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Ah, music and the war intersect in a different way:

Some of the biggest rallies this month have endorsed President Bush's strategy against Saddam Hussein, and the common thread linking most of them is Clear Channel Worldwide Inc., the nation's largest owner of radio stations.

In a move that has raised eyebrows in some legal and journalistic circles, Clear Channel radio stations in Atlanta, Cleveland, San Antonio, Cincinnati and other cities have sponsored rallies attended by up to 20,000 people. The events have served as a loud rebuttal to the more numerous but generally smaller anti-war rallies.

(Smaller?)

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Didn't we discuss this briefly yesterday? War drives news, news drives viewer/reader/listenership. Blah blah blah.

Quiet you. Don't argue with the media.

Help yourself to a piping hot cup of SHUT YOUR FACE.

In 1987 the FCC repealed the Fairness Doctrine, which required broadcasters to cover controversial issues in their community and to do so by offering balancing views. With that obligation gone, Morris said, "radio can behave more like newspapers, with opinion pages and editorials."

But opinion pages are full of idiots!