We were going to start this story by saying, “Bill Press called called free speech on the radio a ‘failed experiment from the Reagan era.’” But we were worried you would react by saying, “Bill who”
Press is a yet another failed liberal talk show host. A bitter, angry liberal talk show host. But we repeat ourselves.
“Maybe it’s time,” Press said in a Washington Post op-ed piece today, “to bring back the Fairness Doctrine — and bring competition back to talk radio in Washington and elsewhere.”
Press is upset because his Washington, DC affiliate dropped the liberal talk format. He says it was canceled because of “an exclusive, tightly-held, conservative media conspiracy.” The station says it was canceled because the format was so spectacularly unsuccessful that it ranked dead last in the latest ratings.
We have to agree with Press on one thing: there is a conspiracy here. Unfortunately for Press, it’s a conspiracy of listeners who want entertaining radio.
