Political Quote of the Day

From lefty talk show host Bill Press on why he supports the Fairness Doctrine:

I know why I’m interested in it because I get up every morning at 3:45, I do three hours of talk radio every day from six to nine, that’s my life, it’s my business, I want to make money at it, and I want to be heard.

Once again a lefty confuses the right to speak with a non-existent right to be heard. Lefty talk radio has been a financial disaster, not because of some evil conservative cabal determined to keep it off the air, but because a format which consists largely of whining, complaining and denigrating America is not entertaining or something that large numbers of people want to listen to. It has very limited commercial appeal. Even in liberal Washington D.C. the local Obama 1260 talker that Press was on had to switch formats when its ratings dropped to sub-atomic levels.

The Fairness Doctrine will not guarantee that Press will be heard. It may, however, guarantee that people in other markets will have the privilege of turning him off.