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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:35 PM Original message |
Is there any way to ban Limbaugh, O'Reilly and their ilk from the airwaves? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. the best way is for people not to watch them. FAUX ratings have been |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sure. The airwaves are a public trust |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. have a Congressional committee declare them "terrorists" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. You could turn off your TV and your radio |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Yes, slackmaster. I can turn off my TV and radio. But that doesn't |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. I stand by my point about there being doubt they've done actual damage |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sorry, but I will support their right to say the stupidest, most hateful |
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americanstranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
53. Hear, hear. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. They're banned at my house |
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NOLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. YES. |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. A-men! |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Fairness Doctrine Never Gave Equal Time... |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. KLONG! KLONG! KLONG! (Loudest variant of Ding! Ding! Ding! I could think of.) |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
51. Heard Neal Boortz last week whining about how he was sure |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well . . . |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. Reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine |
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jbonkowski (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. C'mon guys. Fairness Doctrine doesn't apply |
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rsdsharp (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. The Fairness Doctrine did not require equal time |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. It would kill Air America, but you the only right thing to do... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yeah. Abolish The Constitution, Acquire A Taste For Hypocrisy And Develop A Fondness With '1984'. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Thank you. |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Exactly, couldn't have put it |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Dear OPERATIONMINDCRIME: My post was a question, not a suggestion. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. And My Post Was The Answer To That Question. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Then I misunderstood your post. Sorry. Peace. |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. But who decides the definition of |
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Brazenly Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Amen to that! |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Thank you OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
45. Seconded. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. Actually, I Think They're Becoming a Liability |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Are you kidding? Ask Claire McCaskill if she wants Limbaugh banned! |
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benddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. we have to have |
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EdwardM (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. I hope not. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I do not. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. People have the right to say stupid things. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Please see posting #23. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Please see posting #32. |
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NEDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Please See Amendment #1. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. Turn off your television and radio |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
33. Not directly. You can put pressure on their advertisers, though, |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm sorry, but that's just plain wrong. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. There is no point at which hate speech becomes unconstitutional. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. I hope not. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. Hopefully not. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
38. Probably the only way to hit these types |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
42. Simple! |
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smb (761 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
43. I Take It You Weren't Listening.... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
46. Hell no, let them talk. |
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Tony Soprano (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
47. We are progressives and therefore, |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
48. And after getting them banned let's go after the mainstream media |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
49. As much as I hate Limbaugh and O'Reilly, |
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Tony Soprano (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Yeah...see post #47 |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:34 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Unfortunately, even on DU there are people who don't care about free speech, |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
54. There is no good way to ban them as it may violate the 1st Amendment... |
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