Reply #101: "a host of First Amendment concerns." Which were addressed in a unanimous USSCT decision [View All]

[depakid]

Red Lion v. FCC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lion_Broadcasting_Co._v._Federal_Communications_Commission

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=us/395/367.html

I guess in some people's minds, the freedom = the ability for hate radio jockies to flood the public airwaves with falsehoods, personal attacks and propaganda about issues of public concern- and do so with impunity so that honest voices of reason (or people who had their character impugned ARE NEVER HEARD.

Listeners (who own the airwaves) have no paramount right to be informed on the issues, no right to hear truthful statements, and no right to have any other opinions (or sometimes any rational opinion and honest analysis) available to them on the spectrum.

Even when they're voting on an initiative that may dramatically change their laws- only the side with the money and who can convince a station owner not to censor them are allowed to aired.

Sounds like a prescription for disaster.

Oh wait, maybe it's already happened over the past 8+ years....