Rationality Rears Its Transient Head

Amid all the lefty howling over Sinclair Broadcasting's airing of Stolen Honor next week, Josh "ua Micah" Marshall has what amounts (in context) to a sane, responsible idea.

He writes:

A thought.

I understand that George Soros is a rather wealthy man. Perhaps he should announce that he is interested in buying 90 minutes of prime time air time on Sinclair Broadcasting to show either Fahrenheit 9/11 or, even more appropriately, Going Upriver, the new movie out about John Kerry during the Vietnam era.

Great idea, Josh!...

Er, except why just Sinclair stations?

If Sinclair won't sell the time, they're exposed for what they already clearly are. If the FEC won't allow it, on the premise that it amounts to a de facto campaign contribution to the Democrats or the Kerry campaign, then the folly of our current campaign laws is exposed.

Yeah! He's onto something!

Here's what we conservatives should do: Buy a couple of hours on Air America to protest their slanted, biased views!

Oh, wait - they'd reject it, because they have a First Amendment right to broadcast a liberal agenda. OK, fair enough.

So how about we get a group to buy ad time on commercial broadcast stations to redress the active spin against that group's cause? Say, the NRA, maybe? They have (allegedly) deep pockets...

...oh, wait. That was tried in the nineties. The networks and many local affiliates rejected NRA-sponsored ads intended to correct lies told about them by the likes of Sara Brady. Nothing compels them to carry advertising that counters their agenda, apparently.

Oy. So apparently Josh "ua"'s idea...:

I doubt somehow that Soros would ever end up having to spend the money. But he has a big enough checkbook to force the issue.

...is doomed.

Liberals are obviously singled out for discrimination in the media!

Posted by Mitch at October 15, 2004 08:28 AM | TrackBack