It IS scary when threats of that kind of "policing" surface. Its like the "fairness doctrine" for radio. When they threaten to bring that back, its not that I'm scared of politics on my station. We steer CLEAR of that and leave it to the "all talk" stations. What scares me is if someone pushes the envelope too far, and says, "since you give time to the local Public Schools, I'm AGAINST them and I want equal time." You may laugh, but all the GOOD radio and other media can do can be WIPED OUT by one or two loudmouths, if anything like the fairness doctrine come back. Its not the rule itself. Its those who BEND the rules for their own agendas. And yes, THAT scares me. We do too much good as an industry (and locally) for that to happen. And, so do sites like this one!
Applause to you, Scott for awareness. Missed the original popup and post, but applause.