When Ed Schultz from MSNBC's The Ed Show advocated the return of the Fairness Doctrine in order to regulate talk radio, people yawned. Who the devil is Ed Schultz and why would we care about him? FYI: Ed Schultz is a liberal yakker whose definition of the talk radio that he would like to see regulated is conservative talk radio. Schultz is assuming that conservatives blindly follow radio hosts by being easily manipulated with "low information". Well the truth is that too many conservative listeners do follow blindly, but most don't. The same is true for liberal listeners. The majority of liberal listeners are not petitioning Congress for the return of the Fairness Doctrine. Ed Schultz's desire to regulate talk radio is easily dismissed for being self-serving. The vitriol being spewed on conservative talk radio is not so easily dismissed...
When Barack Obama was asked by Harry Smith, co-anchor of the CBS Early Show if he was aware of the extreme terms some use to describe him as "socialist" or "Nazi", the president replied, "It happens often when you've got an economy that is making people more anxious, and people are feeling like there is a lot of change that needs to take place. But that's not the vast majority of Americans. I think the vast majority of Americans know that we're trying hard, that I want what's best for the country." He also said "That when you listen to Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck, it's pretty apparent, and it's troublesome, but keep in mind that there have been periods in American history where this kind of vitriol comes out." ...
I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle of the president's statement. The vast majority of Americans only care about their own personal needs. They also don't acknowledge that the president is trying hard and most don't care either. I believe that the vast majority feel that his health plan is being force-fed and they don't like it one bit. I also feel that the vitriol being spewed by the conservative right incites too many people to commit acts of violence. I am for free speech, against the return of the Fairness Doctrine but also against the spewing of hateful rhetoric. I think it's time for conservative talk radio to tone it down a bit...
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1949] A killing blaze: A fire in an Effingham (IL) hospital kills 77 and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the U.S...
2.1969] Hell no, we won't go: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities...
3.1976] 'Happy Trails': Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes dies from kidney failure at 72...1981] Bob "Bear" Hite of Canned Heat passes away from a heart attack at 36...1992] Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton succumbs to cancer at 74...2006] Gene Pitney is found dead in his Cardiff (Wales) hotel room during a UK tour. Pitney dies from natural causes...
4.1982] Chapter 11: Record World Magazine, which was founded in 1946 as Music Vendor and changed its name to Record World in 1964, folds...
5.1984] Record breaker: Kareem Abdul Jabbar becomes the highest scoring player in NBA history with 31,421 career points. He still holds the career record with 38,387 points...
6.1987] Release the hounds: Fox Broadcasting Co. makes its prime time TV debut...
7.1992] The siege is on: The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protesters...
8.1993] What timeout?: Michigan's Chris Webber calls a timeout his Wolverines don't have, resulting in a technical and loss of the ball. North Carolina wins its 3rd national title (second under Dean Smith) 77-71...
9.1999] Surrender made and accepted: Libya surrenders two suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland to a U.N. representative...
10.2008] Death of an icon: Charlton Heston dies from pneumonia at 84...
Music Memories:
•1985] "We Are The World": An estimated 5,000 radio stations simultaneously play "We Are The World" to raise money to feed those starving in Africa and the U.S...Harvey Mednick considers this one of the proudest moments at R&R for he and Dwight Case. Ken Kragen receives an award at that year's NAB convention for his work on "USA For Africa" which was benefited by the "We Are The World" promotion...
•1993] Rocking the ground: Ground is broken in Cleveland for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Here's a clip from the 2010 Induction Ceremony...
Commentary:
On Tuesday, April 13, A Hearing Conservation Workshop will be presented at NYU's Steinhardt Music Technology Center, 35 West 4th Street, between LaGuardia Place and University Place from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. This Hearing Conservation Workshop will offer a new approach to promoting awareness of the ever-increasing problem of noise and music-induced hearing loss. This is an open event. Anyone is welcome to join and invite others to join. Additional information is available at http://www.heartomorrow.org/ ...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
(4/5) Agnetha (ABBA) Faltskog (60), Michael Moriarty (69), Colin Powell (73), Billy Bland (78) and Gale Storm (88)...
Timeline Countdown: Tonight is the NCAA Championship game, 26 days until the Kentucky Derby, 35 days until Mother's Day and 56 days until Memorial Day...
