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The Spirit of Radio

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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The Fairness Doctrine

The federal communications commission, which licenses broadcasters Uh or licenses stations the air of the broadcasters. If someone has complained about your compliance with the fairness doctrine You could have your license pulled and so the idea was if you're worried about that You're going to stop airing right-wing broadcasters to avoid getting these complaints against you. So it's a very effective way of suppressing political dissent. It turns the radio right of the early 60s into a shell of its former stuff Self we're talking about mac and tai are going from like 475 radio stations in 64 to less than 100 by the end of the decade. There is no evidence that obama said she wanted to go after the tea party groups

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