Thursday 6 November 2008





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



 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 just-released 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 in Newsmax magazine, including:

  • Why taxes will skyrocket if Democrats win in '08
  • The Condi Rice report card
  • Dick Morris explains Huckabee's success
  • Bush aide: Fred Thompson targeted
  • CNN's Jack Cafferty hits media elitism
  • Microsoft's incredible plan to get your health records
  • Iran's other program: biological weapons
  • 20 tips on how the GOP can win the White House in '08
  • Hollywood greens up its act
  • Toxic waste pit could yield cancer cures
  • "Latin Hillary" could warm U.S.-Argentina relations
  • The four keys to early retirement
  • Dobbs and Forbes: An independent will win in '08
  • U.S. mint plans "first spouse" coin
  • Russell Crowe to be baptized
  • Fight brews over drinking laws
  • Book excerpt: Kenneth R. Timmerman's "Shadow Warriors"
  • "Star Trek" voyages on without Shatner
  • Beauty queen rides with American Legion vets
  • South American radicals undermine region's economy
  • Jack Nicklaus talks to Newsmax: his global golf expansion
  • Stars avoid the GOP label
  • Google searches for a master plan
  • The best hotel spa treatments
  • Top 10 ways to pocket your cash
  • Surviving the attack of the superbugs
  • 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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