Americans confused about freedom of speech
Riding on a wave of “change” Democrats have been salivating at the chance they may have in the near future of reviving the ironically named “fairness doctrine” to shut down the unfair success of conservative talk radio. Regardless of what they think or say about the FD it is not about Fairness, it’s about forced equality and suppression of free speech.
Rassmussen Polling decided to see how American’s felt about the “fairness doctrine”.
47% of those polled felt the government needed to control political messages on radio and TV by forcing equal time for both liberal and conservative messages. Oddly enough, 71% of those polled said that they can already find any political view on radio and TV today.
57% said that the “fairness doctrine” should not apply to websites and blogs.
So let me get this straight… almost half of us feel that the government needs to control the message, but almost two-thirds of us have no problem finding access to a message that suits our political leanings?
If you have access to a message that suits you, why should the government impede the free speech of someone who’s message you don’t agree with? Welcome to the other half of the 1st Amendment. YES you have the freedom to speak your mind and have your own opinions, BUT I don’t have to listen to you, you can also completely disagree with MY opinions but no one is making you listen to them either.
When you have Congressmen labeling your push to crush Conservative Talk Radio the “Hush Rush Bill” and you smile and laugh in acceptance of the label, your goals are clear as the air you’re breathing.
Talk radio is successful, not because it’s being shoved down our throats, but because people are VOLUNTARILY tuning in. If we woke up tomorrow and everyone in America decided that AM Radio was bunk, the Democrats problem would be solved. This isn’t going to happen so the only solution is to forcefully end their career by deeming their message “unfair”.
There is however a confusing result of those polls was that almost half want the government to control radio and TV, but more than half want to leave blogs and websites out of the loop? Could it be that the folks listening to the radio make up merely 17% of the US population while those who read blogs and political websites make up a larger percentage of the US population? God forbid anyone mess with their precious internet! It’s pretty easy to attack talk radio when over 80% of Americans don’t listen to it.
