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kudos:1 | Fairness Doctrine Wait a sec... the fairness doctrine was what?:
"a highly-criticized former FCC policy that demanded "honest, equitable, and balanced" coverage of issues"
What?! It most definitely was NOT that. The fairness doctrine didn't affect things like news coverage, nor did it have anything to do with an 'honest' coverage of anything. It simply required that all radio stations give the same time to opposing view points. If you put on a show with a right-leaning slant, the fairness doctrine required that you give the same amount of time to a left-leaning voice. That left-leaning voice didn't have to talk at all about the issues that the right-leaning voice did (hence the idea of 'balance' is simply silly).
I can't imagine much that's more un-American than the fairness doctrine. It was an abridgement of freedom of expression - no more, and no less. The only reason that liberals want it back is because they can't seem to get a foot-hold in talk radio. It's not enough that they have virtually every news room, most papers (including those with the largest circulation), and most major 'news' magazines. They can't make their drivel palatable to a radio audience, so the left thinks it's a-ok to simply squash that speech. | |
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1 edit | said by JPL:Wait a sec... the fairness doctrine was what?: "a highly-criticized former FCC policy that demanded "honest, equitable, and balanced" coverage of issues" What?! It most definitely was NOT that. The fairness doctrine didn't affect things like news coverage, nor did it have anything to do with an 'honest' coverage of anything. It simply required that all radio stations give the same time to opposing view points. If you put on a show with a right-leaning slant, the fairness doctrine required that you give the same amount of time to a left-leaning voice. That left-leaning voice didn't have to talk at all about the issues that the right-leaning voice did (hence the idea of 'balance' is simply silly). I can't imagine much that's more un-American than the fairness doctrine. It was an abridgement of freedom of expression - no more, and no less. The only reason that liberals want it back is because they can't seem to get a foot-hold in talk radio. It's not enough that they have virtually every news room, most papers (including those with the largest circulation), and most major 'news' magazines. They can't make their drivel palatable to a radio audience, so the left thinks it's a-ok to simply squash that speech. NO! The Fairness Doctrine was put in place back in 1949 as a response to President F.D. Roosevelt's "Fireside Chats" which frequently were nothing but partisan rhetoric. They also helped him get elected to four presidential terms.
Roosevelt learned early on the power of mass media. He used it to manipulate public opinion, etc.
That said, I actually oppose the Fairness Doctrine. I believe it's an intrusion of free speech.
However, anyone who believes that the media has a liberal bias today should also believe in Peter Pan! I work in the media and fact is, the media is HEAVILY BIASED in the CONSERVATIVE direction, both in what they DO report, but even more by what they DO NOT report!
They SPIN things to make the public believe in "The liberal media", when the fact is that most major broadcast companies and networks today are owned by big corporations with big time connections to the Republican party. | |
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