenote Mar 2012 #48
Welcometo D.U. unionworks Mar 2012 #50
I really appreciate that. Thanks Unionworks! shcrane71 Mar 2012 #54
Thank you!!! Puzzledtraveller Mar 2012 #75
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