To the Editor,

I sensed a great deal of anger (oh the hypocrisy) directed at conservatives in the November 23^rd  Times Union editorial “Anger management” by K.C.Halloran. The title goes on to state: “Once amusing, right-wing talk radio is becoming increasingly hard to handle.” I doubt self-described bleeding heart liberals like Mr. Halloran ever really felt that conservative thinkers were “amusing”. I’ve come to suspect that describing conservatives that way was simply one method some liberals used to protect their contemporaries from the risk of being informed, educated and ultimately converted.

As an informed reader of all perspectives, I have to conclude that “Anger management” is one of many such articles we’ll be forced to endure in the liberal media’s concerted effort to re-institute The Fairness Doctrine.

But you liberals may want to rethink - excuse me - you may want to think about how you feel about the so called “fairness” of forcing your opponents in the media to give equal time to your point of view. It works both ways.

I have first hand experience in trying to submit rebuttals to a number of newspapers’ biased and inaccurate editorials. Most articles that I have written in response to liberal falsehoods and misinformation have gone unpublished. I have longed for the day we could get an honest debate over the important issues of our time.

So if you think you will be happy when local radio stations are forced to provide three hours of Al Franken opposite Rush Limbaugh or equal time for Alan Chartock after Paul Vandenburgh, just remember you’ll have to endure being informed of things the liberal media doesn’t want you to know.

There are good reasons why Franken and Chartock’s radio shows can’t make it on commercial radio. Profitable radio stations will loose a great deal of profit as advertisers choose not to pay for airtime when nobody is listening. Reduced profit also means reduced tax revenue to pay for public radio stations like WAMC. I can think of at least one humorous plus that may come out of all this. If we could get Al Franken to co-anchor a show with Ben Stein, we could call it the Franken Stein Show.

DRC