Megyn Kelly Rips Bill Press Over The Fairness Doctrine
Megyn kicks off with “Hi, Bill. You have a little self-interest on this one perhaps?”
Bill Press, a liberal talk radio host, clearly does.
The free speech implications of the Fairness Doctrine aside (they’re important, don’t get me wrong), I think the other way to look at this issue is welfare for liberal talk radio flops like Bill Press and Ed Schultz. These people simply aren’t competitive in the talk radio market as is and want the government to step in and mandate that they get a certain amount of air time.
The Democrats think that they key to winning over so-called “red” areas of the country is to get liberal talkers on the radio to white wash their actions and justify their policies. And if the people living in those areas won’t choose to listen to people like Press and Schultz, the Democrats are more than willing to use the power of government to make them.
