RUSH LIMBAUGH makes an unusual martyr. He's a rich, white and often rather nasty celebrity. He has the look of a man who eats steak for breakfast. He likes to smoke huge cigars. But a martyr is exactly what he will become if some of America's most prominent politicians get their way.
Avisen mener at hele tankegangen om rettferdighet i media er en farlig gjenlevning fra dengang luftbølgene var en ressursknapphet og før vi fikk dagens medieeksplosjon. De mener argumentene for statlig regulering faller på sin egen urimelighet:
America is buzzing with more than 14,000 radio stations. There is nothing to stop American liberals—or indeed communists, Trotskyites or Spartacists—from establishing their own stations. The reason why the leftist flagship Air America Radio almost ran aground last year was not because of lack of spectrum but because of lack of talent and good management.
De som vil ha mer regulering peker spesielt på to argumenter: 1) at eierskapsstrukturen er urettferdig og gir en fordel for talkshow-verter på høyresiden og 2) at folk trenger å bli kjent med argumentene på begge sider av en debatt.
Avisen syns sistnevnte er et høyverdig argument som det stinker åndssnobberi av fra lang avstand og konkluderer så her:
Whatever its problems, America does not suffer from a shortage of opinion or debate. The magazine racks of bookstores groan with political magazines. The radio waves buzz with comment from the left-wing Pacifica Radio to the far-right nutcases. Every man and his dog has a blog. The idea that the government should be hauled in to regulate a fraction of this exploding universe is absurd. No wonder Congress has an even lower approval rating than Mr Bush.
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