Wednesday, May 30, 2012

WORTH A TRY, I GUESS

Sue Wilson writes at The Brad Blog that there's a chance the FCC may require gasbag stations to give equal time to Democrats and liberals in the 60 days before an election:
There is a little known regulation at the FCC called the Zapple Doctrine, which is an offshoot of the Fairness Doctrine and of Section 315(a) of the Communications Act, which says that, in the 60 days prior to an election, if a broadcaster offers free airtime to one major party candidate, it must offer free airtime to the other major party candidate. Zapple expands this definition to include supporters of candidates.
Even if this is destined to fail, I think it's a great idea to make a fuss to raise public awareness of how terribly distorted righwing radio is on a daily basis:
We discovered that each Right Wing Talk radio station in Milwaukee is giving about 80 minutes every day to the GOP side. Out of fifteen hours of programming, that doesn't sound like much, but it would cost between $34,000 and $68,000 for supporters of Tom Barrett and the Democrats to buy that time. That's $34,000 -68,000 - every single day
At the very least, you can sign a petition to the FCC urging equal time.

1 comment:

Ken Hoop said...

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/5/30/glenn_greenwald_obamas_secret_kill_list

well, let's hope the radio is really on the other side rather then Obamaphiliac in nature.