Tag: News Radio

Closing Thought–30Mar17

For months the great and wonderful bloggers that have attached to the conservative cause……they write about immigrants, voter fraud and gays…..all they perceive as threats to the American way of life (whatever that is)…but there is something that could be more dangerous than the perception of those assaults on Americanism.

You see there is a new law that could very well let unsavory characters influence this society from within…..

I was not pleased when the FCC allowed corporations to buy up the news and now they have gone even further…..

An Australian couple now based in Alaska has bought more than two dozen radio stations in three states, marking the first time federal regulators have allowed full foreign ownership of US radio stations. The FCC recently approved a request by Richard and Sharon Burns through their company Frontier Media to increase their interest in 29 radio stations in Alaska, Texas, and Arkansas from 20% to 100%, the AP reports. The agency long took what some viewed as a hard line in limiting foreign ownership under a 1930s law that harkened to wartime propaganda fears. But in 2013, it acknowledged a willingness to ease up after broadcasters complained the rules were too restrictive of outside investment.

The Burnses are citizens of Australia but have lived and worked in the US since 2006 on special visas offered for Australians. A family who owned six of the Alaska stations provided the opportunity that brought the couple to the US. The family wanted someone with international experience to operate the stations and help move the company forward, Richard Burns says. The stations in the Lower 48 were purchased later. Richard Burns, who serves on the board of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce and in 2010 was named its citizen of the year, says he and his wife consider Alaska home and are pursuing US citizenship. “Our life is here in Juneau, Alaska, every single day,” said Burns, who in 2010 was named its citizen of the year.

Look at the damage those dullards on the radio have done to the fabric of American politics…..and now we allow foreigners access to this tool of control?

What are these toads smoking?

Why Does Lou Dobbs Hate?

Remember the days gone by, during the height of the immigration debate and the rants and the raves of CNN’s chief immigrant basher, Lou Dobbs.  Well apparently, the immigration debate is a bit slow so he thought he would spice it up a bit.

While bitching about St. Patrick’s Day on his radio show Dobbs said:

“And by the way, I’ve got to wish to you, each and every one, Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! I do that, and I have to be honest with you, despite my fervent anti-ethnic holiday position. That’s right! I’m against St. Patrick’s Day. I’m against St. Columbus Day. Saint Joseph’s Day. I’m against all of those things. Is there, by the way, is there a Jewish, a Jewish ethnic holiday? Is there one? No? Okay. The Jews have disappointed me. I mean, is there a St. Mauritius? No? A Belize? I don’t know. We gotta have — there’s gotta be something else going on here! How about an Asian ethnic holiday? Is there one? You know, a Saint Jin Tao Wow? Chinese New Year? All right, we can do that … I mean, what is with all of these ethnic holidays? I mean how about an American Day? How about were all the same kind of day?”

An American Day?  Lou,  how about the 4th of July?  If I had to guess I would say that Dobbs is a WASP that has a really hard time with people with skin tones other than white.

Fairness Doctrine

Haven’t heard about the Doctrine? That’s because it’s a rule that was abolished more than 20 years ago by the FCC.

Yet, heated discussion about the Fairness Doctrine has recently circulated over the airwaves of both progressive and conservative talk radio programs.

Originally introduced in 1949, the Fairness Doctrine required broadcasters to allow time to discuss controversial topics of public interest. Stations were also required to air contrasting viewpoints of those matters, although equal time was not a part of the rule.

During the Reagan administration, the rule was abolished by the FCC, which argued the Doctrine hurt public interest rather than help it.

In the wake of a Democratic Party stronghold in Washington and the popularity of opinion-driven talk radio programs around the country, some AM radio hosts have expressed concern over a reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine.

Some Democrats in Congress, including House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, have expressed support of the Fairness Doctrine. However, no legislation has made its way to the floor of either house in this session of Congress or the last.

But personally, I think it should be required that opposing points of view should be on all news shows and stations…..it is the only way the American people will know the whole story about the situation.  But on the other side of the coin, shows like those of Rush and Bill-o would probably lose part of their audience if truth and fairness were the rule.  Bashing does NOTHING but deepen any division in the electorate.