Harkin seeks "balance" on Armed Forces Radio

Copied from the radio industry website AllAccess.com and their Net News section (registration required):

"After the dispute that saw JONES/P1's ED SCHULTZ added, then dropped from AMERICAN FORCES RADIO, Sen, TOM HARKIN (D-IA) has introduced a bill to appoint an ombudsman to monitor political balance at the AMERICAN FORCES RADIO AND TV NETWORK. The bill is aimed at AFRTS' carriage of conservative RUSH LIMBAUGH but no commercial liberal talk shows (the network does carry NPR talk programming, which conservative critics would characterize as liberal-leaning and liberal critics would not). 

"SCHULTZ recently charged that AFRTS had agreed to add his show but reneged after he went on the air and criticized Deputy Ass't. Sec'y. of Defense ALLISON BARBER for what he charged was 'coaching' soldiers for a video conference with President BUSH."<P>Our military men and women have enough to deal with.  Why not do what commercial radio does:  Find out what their audience wants and try to give it to them.  With the technology available to them, most of our military can stay on top of the issues if they are so inclined.  Given the liberals' tone lately, I would think a left-leaning talk show would be hard on military morale.