[LibertarianInExile]

I agree that Clear Channel had the right to do this. What I disagree with was that everyone here seems to think that the airwaves are some public thing, that they shouldn't have been privatized a long time ago. The FCC, and the feds in general, hold power and properties that government shouldn't in a country where information is supposed to be free and the people are supposed to own property individually, not collectively, and not subject to government approval of those property rights every year. What happens when Hillary's FCC starts objecting to racism, sexism, and 'homophobia,' and threatens fines against Clear Channel for those? Will you all be dancing about Rush's removal? I bet.

So pardon me if I rain on your picnic by pointing out that what goes around, comes around. It's just a matter of time until the next swing of the headsman's axe to the left with the FCC deciding what's decent and what ain't, and next time the left gets in there, they'll be pissed at being out of power so long.

This was our chance to remove government intervention for good. Instead we make it easier for the Left to get involved. The Fairness Doctrine was peanuts compared to what will come next. Good move, Mr. Powell.

[Robert_Paulson2]

correctomundo.

[alnick]

You do realize that until recent years people who broadcast over the public airwaves were required to meet very strict decency standards, don't you? What's happening here is a correction of the slippery slope we've been on for the past 20 or so years.

[Fledermaus]

You say you understand it was Clear Channel's decision but then go into a romp about leftist taking over the FCC.

Make up your mind.

[bigdcaldavis]

This was our chance to remove government intervention for good. Instead we make it easier for the Left to get involved. The Fairness Doctrine was peanuts compared to what will come next. Good move, Mr. Powell.

Ping. Bump.

And yep. Get ready for Shitlery's Ministry of Truth.