[Rick Lee]

I couldn't care less about NPR's political leanings IF they received no taxpayer funding. They are a prime example of a very popular channel that has no business getting subsidies, as they should have no problem at all standing on their own two feet. My guess is that they will never do so, as their success would defeat any further argument for the "Fairness Doctrine".

Unfortunately, we lose either way with this election, as both candidates care nothing about the First Amendment. No way will Obama rebuff Congress's efforts to reinstate the "Fairness Doctrine" if he's POTUS. And McCain's campaign finance law has already been vetted by the SCOTUS, which also thought nothing of trampling on free speech. The "Fairness Doctrine" (such an Orwellian name) has nothing to do with spreading left-wing gospel and everything to do with putting conservative talk radio out of business on smaller affiliate stations, which could never afford to devote "equal time" to stuff that no advertiser would want to touch. Air Amerika is a perfect example of why liberals don't want to let market economics run the radio business.