Censorship
Subtitle: the threat to silence talk radio
By: Brian Jennings.
Publisher: Threshold; Threshold Editions
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781439154427
Subjects: Fairness doctrine (Broadcasting) -- United States; Radio talk shows -- Law and legislation -- United States; Radio -- Censorship -- United States
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Sean Hannity; title: Preface / Greg Walden; title: Introduction: Us vs. them; title: Talk radio in jeopardy: at what price free speech?; title: The First Amendment: yesterday and today; title: The Fairness Doctrine: what it means for you; title: The Bingaman bombshell: a call for censorship; title: Hush Rush: Limbaugh sounds off; title: Radio hosts tee off: the perfect firestorm; title: The Lilliputians: Savage calls censors little people; title: Silence: rumor has it more-balanced talk could have prevented the war; title: Dingy Harry: Reid gets it wrong; title: Censorship by Congress: legislative efforts exposed; title: Obama weighs in: our new president's history of censorship; title: That's entertainment! Why conservative talk radio works (and liberal talk doesn't); title: A liberal rejects censorship: Alan Colmes just says "No!"; title: The gospel according to radio: the impact on Christian broadcasting; title: Bias! Talk radio as a balance to mainstream media; title: The birth of talk radio: the origins of conservative talk; title: Constitution Day: a celebration of personal freedom; title: Congress weighs in: legislation for and against censorship; title: The digital explosion: how the Internet makes the Fairness Doctrine obsolete; title: Fair & balanced: should it be legislated?; title: Grassroots intimidation: backdoor tactics; title: The myth: the need for balance in broadcasting; title: Hometown radio: local vs. big media; title: "Good morning, Vietnam!" Free speech on Armed Forces Radio; title: The speech police: liberal activist groups force fairness; title: The left-wing smear machine: conservative talk fights back; title: Is America next? Canadian free speech squelched; title: The speech terrorists: conservative talk vs. radical Islam; title: The Obama Doctrine: the united church of fairness; title: The "Fairness" Communications Commission: how the FCC will censor; title: Radio fights back: radio managers take a stand; title: Censors in action: radio hosts silenced; title: What would the great communicator say? Michael Reagan speaks out; title: Censorship: don't let it happen again!