Unfair and Unbalanced

AIM Column  |  By Lynn Woolley  |  November 12, 2008

Anyone who is a consumer of talk radio either for entertainment or to keep up with current events should be concerned.

In our 2007 book "The Death of Talk Radio?" Cliff Kincaid and I warned that if Democrats were to retake the White House, they would implement their plan to dismantle conservative talk radio.  It didn't take long.  On Election Day, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York went on Fox News and said, "I think we should all be fair and balanced, don't you?" Schumer may have thought he was being clever, but talk radio hosts such as myself have reason to be wary.  Anyone who is a consumer of talk radio either for entertainment or to keep up with current events should be concerned.  Schumer was not being cute; he was being arrogant.With the election over, and with the Democrats about to control both houses of Congress, the White House, and-with President Obama's appointment power-the federal judiciary, liberals like Sen. Schumer and organizations like Media Matters for America have no reason to hold back.  They don't believe the First Amendment has any relevance to talk radio and they intend to end conservative dominance of the dial.
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