The Upcoming Battle For Talk Radio

The Battle for Talk Radio:
Powerful Foes Want to End the Gabfest

 
The 2008 election has been decided and one thing is clear: the enemies of talk radio are firmly in control of the White House and Congress. Sen. Chuck Schumer and his fellow Democrats are promising an all-out attack on talk radio.  

With a new "Fairness Doctrine" backed by an Obama White House, political talk, as we know it, will end.

If these forces of darkness win, Rush, Imus, Hannity, Savage, Beck, and dozens of other major hosts will be muzzled by using federal regulations to control political talk.

So, what's their plan of attack?

As Newsmax magazine reveals in its special report, "The Battle for Talk Radio," leading liberals in Congress, the Democratic presidential candidates, and even some Republicans speak openly of their plans to end conservative talk radio using federal regulations.

Their weapon: a revived Fairness Doctrine, which would once again require stations to air divergent points of view — a clever ruse that makes station owners leery of airing controversial talk-radio hosts fearing law suits and federal sanctions.

With a new Fairness Doctrine, you could see many top conservative radio hosts canned.

This Newsmax special report also features an exclusive interview with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly who tells Newsmax there is no question a plan is being hatched. "The far-left kooks will try, but they will fail," O'Reilly says.

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This exclusive Newsmax report explores:

• Why the Don Imus controversy was the first skirmish in a bigger war
• Hillary Clinton's secret role in getting Imus fired
• Why Imus calls Hillary "Satan" and vows revenge
• Talker Glenn Beck's chilling prediction for freedom of speech
• Why liberals can't win ratings in radio — but conservatives do
• Naming names: powerful Democrats who favor the Fairness Doctrine
• How Ronald Reagan torpedoed the Doctrine — and fought off its reinstatement
• Trent Lott's surprising remark about talk radio
• How Rush Limbaugh turned the tables on Sen. Harry Reid
• Wesley Clark's campaign against Limbaugh
• Media Matters' "blacklist" of conservative talkers
• National Public Radio's tilt to the left
• Laura Ingraham's dire forecast about a Hillary Clinton presidency
• How presidents tried to wield the Fairness Doctrine for political advantage
• Imus' new simulcast partner: "Training Mules and Donkeys"
• Talk radio and the "new McCarthyism"
• GOP Rep. Mike Pence's campaign to stop the Fairness Doctrine
• Clear Channel's strategic moves to "appease" Democrats
• The supposed adversary that saved Air America
• How the Fairness Doctrine's repeal led to the surge in talk-radio stations
• The lawsuit that threatens political talk radio
• How Democrats can re-impose the Doctrine — without congressional action
• And much more

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This edition of Newsmax magazine is not to be missed.

In addition to hard-hitting investigative reports and special commentary from Ben Stein, Dick Morris, John Stossel, Bill O'Reilly, Christopher Ruddy, David Limbaugh, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Ed Koch, James Hirsen and others, you get much more inNewsmax magazine, including:

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• 20 tips on how the GOP can win the White House in '08
• Hollywood greens up its act
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• "Latin Hillary" could warm U.S.-Argentina relations
• The four keys to early retirement
• Dobbs and Forbes: An independent will win in '08
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• MSG's bad reputation: well-deserved

PLUS: Ronald Kessler's Washington

Again, there is so much more in Newsmax magazine, which won a Silver Eddie Award in the News/Commentary category of Folio magazine's prestigious journalism awards, the Eddies.

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Obama Win Could Be the Beginning of the End for Freedom of Speech!!

Obama Ad Hits Rush Limbaugh

The Barack Obama campaign has released new TV and radio ads in Spanish that tie Republican opponent John McCain to anti-immigrant comments allegedly made by radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh denies making those assertions. The ads, airing in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, also suggest McCain has "dos caras" — "two faces" — when it comes to his relations with Latino voters. (another lie if you look at McCain's record and character...) "They want us to forget the insults we've put up with, the intolerance," the television ad's announcer says in Spanish as a picture of Rush Limbaugh appears onscreen with quotes of him saying, "Mexicans are stupid and unqualified" and "Shut your mouth or get out." "They made us feel marginalized in a country we love so much," the ad continues in a translation provided by The Washington Post. "John McCain and his Republican friends have two faces. One that says lies just to get our vote and another, even worse, that continues the failed policies of George Bush that put special interests ahead of working families." The companion radio ad uses the same script as above and then continues: "Don't forget that John McCain abandoned us rather than confront the leaders of the Republican Party. Many of us were born here, and others came to work and achieve a better life for their families — not to commit crimes or drain the system like many of John McCain's friends claim. Let's not be fooled by political tricks from John McCain and the Republicans. Vote so they respect us. Vote for a change." Limbaugh reacted to the ads on Wednesday, telling his listeners: “I never said those things … We have this ad in which I am misquoted and impugned… “Even in the heat of the amnesty battle, I never said shut your mouth or get out. “What we have learned is that the usual suspects are behind this. The Media Matters types, the Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting types.” Limbaugh explained the context in which one of his alleged anti-Latino quotes was uttered. “The statement you're a foreigner, shut your mouth and get out, was made, I did say it, but in a parody of Mexican immigration laws in a Morning Update April 6th of 2006. “We were making fun of Mexican immigration laws by trying to point out the stark difference between what you can do as an immigrant or illegal immigrant in Mexico versus what they can do here. “Now, let me just give you some of the highlights of this: ‘Everybody's making immigration proposals these days. Let me add mine to the mix. Call it the Limbaugh Laws… “‘First, if you emigrate to our country you have to speak the native language. You have to be a professional or an investor. No unskilled workers allowed. Also there will be no special bilingual programs in the schools with the Limbaugh Laws, no special ballots for elections, no government business will be conducted in your language, foreigners will not have the right to vote or hold political office. “‘If you're in our country, you cannot be a burden to taxpayers. You are not entitled to welfare, food stamps, or other government goodies. You can come if you invest here an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage. If not, stay home. But if you want to buy land it's going to be restricted. No waterfront, for instance. As a foreigner, you must relinquish individual rights to the property. “‘And another thing, you don't have the right to protest. You're allowed no demonstrations, no foreign flag waving, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or his policies. You're a foreigner, either shut your mouth or get out. And if you come here illegally, you're going to jail. “‘You think the Limbaugh Laws are harsh? Well, every one of these laws I just mentioned are actual laws of Mexico today. That's how the Mexican government handles immigrants in their country, yet Mexicans come here illegally and protest in our streets. How do you say double standard in Spanish?’” Limbaugh said on Wednesday that the left “constantly takes me totally out of context” and added: “The Obama campaign has taken ‘shut your mouth or get out’ from this commentary and put it in an Obama ad and claiming I said that about Mexicans in this country, when I never have, plain and simple.” If Obama gets elected he will try to have programs like Rush Lindbaugh's taken of the air... the first step in ending freedom of speech.  You don't have to agree with Rush Lindbaugh, but sensoring who is on the airwaves and what is said... is another right taken from you and another freedom lost!!  But you also have to wonder why Obama would feel it is necessary to distort Rush's words... and make you wonder what else he has distorted or will distort.  This ad isn't just a little campagin fudge!  As far as McCain goes... his record should stand for itself,  and at least he doesn't vote 'present' most of the time. 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