Reply #7: Back in the '60's/'70's it was RW radio and TV personalities that

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demanded "equal time", the irony is pressing.


RW TV never really took off, although eventually things like FOX came up the rungs a way. RW radio is the norm these days, rarely, are there countervoices to the RW machine; however, virtually every time a serious Liberal/Progressive gets a voice on any of these forms of media, they rip the RW talking points to shreds, set it on fire and shove it out into the trash, (this is one of the main reasons why L/P's are rarely, if ever guests on some shows. Limbaugh never has "guests" on, except by phone, and then it's someone like Rumsfeld or cheney, there is a reason for this!). On Limbaugh's first TV appearance, he had no control, the audience booed him relentlessly and he was so embarrassed, the next show required men to wear jackets and ties and women to dress "modestly"; the audience was hand picked to ensure a favorable response, and the applause lights were huge...the show bombed shortly thereafter...:D

Now that others are calling for a return to the Fairness Doctrine, the entrenched RW realizes they will be eviscerated, control of the media is power, they know a massive power transfer would occur almost immediately, and that is intolerable in their view, (sure, it was fine when they did it...x( )

The ratings for the current shows are abysmal, regardless of what they crow about. Limbaugh leads, but the #'s are so inflated, no one knows who listens to what anymore.


As an aside, the oxycontin scandal didn't help Limbaugh, but the "investigation" went in the wrong direction. "Dr. shopping" was absurd, but why he isn't in jail for purchasing pills by the thousands in plastic bags w/cigar boxes filled w/cash is beyond me. The average person, buying even 5 oxycontin w/o a valid Rx would spend a long time in jail...Limbaugh beat the system, you or I would be languishing in prison for the rest of our lives if we did something akin to what he did.