He seems to be talking about a general political shift. I always thought Colmes would be above it but maybe he isn't.
Of course, he is ofter wrong, just as he is in the statement. Rush single-handedly resurrected talk radio with his conservative message and humor. And talk radio does not confine itself to any point of view. It is a true free market and the simple fact that conservatives have a bigger market share is because more people are listening to it than liberal talk. And let us be clear on something, people like Hugh and Deadhead aren't conservatives in the vein of a Limbaugh or Hannity (among others). |
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Why do the Dem/libs want the Fairness Doctrine? They just beat the crap outta the Stupid Party. I say let the ShoeShiners on the airwaves keep sucking up to the RNC Dem-lites. It's worked great for the DNC so far. |
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i know he has said on hannity and colmes he is against. i will take him at his word. but this statement does need some clarification, or at least put in full context. |
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He has said over and over and over again on his show with Sean that he opposes the Fairness Doctrine as an attack on free speech and has said if someone suggested it be re-implemented he would fight against it.
What he is saying is his belief that the attitudes of people have shifted and the 52% that voted for Obama and even many who voted for McCain have rejected the "right" slant you find on much of talk radio. As ratings will drop as people turn off the message they have rejected, radio management will bring in more balanced hosts to capture those no longer willing to listen to the Rushes and Seans of the world.
I think this is a big assumption on his part. I don't think people rejected the message Sean and others preach. The election was a mandate on Bush. Is there any wonder what the outcome would be when you are at 24%? It was also a mandate on the economy and the belief that McCain had no clue how to fix it. If the economy had been doing as well as it was in 2004 and Bush's approval rating was 50%, we would be talking about President-elect McCain and would the Democrats ever win another election to the presidency. |
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Sure sounds as though he's moving closer to Pelosi, et al. |
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....expressing his suppport for (pro, in favor of, etc.) the "Fairness Doctrine", per the pharagraph presented.
I did not google his past/possible, multiple comments regarding this issue; however, the posed question was directed ONLY as to the statement above. |
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An alternative to reimposing the FD is for the FCC to reinstate its old ownership rules, which prevented the same people from owning multiple media outlets in a given market.
Oddly missing from the one-way discussions about the FD is any acknowledgement that the public owns the airwaves, that broadcast facilities are licensed to act in the public interest, or that it's the lack of accuracy and incessant propaganda that's driving the owners of the airwaves (the people) past their tolerance level.
The hatemongers like Savage and Gallagher and those who routinely field calls from incendiary radicals and haters--that is, many of the other hosts like Hewitt and Bennett--are just hiding behind the First Amendment, with little sense of the responsibility that entails. |
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Post proof that the people you mentioned are hatemongers and then link to some court case that would prevent them from saying what ever it is they are saying.
If you can't do that you are simply advocating taking away someones First Amendment rights just because you do not agree with them. |
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During the republican primaries I was disgusted at the effort of paid mouth pieces to attack McCain in favor of Mitt. This was the beginning of the end for a McCain win. I say bring back the fairness doctrine and if the paid mouth pieces are sure of their positions then they should be willing to let the 'weaker perspective' be heard. At least McCain may have had a chance to defend himself from the vicious talk show attacks that did cause his demise. |
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Hannity & Colmes occasionally...
Colmes seems like a decent enough man.....
but when he joins the dialogue, always with the leftist view, I change the channel.....
I know it's his job to present the leftist point of view and Hannity does the same for the right....
However, I don't want to hear the left spin...
If I did, I would just watch MSNBC, CNN, etc where there is almost no rightist point of view...
If they split Hannity & Colmes into 2 distinct shows, you would see where the viewers go.... |
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I'd like MSNBC taken off the air please. What? You mean I can't get Uncle Sam to do that? I thought I owned the airwaves?
Never mind. No one watches MSNBC anyway. |
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A DEAD FISH can't make little baby fishes allen . That is the problem with liberal radio, it is dead.plus this fairness crap will devastate talk radio. This will set it back 25 years,you and your kind will have another notch on your belt ,that means Allen you have destroyed jobs for thousands of great people both libs and repubs ,are happy now that your mind set has destroyed people. the great ones will be on the air some where some how this we all no . And I will tell you something else wronged people have long memmorys. |
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A DEAD FISH can't make little baby fishes allen . That is the problem with liberal radio, it is dead.plus this fairness crap will devastate talk radio. This will set it back 25 years,you and your kind will have another notch on your belt ,that means Allen you have destroyed jobs for thousands of great people both libs and repubs ,are you happy now that your mind set has destroyed people. the great ones will be on the air some where some how this we all no . And I will tell you something else wronged people have long memmorys. |
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Alan Colmes is a decent man, if a little bit of a windbag, but he does not support the fairness doctine. I am a little disappointed when some bloggers say they only listen to Hannity and not to Colmes. The whole point of the show is to have a strong conservative and a liberal conterpoint view. Alan's role is not to be over antoginistic but to take the liberal side, which he does fairly well, if not with great passion.
Hannity does not have a Colmes on his radio show which is not interview based and is more for a niche audience. Colmes opinion is that conservative talk radio as well as liberal talk radio has become such a niche audience that it is becoming more irrelevent compared to the Fox shows which cross the line more. I disagree with Colmes to some extent because even conservative talk radio has a range of voices, but you cannot deny that Rush and Sean were hurt by their over subserviance to W Bush over conservatism. Their audiences dropped with Bushes popularity. Its hard to be a dittohead when even the patron saint is disgusted with W and the Repubs. |
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When Colmes comes on TV I, either hit mute or off! I cannot stand him and his kind: socialists, interrupties, misdirectionists who never answer questions and stay on topics, etc. They want to ruin this country, through disception and force. I am not talking able moderate liberals who I understand, respect, and even like. We need moderate liberals and conservatives to make our country work as our country's founders planned.
But I will give Colmes this: even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut! Ha!
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do for a living without Hannity?
Guess he would have to run for office and dutifully send cops out to rob productive people to have money to by votes from the slugs. |
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He thinks conservatism ruined talk radio? Has he seen his ratings compared with Conservative talk radio? If any liberal could get more than a couple people to listen to their programs they might have a point.
Anyway if he is not for the First Amendment bashing so-called 'Fairness Doctrine' then he is on the right side. |
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to say the least - that our country's future is the result of a choice made by uninformed voters. Even - Rush, Hannity, Beck and Fox could not get the message into the heads of people overwhelmed by the message of "change" - for the most part none of those voters understood the full ramifications of the "change" Obama had in mind but "change", "hope" and a handout. Obama voters were either the rich elite America haters, or the Democrat base being fed promises of huge handouts and the idea that those "horrid" rich people will be punished.
Hence we are stuck with Obama, Biden, the Clintons, Kerry, Pelosi, Frank, Dodd, Schumer, the Kennedys and a bunch of Clinton re-treads - this happened even though Congressional approval rating was about 9% - most Obama voters interviewed do not even know what Congress is - where it is - or who it is.
We need more of Rush, Hannity, Beck and Fox - not less - if America is to remain the country some of us know and love. |
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he has said so repeatedly on his show. I don't know what he means in the blog post, but Air America had a fair shot and plenty of money behind them. Nobody listened.
And it is the conservative movement that is disgusted with what has happened to their party. fyi It has been warped by people using the abortion issue pretending to be conservatives who are nothing of the sort and give the wrong impression to others, just like the liberal movement was warped by people using the abortion issue to turn it into fascism in drag.
Satan always finds a crack.
Pay attention, respect the Constitution, Bill of Rights and private enterprise and things will fall into place. |
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when he started using talking points sent out by his party, instead of using his own head. He should just stop reading them before the show and he'd be more credible again. I used to like him. |
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i watch this show after i tivo it so that i can fast forward thru the alan parts. |
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what is this weird & strange far right obsession with the fairness doctrine REALLY all about? I don't know of anybody with any power who is trying to stifle your bastions of intellectual merit like Sean Hannity or Michael Savage; in fact, the more they rant the better it is for Democrats.
What is it about conspiracies that you guys love so much? |
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It's ok oh, economically dense liberal, let's try to explain it one more time. The current media markets without the fairness doctrine are essentially free markets. These companies make money by selling advertising which is based on the audience numbers and composition they attract.
Here's the problem companies who buy the advertising want to sell their products. And liberal media outlets don't have the audience to support the fees they try to collect from running the advertising. The main media outlets are predominately liberal and seeing their audiences shrink by the day. The liberal newspapers have been losing money for years and this past year the New York Times lost almost half a billion dollars. Which is why it's down sizing. Oddly enough the more conservative New York Post is getting an increase in readership. The same thing is happening on the tube the Fox News Channel is gaining views while CBS, NBC, ABC as well as MSNBC and CNN are losing viewers. In the talk radio arena this has already played itself out. The reason conservatives rule the radio air waves is simply because people listen to their shows. Now liberals did try to compete with the ill fated Air America which collapsed under the total lack of listeners. The problem with the fairness doctrine is that because liberals don't have a rational case to state they can't get people to listen so they must use the law to force air time where people are listening. |
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HE MUST OF BEEN A LAWYER AT ONE TIME FOR THE ACLU!COMES IS TOO LIBERAL! |
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Alan Colmes would be nothing if not for Sean Hannity. Ever notice that it is always Sean that gets the great interviews and not Colmes? Colmes was a huge Hillary supporter and very vocal about it, why was he not able to secure an interview with Hillary?
I usually mute the TV or do some things around the house while the windbag is in his "mode" or angry leftist attacks. That is what I cannot tolerate the most about Colmes, he is always ANGRY.
I feel sorry for Monica Crowley at holiday/family gatherings with this angry man now part of her family. |
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I listen to talk radio to hear what I think is the right voice for me.I would like to hear good talk radio,not the crap that the left likes to spew and hate an race baiting. |
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I too turn down the volume when windbag Alan speaks. Everything that comes out of his mouth is nothing but an embarrassment to the Liberal-lefties. IF I were a Liberal I would be mortified to have this blowhard represent me. If it weren't for the fact that he is seated next to Hannity he would be out of a job. Fox keeps him simply because they can't find another Liberal wackjob to do any better.
I am SHOCKED that Alan is opposing a Liberal idea...if he is. He is so in the sack for anything and everything they stand for...even stating that" O.J. Simpson is innocent of the murders!!!" Now you got to know that he's an idiot for that alone!!
I wish Fox could dump him! |
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A few nitwits bring up the fairnes doctrine and everybody gets a fart stuck in edgewise. As a liberal I can say this thing is going nowhere--and it shouldn't. Liberals have more than enough air and ink to get their message out. The thing is an attack on free speech. |
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I'm very liberal but visit this site daily(I hope you guys all visit Dailykos to get an idea of the other side's arguement). No liberals I know want to put the fairness doctrine into affect again. I promise. Stop worrying!! You just sound like nuts. |
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Conservatives killed talk radio? Gosh, last time I checked Rush et al were growing strong. Oh! Perhaps he means the liberal side of talk radio. That kills itself every time.
And, what exactly has conservatism done to this country that's so awful? You never hear anything but that statement, like we're all supposed to inherently understand conservatives are hell bent on doing evil.
The only reason liberals won't push the "Censorship" doctrine is that it would apply to them and the MSM. |
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I am one conservative that wants the left to push the Fairness Doctrine and for that matter Card Check,Illegal amnesty,forced health care,raising the corporate and capital gains taxes,reducing our military,taking the pledge of allegiance out of our schools,etc,etc,..... Maybe this is what it will take for America to wake up! |
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Some of you have indicated that liberals do not want the Fairness Doctrine either.
To those who hold this view -- welcome to the club. The House and Senate don't care what you think! |
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but CBS, NBC and ABC are. PBS is supported by government funding, as are public universities, where a diversity of IDEAS is practically non-existant, unless you want to get assaulted with a pie thrown in your face for practicing free speech. Talk about NUTS!!! |
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Never met a liberal he wouldn't defend, no matter what the issue... This guy is really a sad face on the liberal stage...
I think the show would be very spectacular if they replaced colmes with Kirsten Powers. Kirstin at least tries to be objective and honest. She provides some valid arguments versus colmes idiotic towing of the DNC line. Colmes hasn't an honest political bone in his body and is no debator.
Alan, changing the subject or saying "well republicans did this or that" when you don't like the answer is not a debate.
If you read this, I only have a HS diploma and 43 yrs of life experiance, but I challange you to a debate if you have the stones.... I'll win pal I guarantee that... |
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and their talking points to Pre-Natal Colmes, who stopped thinking for himself about 8 years ago. We know what they are up to and those ruses are getting old. (((YAWN)))
That's why nobody is interested in wasting time listening to AirAmerica. Some old friends of mine started that, I'm sorry to say they got in over their heads because they didn't realize who they were dealing with. They were intelligent, but not exactly street smart. You had to be there and they weren't. I know, because I was. |
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sarah writes: Thursday, November, 20, 2008 6:02 PM
Fair is Fair - McCain will support it.
Sarah, you gotta be kidding? McCain picked on during the Primaries? That vile little Bantam Rooster and you think it was Romney's fault? Radio Moscow back in the good old bad days had ideas similar to yours and you want the Fairness Doctrine? Radio Moscow was fair too as long as you agreed with the Communist Party line.
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Alan:
Good Luck on your new weekend show. Whatever happened to Juliet and the two other anchors of Fox and Friends. They just show them in Cleveland and their ratings stink. It seems that Fox moves the less popular anchors to the weekend and then they are gone. What happened to rita what was her name. Oh she gone. As we have seen that liberal radio tanked. Air American? are they not bankrupt. I hope they will not get in line for a bail out. It seems that the way everyone is going. My question is if everyone gets a bailout. Who will bail out the bailouters? Let me know. I hope our country can survive another four years of Jimmy Carter. Plull out and warm up the rosary beads.
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