How Fair is the Fairness Doctrine?

Recently the Fairness Doctrine has been talked about heavily and the rumors are that it will soon be put into effect concerning talk radio.

Wow... really?

Basically, since the liberals can't compete with conservative talk show hosts, they are just going to crush the radio movement all together. With a brush of his pen, President Elect Obama can put the Fairness Doctrine into effect, which essentially is digging a grave for our elite conservative voices. Please give your respects to the great Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Mark Belling- soon they will ridden from our airwaves.

The haters may be saying "the Fairness Doctrine isn't forcing conservative talk radio off the air, so stop being dramatic." Well, that's true, it won't technically remove all conservative talk radio. However, the chain of events will most certainly lead to at best, a decrease in intelligent conversation on the AM dial.

Let me break it down:

Once the Fairness Doctrine is put into effect, a station will have to play an hour of liberal talk radio to balance the conservative talk. The problem here is that liberals cannot effectively speak without big pictures or crude gestures, making it difficult for them to have successful radio programs. Conservative radio is incredibly popular because it makes sense and it says what the regular mainstream media is afraid to say, or just chooses to ignore. Well, people enjoy listening to conservative radio, so they tune in. Ratings for shows such as Sean Hannity are massive, so local stations keep him on the line-up. A liberal voice, Alan Colmes, for example, will not have nearly as high of ratings. Once the Doctrine is put into effect, local stations will make money for an hour with the Hannity show, and then lose money for an hour with the Colmes show. Local stations will be lucky to break even. With those numbers, small stations won't think it's worth the trouble and they will pull all political talk shows off air and replace it with music. Thus, conservative radio dies, along with freedom of speech, outlined in the Constitution.

Here is my major issue with this whole thing:

The Fairness Doctrine won't be applied to any other media. Newspapers? No. Internet? No. Television? Hell no... of course not, because those mediums are heavily dominated by liberal bias. The liberals in power are about to take away the only medium where conservative ideas may be expessed completely. I think it's pretty ridiculous to apply the rules just when it's convenient. Good job, liberals. You're so slick.

I love how freedom of speech is only important to the left when it benefits them. I love how equality matters, until they are calling the shots, then suddenly it doesn't matter so much. How can people ignore these horrific truths about the left in this country? It makes me sick and sad at the same time. Open your eyes, people, this is the world that we're living in... that YOU chose!

The Constitution is being defaced by a new radical agenda, and nobody seems to care, or even notice! Hypocrits are running the show and everyone smiles and chants "change!"

Wow... really?