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In reply to the discussion: Does the FCC's failure to fine Limbaugh represent regulatory capture? [View all]shcrane71
(1,721 posts)Did these lawmakers succeed?
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2011/06/01/yes-it-still-exists-house-members-call-fcc-formally-end-fairness-doc
Again, it is not censorship to regulate the airwaves to ensure competitiveness. By that logic, all anti-trust legislation should be thrown out. Are you saying that you think government should be shrunk so much so that you can drown it in the bath tub? I have a problem with libertarians that keep squawking about small government, and getting "regulations off businesses backs". This country was built upon the commons, and that's why many New England states are known as Commonwealths.
The FCC is a victim of regulatory capture. Steinem, Fonda, and Morgan are absolutely correct that Limbaugh and his ilk have succeeded in monopolizing our the commons of the AM airwaves. Name me one liberal "entertainer" who has the air-time that Rush has. This has been no accident. Think of the 2003 debacle when corporate media giants lobbied the FCC to increase market share.