SENATOR CLAIMS: BOXER/CLINTON WANT 'LEGISLATIVE FIX' FOR TALKRADIO

drudge ^ | 21 June 2007 | drudge

[Jet Jaguar]

SENATOR CLAIMS: BOXER/CLINTON WANT 'LEGISLATIVE FIX' FOR TALKRADIO

All I can access at this point.

[xcamel]

It was all over Sean Hannity this afternoon...

[Jet Jaguar]

Dump this if it is a duplicate.

[VR-21]

Next to come.......Radio Free America.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Next will be the Blogs.

[Jet Jaguar]

I missed it then. I rarely listen to Hannity.

[Ikemeister]

Let’s face it..the Democrats and their RINO pals are the modern equivalent of the Nazis. At some point, we’ll see what the Second Amendment was really meant to be used for.

[Lexington Green]

The Chavez Solution

[Jet Jaguar]

Good post.

[Heartland Mom]

Again, freedom of speech only when you agree with them. What about the degrading rap music on the air? That is offensive to many more people than talk radio. Let them try is all I can say.

Is it just me, or are these people seeming more desperate and more "out there" by the day?!?

[janereinheimer]

Would such legislation pass the constituionality test?

[mysterio]

Our congress has no respect for free speech. It’s getting absolutely disgusting.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

When in the course of human events....

[Libertarian Jim]

So what’s the scoop?

[TexasNative2000]

Would such legislation pass the constituionality test?

I remember asking the same question about Campaign Finance Reform..........

[YellowRoseofTx]

It was all over Sean Hannity this afternoon...

Mark Levin talked about it most of his show today, and Jerry Agar is talking about it now. Amazing the number of people calling in who don't seem to grasp the results.

[Izzy Dunne]

Would such legislation pass the constituionality test?

That very much depends on who's scoring the test, dontcha think?

[Libertarian Jim]

So who’s the Senator making the claim?

[KoRn]

At first glance I would say this wouldn’t stand a chance in hell of passing, since it would have to overcome a filibuster, but after thinking about it some.... It may very well pass. There are some politicians, and I mean Republicans, who would rather see communications that may be critical of them silenced. Any politician who voted for campaign finance “reform” would support this. I also wouldn’t be at all surprised if Bush signs it too.

If this happens, the internet WILL be next!

THIS MUST BE STOPPED!!!

[abb]

This may be what’s up.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/06/talk_radio.html

The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio

By John Halpin, James Heidbreder, Mark Lloyd, Paul Woodhull, Ben Scott, Josh Silver, S. Derek Turner

June 20, 2007

Read the full report (PDF)

Despite the dramatic expansion of viewing and listening options for consumers today, traditional radio remains one of the most widely used media formats in America. Arbitron, the national radio ratings company, reports that more than 90 percent of Americans ages 12 or older listen to radio each week, “a higher penetration than television, magazines, newspapers, or the Internet.” Although listening hours have declined slightly in recent years, Americans listened on average to 19 hours of radio per week in 2006.

Among radio formats, the combined news/talk format (which includes news/talk/information and talk/personality) leads all others in terms of the total number of stations per format and trails only country music in terms of national audience share. Through more than 1,700 stations across the nation, the combined news/talk format is estimated to reach more than 50 million listeners each week.

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[YellowRoseofTx]

So who’s the Senator making the claim?

Mark didn't know for sure, but was surmising it's Inhofe.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Ok Hildabeast, how about a legislative fix for the networks too? No?

Why not Hildabeast?

[xcamel]

Soros, Podesta, Clinton - 3 jackasses of the alpaca-lips

[drpix]

Next? Got to work on a graphic for an attack on Internet sites (like FR) by legislation and litigation against copyright fair usage exemptions.

[DBCJR]

“Dump this if it is a duplicate.”

They need your help?

[sono]

Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech.

Amendment 1 to US Constitution
Adopted 1791

[Gritty]

[darkangel82]

It definitely wouldn’t, but since when did government care about that?

[xcamel]

Just look at the list of "whack-a-moles" here:

http://www.americanprogress.org/aboutus/scholars

[Cuchulain]

“It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.” Voltaire

[David]

Not if you had a real Supreme Court.

Problem is you have a President who appoints establishment types to the Court who uphold political efforts that the establishment supports.

[bayareablues]

The genie is out of the bottle. There is no silencing us now.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

When it comes to limiting freedom of speech, I'm sure that President Bush would be only too happy to sign whatever bill that's put in front of him.

"There ought to be limits to freedom"
--George W. Bush, May 22, 1999

[Milhous]

Looks like conservatives own that which passes for a mind with these two. They apparently spend every waking moment obsessing over conservative new media. 24X7. They actually feel that shutting down talk radio will solve their problem. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[WyCoKsRepublican]

Hannity was on it today. As many others, I don’t listen to him because of his 3 hr concert promotions and Cadillac infomercials. However, he is right on the money that this could alter the face of free speech as we know it. I’m sick of the whole thing. Conservatives need to take the streets and protest just as in 2000. The libs are flapping their jaws via intimidation. It’s high time we shout louder. The Great Oz has spoken.

[P-40]

Oh PLEASE TRY AND OUTLAW TALK RADIO! This will be ever so much fun!

[Conservative Youth]

If the left got what it wanted, we wouldn’t be listening to Rush Limbaugh anymore. When you start losing your basic human rights, that’s the point when you stop voting and start shooting.

Luckily, all of the libs are unarmed.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Bum link.

Should be: "There ought to be limits to freedom"

[PGalt]

Outstanding FReeper comments! BUMP!

[Freedom4US]

Was the “structural imbalance” as defined in the .pdf mentioned in the context of the larger media outlets?

[Cuchulain]

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

[true_blue_texican]

I did, too, Tex.

[billbears]

Exactly. But many will continue to vote for the party giving these jokers further control under the banner of 'it's for the judges', 'win back the Senate', or it's 'unpatriotic' to not vote for the party. And 3 years later we'll all sit around and watch the Republicans sell us out even more.

When will some finally wake up and realize it's not Democrat v. Republican. It's the establishment against the people.

[WyCoKsRepublican]

Hillary makes me wanna heave. She and her “women in pants” lesbo entourage are just one reason to fight censorship of the airwaves. Dr. Savage says it all when he says “liberalism is a mental order.” All I can say is Amen.

[badgerlandjim]

Would such legislation pass the constituionality test?

It will when you have a "living" constitution.

[NeoCaveman]

Per Mark Levin, Lott has supported the Stalinist Fainess Doctrine in the past.

My blog post has a link to the audio, it’s one killer smackdown of a rant.

http://paindealer.blogspot.com/2007/06/mark-levin-smacks-down-trent-lott.html

[ConservaTexan]

...it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

[Obie Wan]

There are two areas the comrades here in the USA don’t have “speech regulation” on,that being talk radio and the medium we all use and love here the internet. Talk radio is in their crosshairs and trust me the internet isn’t far behind !!!

[Let's Roll]

Hey, Babs and Shrill,

When the only way for you and yours to win or even hold on is to silence any opposing views, like a snake with its head cut off you may still be flapping around but you’re done.