Larry Norman once sang "you say all men are equal, all men are brothers, then why are the rich more equal than others?" And in regards to the way the Supreme Court defines free speech, the rich are certainly "more equal" than the poor since spending money is seen as a protected first amendment right when it comes to political advertising. OK, so the Fairness Doctrine is a different issue, but a similar principle. Of course the "free market" will pay for conservative talk since it is the conservatives in this country who fight the hardest to protect big business. This is not rocket science!
The airwaves are meant to be public, that is, they are "owned" by you and me. It is a limited resource in need of regulation because it would be chaos if anyone with a transmitter started broadcasting on any frequency they felt like. But the airwaves have been sold to the highest bidders and now most of the media is controlled by a handful of huge conglomerates. Without something like the Fairness Doctrine the equal access will go the way of the dinosaur.
And I find it strange that Pastor Tom has so much faith in the wisdom of the free market given his strong belief in human depravity. Yesterday big government was going to doom us, but today big business will save us? What about the "wisdom" of the market that brings us violence and pornography through multiple media? Aren't those examples of the market deciding what is best? Something isn't fair and balanced here.
Blog you later,
Pastor Ian
This blog is a direct response to Pastor Tom's Engaging Your World (Click on the title of my post to read his post for that day) I do this not to be contrary or reactionary, but simply to demonstrate that conservatives do not have an exclusive claim on Christian proclamation. When I want to raise an issue instead of responding to Pastor Tom, I do so at my other blog, Culture Dove
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