Rush has been off the air all week getting treatment for his lung cancer, however, he’ll be back in a big way today. President Donald Trump will join Rush for what he’s calling the “largest virtual rally in radio history.” Rush has set up a special e-mail inbox for listeners to submit questions for the President.
Listeners will have the chance to submit their questions for the President. More details can be found here.
Listen to Rush making the announcement.
It would be great if Mr. Biden would accept a two-hour rally with Rush but it would never happen as Mr. Biden lacks the capacity to lead a discussion. He has been reduced to babbling canned lines to answer or avoid questions.
The Trump rally was radio reminiscent of early local talk radio as it was not the formulaic system in use by every station not named WISN by every host not named Mark Belling.
Big A, do political ad guidelines say you have to OFFER time to opponents or just that you can’t REFUSE time to opponents?
Either way, the Biden camp can and maybe should go to the largest affiliates and ask for theee hour.
The rule says you have to treat candidates “identically.” So if he offered free time to one, he has to do the same to the other. If he presents one in a positive light with positive questions, he has to do the same to the other. The president is saving a lot of money by canceling ad buys on radio stations and instead getting free time from Rush. That’s unfair to both Biden and radio.
I believe when you look at the FCC regs all of them without exception are pointed at the licensed broadcasters… the station owners, not users of their services. Rush buys a 3 hour segment from the broad cast license and uses it as he will . I don’t see, though I am not an expert, anything in the broadcast election rules that relate to users of station services.
The licensees are responsible for everything that airs. If an outside show airs, and it breaks the law, the licensee is responsible. So today, the president used the f-bomb on the air. The stations that aired the show could be fined. All of them individually. In fact the FCC recently increased the fine for obscenity. It’s no different that Janet Jackson’s nipple on TV. The stations got fined for that.
Good Luck with that. While not covered by the FCC, twitter has seen an explosion of profanity from politicians this election cycle, most notably by democrats. News reports while not specifically covered are replete with politicians dropping the ‘F bomb’ (It is so cute that adults can’t communicate with each other without using an alphabet letter to describe a word they would use in critical conversation) along with a whole litany of profanity. I can tell you don’t like Trump (nothing obvious but I just get that feeling (sarc off) but the cherry picked outrage is humorous.
“I can tell you don’t like Trump”
I can tell you don’t know about broadcast law. This site is not about politics, the internet, or twitter. It’s about broadcast radio. Try to stick with the subject.
The “equal time” rule has been long gone. Just watch some MSM on every channel. It’s 90% anti-Trump.
Wrong. You’re talking about the Fairness Doctrine. But equal time is still there, and it applies specifically to time given to candidates, not pundits.
RUSH WELCOMES ALL, INCLUDING ‘JOE’….but betcha ‘JOE’ won’t come on…..
Not so dopey – very true. Equal time is a real thing.
I was referencing BigA’s first comment.
‘TDS’ on full, irrational, dopey display…
What about the equal time rule? He must offer equal time to Biden, or stations will get fined.
The federal equal time rule requires broadcasters to treat a candidate for the same political office identically to every other candidate for that office. If a radio or television station sells air time to one candidate, the rule states that it must offer to sell the same amount of time to other candidates for that office.
Rush is not selling time to Trump I can assure you, but volunteering it. That being said, if any kind of “equal time” still applies, it would only have to be in the same format as Trump will be getting, including questions from the audience. Considering Rush’s audience political inclinations, not to mention Biden’s acuity issues, I am sure the Biden campaign would take a hard pass on that offer. There would be absolutely nothing to gain but much to lose.
He didn’t offer anything to the Biden campaign. No equal time. And I assure you that no one will ask the president any tough questions either. It’s a rally, where the president can will say anything he wants with no one challenging him. I’d recommend they put him on ten-second delay because you’re likely to hear some obscenity.
I see the president dropped the f-bomb today during the Rush rally. So in addition to stations facing equal time violations, they also aired obscene language in the middle of the day. This doesn’t look good for radio. Why didn’t they put him on delay?
Each time, your dopey comments become more and more inconsequential.
So he will do virtual rallies, but not virtual debates.
In other words, as long as people praise me, I’ll do it.
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