Talk radio is an asset to our nation because it encourages strong and healthy debate about public policy, and there is no reason to affect that debate with government legislation.
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Talk radio doesn't need to be political.
For years everyone looked toward the demise of radio when television came along. Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.
Conservative talk radio works because there are lots of conservatives who are convinced that they are not getting the whole story from the regular media.
The reason that conservative talk radio works is because there is an audience for it.
Do we really want the FCC to conduct investigations and issue warnings to radio talk show hosts nationwide who simply discuss the important issues of our time? The Constitution says 'freedom of speech,' not 'freedom of government-approved fair speech in rationed amounts.'
Giving people what they want isn't just good radio; it's also the right way to run a country.
What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. It's all part of the suffocating spin cycle we're in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base.
Presidential election results in 2008 and 2012 clarified that talk radio was not, in fact, running the country.
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
American media has just become talk radio, incredibly partisan name-calling and op-eds.
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