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LIMBAUGH NO LONGER SCOURGE OF US AIRWAVES DUE TO ADVERTISER BOYCOTT!!
Just kidding. April Fools.
Since the FCC is a sole subsidiary of the Republican Party, maybe that national regulatory agency should be privatized. It's a waste of tax dollars.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-oleary/rush-limbaugh-sandra-fluke_b_1318959.html
...thanks in large part to the deregulation of the FCC under President Reagan, the FCC has about as much power as a square of one-ply toilet paper in a manure storm. Sadly, whatever authority the FCC does have it rarely chooses to use in any meaningful way against conservative haters disguised as political pundits. Shock jock Howard Stern was fined a record-setting $2.5 million for his on-air indecencies, yet it's unclear if Rush Limbaugh has been fined ever. (Media experts believe the obvious disparity is a result of the power of conservative members of Congress who think he moves their agendas forward, along with those who are simply too afraid of ticking him off.)