Howard Fineman is less than honest--not a "Fairness Doctrine"

Newsweek's Howard Fineman suggests the playing field should be leveled in radio, that this is a prime goal of the Democrat Party, but he doesn't mention Air America Radio nor his own appearances there. In their own tv documentary Air America personnel were heard saying how important their radio network would be in assuring victory for the Democrat Presidential nominee.

• Which is fine except in his entire article about how the Democrats feel underserved by talk radio, Fineman doesn't mention Air America. The network pretty much flopped because it didn't attract enough of an audience to make it successful, despite infusions of cash from sympathetic persons and organizations.

Simply acknowledging Air America would've ruined Newsweek's and/or Fineman's thesis. Equal time exists. It just didn't turn out equal results. What a crazy obsession these people have for the wrong reasons. Now he says they want to bring back the "Fairness Doctrine."

• "Level the Field" Fineman? You've got CNN, MSNBC, much of Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, The NY Times, the LA Times, the Boston Globe, Time and Newsweek, etc., etc. Not bad for those guys.

Newsweek article 5/15/07 by Howard Fineman, "Leveling the Media Playing Field."

• Their premise is wrong. The ratings have followed the talent. Air America and its funders have always seen it backwards, wanting to "start shaping the national debate the way that Right Wing talk radio does every day." They attribute a national movement to radio alone incorrectly. They'll never find anyone who can compete in the 'arena of ideas' and also has a personality like Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Grant or even Don Imus. (sm)

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