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Mark Lloyd FCC Diversity Czar
Van Jones is a gone pecan and the right wing libertarian movement led by the new de facto head of the conservative party Glenn Beck smells blood . Fresh off the ousting of former special assistant for "green jobs" Van Jones Glenn Beck supporters are calling for the public lynching of FCC Diversity Czar Mark Lloyd . For conservatives to effectively target Mark Lloyd it looks like it will take more than it did to bounce Van Jones out of his position . Lets look into Mark Lloyd's back ground to see if there is enough rope .
What do Conservatives and right wing talk shows have against Mark Lloyd . Well for starters they do not like the article he co authored a few years ago while he was working at "The Center For American Progress" entitled "The Structural Imbalance Of Political Talk Radio." Mark Lloyd said about his article " the gap between conservative and progressive talk radio is the result of multiple structural problems in the U.S. regulatory system, particularly the complete breakdown of the public trustee concept of broadcast, the elimination of clear public interest requirements for broadcasting, and the relaxation of ownership rules including the requirement of local participation in management." The report’s authors explicitly state that they do not think the Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated, and Lloyd has since said that he has “no plans or interest” to resurrect the law.
Approximately 91 percent of weekday talk radio programming is conservative, and just nine percent is progressive. However, “43 percent of regular talk radio listeners identify as conservative, while 23 percent identify as liberal and 30 percent as moderate.” Much of this imbalance was created in the wave of consolidation after the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which “removed the national limit on the number of radio stations that one could own.” What progressives like Lloyd are advocating is not more liberalism, but more localism.
Mark Lloyd may be conservative dominated talk radios highest profile target but writing a few articles and expressing your views in a non-radical format is not enough rope in my estimation for Glenn Beck supporters to go after Mark Lloyd.
The Crux of the matter (Have you ever heard of a Monopoly?) - Is localism code word for Fairness Doctrine? , no it isn't , Rush Limbaugh started the popularity of conservative talk shows in the 80's and since then broadcasting owners have jumped on the band wagon . I do not support a forced balancing of the radio markets . I do support radio broadcasters giving liberal shows at least a chance to make it on the air , which is something they are not doing . Plenty of liberal shows would be willing to come up with their own financing until they can attract advertisers . So where are the liberal shows? They were run out of town during the Reagan era when the Fairness Doctrine was changed . If your opponent does not take the field they can not win the game. Why not open radio up and see who comes out on top of a competitive market place? , Rush Limbaugh is not going anywhere . Once again it comes down to dollars. See those two figures in the 3rd paragraph (23 & 30 =53) . More than half of conservative talk show listeners are not even conservative . Conservative broadcasters do not want to let liberal shows in on the action for fear their large number of non-conservative listeners will dwindle .
Let us not kid ourselves , radio is big business .
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