In the latest issue of the Wall Street Journal, Rush Limbaugh writes an excellent, informed editorial on the threat of a government take-over of talk radio.
It's definitely worth a read, as Rush tackles an impending issue that will be addressed one way...or the other.
Here's an excerpt:
Mr. President, we both know that this new effort at regulating
speech is not about diversity but conformity. It should be rejected.
You've said you're against reinstating the Fairness Doctrine, but
you've not made it clear where you stand on possible regulatory efforts
to impose so-called local content, diversity-of-ownership, and
public-interest rules that your FCC could issue.
I do not favor content-based regulation of National Public Radio,
newspapers, or broadcast or cable TV networks. I would encourage you
not to allow your office to be misused to advance a political vendetta
against certain broadcasters whose opinions are not shared by many in
your party and ideologically liberal groups such as Acorn, the Center
for American Progress, and MoveOn.org. There is no groundswell of
support behind this movement. Indeed, there is a groundswell against it.
There's much more in the full article over at WSJ Online.
